Hi All,
Some people do quite well selling Mary Kay. I tried but I am not the outgoing salesperson type. Yet I have one friend who bought a lovely home and put two kids through college, and is now driving her 16th Pink Cadillac. Her husband doesn't work--doesn't need to, just takes care of the house and keeps chickens and a large organic garden.
I used to sell used books online with pretty good success. I sold at Amazon, Ebay, and several other sites. I got many of my books through yearly Friends of the Library sales--I don't know if you have those where you live.
Another good source of income would be to become a personal assistant. Several Mary Kay directors I know employ them to take care of all mailed correspondence; they work together online so it doesn't matter where they live. I am sure there are other companies where the people need personal assistants as well. I am not sure how you get started in this field, but I am sure you could look it up online. I didn't try this as my handwriting is terrible, and nice handwriting was a major requirement.
I am not endorsing Mary Kay, Amazon, Ebay, or anyone else, I am just making suggestions.
Gentle Hugs, Kimberly :)
- Hi Steph! I'm not really sure of what it's like to live in Canada and what types of at home jobs you have in comparison to the United States; but I'm going to give it a try. I'm not sure how this works, but could you get disability benefits at all. It's something that you might want to check into. I've worked at home twice! I was a scheduler for a Caregiving/Companionship Company. Which could be hectic and very stressful but I had a very good rapport with the Caregivers which made the job easier for me. I left that position to return to school, I took a year of from school because of health stuff and having to drive to Denver every 4 to 6 months for follow up. So now I spend time working with Gentiva Hospice doing Tuck - In calls from my home and go into the office to make bereavement calls! There are legitimate work at home positions you just have to shift through the flour! A lot of work that I have done was also found by word of mouth a.k.a Networking. My Congregation, friends, and family, have all been so very helpful. I will be leaving you with this. My manager at Gentiva Hospice is Canadian too so I sent her questions about work at home stuff, disability benefits ,and other resources you may qualify for In Canada. I also did pet and house sitting which you can make good money at as well! I'm on oxygen which complicates things so I no longer do it unless the pet comes to my house?
Hi I'm new around this site and really haven't talked but this came up on my email so I thought I could atleast tell you what helps me just a little. I'm also disabled with two small boys though and alone. I belong to this panelist online company called pinecone research and its none of that drag along stuff to earn points. It pays my PayPal. They send me emails when a survey is requesting me. I only get five dollars a survey and only two sometimes three a week plus they sometimes send they product you took survey for to test and get to keep plus take follow up survey and get paid again. I hope this help. It's hard to get in its usually request only but just keep checking a couple times a week to get in. Good luck!
Hi Stephanie, I am not sure if it is available in Canada, however I have a friend that has worked for Alpine Access for years as a customer service representative, taking calls from home. I hope that this helps. www.alpineaccess.com.
Blessings.
Dotty
Hello Steph,
I'm sorry to hear about your troubles. I don't have any children myself, I was however a nanny for many years. I miss that nurturing. I'm on Social Security here in the states. It's not much to live on either. You don't say whether or your children are still at home, I know when I was younger I helped with the household budget. My Father had advanced M.S. Trust me they want to help you. I know it hurts your heart ,but watching you struggle hurts them. If they want to help you let them.
Another suggestion is arts and crafts. I have fibro but I also have M.S. I'm not able to do much physically. I do a lot of arts and crafts to fill the empty hours. At first I gave them away. Then they piled up around my small place. My friend offered to sell them for me at a crafts sale. It's not a huge income but some months I've made a few hundred dollars. Summers and holidays are best times for it. I crochet , can't knit to save my life. Paint and repurpose small items. I also sew baby items which are always well received. There are arts and crafts sales at malls and such. Farm's markets and swap meets. Even when I don't sell much the act of creating something gives me satisfaction. I hope that is some help.
Hold on , the first year is the hardest emotionally. You have to adjust to the new normal in your life. Our thoughts are with you. Be blessed.
