Working At Home

[BahamaAngie]

I am really bored. Any ideas on legitimate work at home type jobs? No SOLICITING or SURVEYS!!!;)

[FISHBONE]

Angie - I work from home as an estimator for commercial projects throughout the US. Not exactly something to take up out of sheer boredom, but working from home is very nice. I tend to work near 70 hrs week though, because work is always so close. Our current times make working from home nice too! Gas bill? No thanks.

Any hobbies? Those are sometimes worth turning into a "job".

[BahamaAngie]

No, no hobbies....bored retired housewife, senior citizen now. Skills were secretarial and retail (which I would never do retail again). Legal secretary for a couple of years, receptionist/telephone/clerical. Raised 5 kids never did a career type job. Just looking for something to keep me busy not a lot of hours....tired of housework and babysitting and could use the extra $$$ for Abaco trips!!!!!!

[South Pause]

Have you thought of selling stuff on e-bay? I collected books over a long period of time, and when I decided to let some of them go, I found that one collection in particular was worth a small fortune. I sold them one by one and it was quite lucrative. I still work full time (almost full time: 30 hrs. a week), but this was alot of fun and the money made was a real surprise. You'd be surprised what you have around the house that might be of value, that you are willing to let go. Or.. you could scour flea markets, buy, then sell at a profit. Start small, a few items, see how it works and how you like it.

[BahamaAngie]

That sounds great but I am in a different decade than you and I am having a low energy level now so I would like something computer related or phone. I have always had good telephone skills and secretarial but I have been out of the loop a while now. Not up on a lot of the new stuff that is probably out there!

[SamFamAustin]

One thing that I saw a friend do was to do editing for "copy" such as for small community newspapers and people trying to get "published." You might be amazed that many people simply don't know how to write! I mean I'm not the best writer but when I see dookie, I certainly try to fix it.

The nice part is you can either ask for computer files like WORD or WORDPERFECT or have the folks print them off for you to edit. I like the size 12 print and double spaced because my eyes are going south if I edit by hand. A good fax machine with lots of memory is good for this kind of business, too.

Maybe it would work for you. Here's a hint - lawyers write their briefs way too fast ... and if they write more than a few grammatical errors and the Judge is going to get mad even if you have a good point. Sometimes it can be fun to fix the bloopers ... just trying to help. [Find the grammar errors in what I wrote!]
-sammie

[BahamaAngie]

Sammie, I use to excel in that in my youth, I don't know if I could now. Don't know if I have the patience. I could proof but I would be too nervous about missing something. And half the time none of us write correctly on here so I am so in tune to not. Poor excuse. Well, maybe next week when I am bored again, I can work on something. But thanks for your kind thoughts!

[BahamaAngie]

And p.s. grammatical did not look correct to me!

[Long Look]

He is right with the proofreading... US businesses spent billions last year on writing courses for execs. Billions to get people who have spent years in college to write.

[AbacoPeach]

I worked for a law firm for 23 years. Proofreading and editing would be right up my alley! If anyone knows who to contact or has knowledge of this avenue, please feel free to email or PM me.

[Steamboat]

Check into medical transcription services for local doctors or hospitals.

[BahamaAngie]

I use to do a lot of dictaphone work years ago but that was before computers took off so I don't know if they still use them. There "ain't" much I didn't do when I did work after raising the gang.

Hey Peach, sounds like a good opportunity for you. I worked for a law firm for about 2 years and did primarily dictaphone work. I was the real estate secretary at the time. (Boring job).

[AbacoPeach]

Ooo, I have to say that real estate is not my favorite. :eek: Angie, it is called machine dictation now. Did tons of that! When the firm got more automated (computers in every office), it cut the machine dictation in half.

[Mike from Boston]

Angie Consider working fo an airline like Jet Blue part time. I'm pretty sure they work from home booking flights etc. Think free flights. Check out their web sight for jobs.

[BahamaAngie]

That sounds great, thanks Mike!