My job used to be a solutions specialist for HP but i then had my children.
my job now is full time mum and incapacitated (but not ill enough!! apparently), the powers that be have told me that i have to get a job (kids aged 2 and 4?! and husband in RAF) inconsiderate people.
so anyway i have decided to go back to college, cant bear the thought of sitting at the desk all day anymore losing the will to live, i need to be outside. any suggestions?
P.S i have crohns disease
Private consulting is an option. But you end up having to really "chase" that next project! And you end up just swapping that job in an office for a desk at home - although your time schedule is more flexible (usually).
Small-job "commission" work is a possibility. Like data analysis or report and spreadsheet writing. Also writing tech manuals. Someone who can write a user manual for a computer application that can be ... followed and understood ... by a non-tech person is always in demand.
I have several friends that started doing day-care in their home. This allowed them to be there with their own kids, and also look after those of some of their friends kids - and make a little extra to help pay the bills. Plus having to pay day-care for their own kids while they went off to "work" would have cost most of what they were making! So they got to spend that time with their own kids, those of several friends, and those friends felt a whole lot better knowing who and how their kids were getting looked after. Finding good child day-care for infants is very hard.
Just a couple options to consider. Crohns, that's a rough one, especially when you remember all you used to be able to do. I had a friend that went through that. Maintaining a good mental attitude was the best way that she could cope with it. And being positive about what she could do, instead of the past - through good days and bad.
Enjoy the little things you can each day.
Mikey - that grumpy ol' German blacksmith out in the Hinterlands
p.s. With that college, there are always opportunities to pick up a little work. Things like Teaching Assistant, paper grading, workshops, research projects, helping teachers with their writing projects, part-time office assistant for a professor doing all that grading, reading, typing, filing, scheduling, and library research. There are a lot of situations that are not enough to actually/formally hire someone, but still require some assistance on a "private consulting" basis.