Comments on: Regular Work Just Isn’t For Me

By: Kat

Kat — Mon, 18 May 2009 13:04:54 +0000

With everything you just mentioned, you sound like you’d do great in network marketing. Don’t know what your views are on that, but it’s part time, involves some retail, you reap all the money from your own effort, you sell your products/services by word of mouth advertising, and yeah. Might work for you, who knows?

By: Mish

Mish — Mon, 18 May 2009 05:42:04 +0000

You should start with dead people. They usually have houses full of clutter and their sons and daughters are fighting for assets =) Good money there.

Or there’s always people moving house.

By: Felisa

Felisa — Mon, 18 May 2009 03:52:51 +0000

See it’s great that you know what you’re good at and that you actually want to exercise the skills that you do have. Sometimes I feel like my love of the end job of being a doctor far exceeds my ability to do Chemistry and Calculus… It’s almost a bad idea.

I also don’t think I’ll do well doing the whole 9-5 thing. I keep wanting to blog about it saying that I’d probably shoot myself if I had to work a job like that but 1) I don’t want to offend some readers or make readers who work 9-5 jobs who hate their jobs to want to shoot themselves and 2) I have a bad feeling that I *might* end up there too.

By: Rebekah

Rebekah — Sun, 17 May 2009 22:53:35 +0000

I don’t know, 9-5 as an editor/writer in an office was a pretty awesome job. Anyway, as an arts undergraduate the only professional jobs you’re expected to be applying for are at Maccas or Safeway. [Yes, Macca's is working out well for me ;) ]

You’re looking for a job with autonomy and a reasonable degree of variation and creativeness without a stuffy corporate environment. Pick the right company and you can find those in most non-entry-level areas. Look for smaller companies, more creative companies, or more autonomous roles within those. Why not consider a job in marketing (you get constantly varying projects, a chance to be creative and use your brain, and to work with people), or even in admin at one of the unis? Not suggesting to not go for one of your dreams, but there are a lot of other bearable jobs as back-up.

By: Noellium

Noellium — Sun, 17 May 2009 21:18:58 +0000

Freelance is pretty fun. :D Good luck with whatever you decide to do!

By: Shen-Shen

Shen-Shen — Sun, 17 May 2009 13:26:43 +0000

Yea, I don’t think I could do the 9-5 either, but I’m not sure how many viable options that leaves me with.

By: Caity

Caity — Sun, 17 May 2009 11:04:18 +0000

If I had my way, I’d do my own freelance type of work. I’d love to be my own boss. I’d have to learn to be more productive, though.

By: April

April — Sun, 17 May 2009 10:13:47 +0000

I’m glad you are still being fairly realstic while pursuing what you really want to do. Most people go about doing what they want to do the wrong way and usually end up washed up bludgers.

I like the choices you have – they all sound very cool and the 4th one I definitely agree with – I enjoy reading your blog for the way you write things and also because you edit my schoolwork. If you did take this on, I would gladly use you as my “draft reader” for a very reasonable fee haha.

I also believe taking your private ebay business to a more commercial stance would do you well – you have great marketing skills from what I can tell and matched with your communication skills I think this could very much take off.

I wish you good luck ho!