Sorry I'm new!at this and added Rollinglegs and the funny thing is I was writing to you Rollinglegs. You talk about crafts. I just started doing this polymer clay stuff this week and its so much fun. I also do lots of glass bead jewelry and I love the euro beads but can't wear anymore due to being to heavy around my neck. That's why I do the light glass beads now. What kind of crafts do you do Rollinglegs? If you don't mind me asking. Thanks.
Rollinglegs said:
Hello Steph,
I'm sorry to hear about your troubles. I don't have any children myself, I was however a nanny for many years. I miss that nurturing. I'm on Social Security here in the states. It's not much to live on either. You don't say whether or your children are still at home, I know when I was younger I helped with the household budget. My Father had advanced M.S. Trust me they want to help you. I know it hurts your heart ,but watching you struggle hurts them. If they want to help you let them.
Another suggestion is arts and crafts. I have fibro but I also have M.S. I'm not able to do much physically. I do a lot of arts and crafts to fill the empty hours. At first I gave them away. Then they piled up around my small place. My friend offered to sell them for me at a crafts sale. It's not a huge income but some months I've made a few hundred dollars. Summers and holidays are best times for it. I crochet , can't knit to save my life. Paint and repurpose small items. I also sew baby items which are always well received. There are arts and crafts sales at malls and such. Farm's markets and swap meets. Even when I don't sell much the act of creating something gives me satisfaction. I hope that is some help.Hold on , the first year is the hardest emotionally. You have to adjust to the new normal in your life. Our thoughts are with you. Be blessed.
Hello Molly,
No I don't mind. I love looking at the Poly Clay Minis but I'm afraid they would all look like snowmen if I did it. I do crochet , mostly for women and babies. I like to use the more delicate yarns and threads. Right now I'm making a special request shrug for my Mom of white thread for summer. It will be the weight of lace very feminine and delicate. My Gran taught me when I was about four. Obviously then I made a lot of pot holders and doll blankets. When I was very young my Father taught me to embroider. I still do that for special things. Each relative or friend gets a quilt for when they have their first child. I like to use it to embellish my clothes , and my Mother's. I also paint although since we are moving I have all of it packed up right now. I do acrylic on canvas , or small things like bird houses, jewelry boxes and such. When I was able to stand and walk I did murals. I miss that. Mostly children's rooms. I also like to remake old things. Small pieces of furniture, re-purpose clothes and home decor. I love to sew. Being in a wheelchair I make and alter my clothes to work. I never got into jewelry making, to many small parts for my shaky hands. I used to do a lot of ceramics but the place I went to closed down . I just like to dabble. My main love however is the fiber arts, crochet, embroidery and sewing. I'd like to learn lace making but I can't afford another hobby and I don't know where we would put the stuff. What other hobbies interest you?
I was selling Mary Kay right before I was diagnosed. I found it very difficult to manage with fibro because of trying to do the in-home demonstrations for people. It was an ordeal to be carting samples and supplies. One of the ones I had scheduled lived in a big apartment complex so I had to tote everything through a huge parking lot, up the stairs and then down long corridors. It was exhausting, plus none of her guests showed up so I did it all for just her. This type of thing is necessary to help establish a solid customer base so you have repeat sales....... I was never able to get to that and then had all this inventory on hand. Also, if you have something scheduled with someone and then have a rotten day, you can't very well cancel. The manager I had at the time was not very supportive. Also, there was a requirement to wear skirts/dresses and stockings which was very uncomfortable for me. I tried sticking it out for about a year, but it was pointless. That was about 20 years ago. I have not done anything to earn an income since. Anyway, I don't have any recommendations for what to do, but I don't think anything with sales where you have to go out to demonstrate (hauling all the involved gear) is a good idea. Good luck!
Kimberly said:
Some people do quite well selling Mary Kay. I tried but I am not the outgoing salesperson type. Yet I have one friend who bought a lovely home and put two kids through college, and is now driving her 16th Pink Cadillac. Her husband doesn't work--doesn't need to, just takes care of the house and keeps chickens and a large organic garden.
