Do you want to know why 30,000-40,000 new people flock online each month to find work-from-home opportunities? If you're like most of them, you probably have this in common: Ever since you attended grade school, you preferred spending a day at home to a day at school. Hello? Spring break, anyone? Or maybe you were a sick day celebrator who enjoyed the privileges of Mom's care and all-day TV-viewing pass. Whatever the reason--you thought you were really getting away with it.

Now your adult fantasy is to return in some ways to carefree yet secure home days as when you were young. Here are my five reasons to work from home--see with how many you agree.

* You're the boss! You can take sick days, weekdays, vacation days, rainy days, and any-kind-you-feel-like-it days off. You can also work really hard, so be careful not to overdo it. Note: You're overdoing it if your family has to call the police to find you.

* More time to be with your loved ones. Yes! Now when your kiddies ask what's for lunch, you can tell them its wrapped in the dehydrator. Plus, Bruno or Fluffy can keep you company in the den. Seriously though, time is a fixed quantity, meaning you can't increase or diminish it, but you can spend more time on the things you like and less on the things you don't. You choose into which category your loved ones fall.

* More income. Do you remember how your friend shot you a sidelong look of condemnation and envy when you declared that you were going to buy the $500 Dolce & Gabbana bag you were holding? Ha! Boy, if looks could kill, you'd be under now. But really, that was part of the fun, right?

* More freedom to choose what you want. When's the last time you spent two fun-filled weeks in a luxury bungalow in Tahiti? Okay, so when's the last time you drove your kiddies to the nearest theme park for the day? When you work from home, you set your own schedule. Maybe you've have a lifelong ambition to run a marathon. Or perhaps you want to add a room onto your house.

* Love your career. When you enjoy doing what you do, you feel real satisfaction. You have tangible energy and tenacity. Your mindset exudes invincibility which is vital to your success, for in the home business sector, there is no boss looking over your shoulder, making sure that you complete your stuff for the day. No, you have to become that taskmaster, that motivator, and that worker--all in one. Ninety percent of your home business success depends upon how strong you are or become as a person. Grow your mind, grow your bank account.