I used to sell used books online with pretty good success. In fact I did quite well until the economy tanked with the second Bush administration. I sold at Amazon, Ebay, and several other sites. I got many of my books through yearly Friends of the Library sales--I don't know if you have those where you live.
Another good source of income would be to become a personal assistant. Several Mary Kay directors I know employ them to take care of all mailed correspondence; they work together online so it doesn't matter where they live. I am sure there are other companies where the people need personal assistants as well. I am not sure how you get started in this field, but I am sure you could look it up online. I didn't try this as my handwriting is terrible, and nice handwriting was a major requirement.
I am not endorsing Mary Kay, Amazon, Ebay, or anyone else, I am just making suggestions.
Gentle Hugs, Kimberly :)
Steph,
Chatting with a friend yesterday. She suggested collating. I know next to nothing about computers, but apparently some companies will hire out sourcing to have their files organized on computer files or on Cloud based sites. Who knew? Probably everyone but me. At any rate it is something you can do from home, even in bed I suppose. Also I don't know if they still do this kind of thing , but when we were kids my Mom stuffed envelopes with ads . They paid by the dozen she did it around caring for Daddy and us kids. There are work at home sites but buyer be ware many of them are scams. I tried a couple when I first got sick. They take your money and leave you hanging. Rule to live by is don't do anything that costs you to work. ie. Buy this kit , sample, start up and we'll pay you to make them. They never pay out always finding reasons that your work doesn't satisfy.
Some business professionals still hire to have their dictations translated into files too. Now it's just into computer instead of paper. You might try an agency, again if they ask you to pay they aren't legit. The employer should be paying for the service. I hope this helps .
Hi Steph,
Not sure if you are interested in medical transcription but you will need experience or training. Both of my sisters have worked at home fkr years doing this. Our hospitals have been oitsoircing as well as clinic. If interested you can look at mtjob.com. please beware of any other website scams thoigh. I’m looking for home job as well. I would sell on ebay as well. If you like garage sale or flea markets and by name brand jeans or go to walmart and find things that cost alot marked to almost nothing you can make a good profit. Just count in your fees and shipping charge. I pan to do this again myself…oneday! Goodluck and I hope you find the right thing for you. :
It may be mtjobs.com. cant remember
I work from home and have for many years. I am a Technical Support Engineer. So it doesn't matter where I live as I can connect to a customer's system from anywhere.
There are work from home jobs out there. But a lot of what I used to find advertised, aren't jobs that are going to help you exist as the pay is minimal. You might try taking some online classes (I know money is tight and this may not be feasible) that will give you an edge when applying for jobs. Even if it is only 1 class. This will tell the potential employer that you can work from home, unsupervised.
This is a mean disease and impacts so many aspects of our lives. I know from experience that finding a job where you can work from home is a hard, long, road.
Michelle
Hi, Steph
I’m sorry to hear about your condition and trouble finding work.
I have a bad case of FM plus limited eyesight due to an unrelated condition. I lost an office job that I’d had for over a decade and am currently working from home. I signed up for many e-mail updates from various job-hunting websites and was able to find a few that allowed working at home. I work as a proofreader from my home computer (with magnifying software) but the job is temporary so I’ll soon be looking for something else.
I found a website called Virtual Vocations that lists at-home jobs (I think it’s only for the U.S. but not sure), and I’m sure there are other sites like that.
Does your back problem allow you to be active enough to care for young children? Could you look after a child in your home while the patents are at work? I know someone who earned money that way. There’s a website in the U.S. called Care.com where people list childcare help they want or can offer. If your back would make it hard to chase after or carry young kids, there are older ones whose parents don’t want then home alone in the summer or after school.
I hope you find something.
Sylvia
Thank you all for your replies. I got called away on a family emergency and I am just getting time to read them now.
Hope all is well with everyone!
Steph :)
I am looking for work at home as well. nothing seems legit and no body seems to want to reply anymore. some one told me to do advertising for a radio station...but i don't think i'd do very good at that. i love all the answers everyone put on here though...if u find something (even though you are in canada) please share with us what u found.