I tend to be more like 3/5, or so, because I'm so limited in which jobs I can apply for that I'm always overqualified and don't expect much from the salary.
Of course, then I'm lacadaisical when I work because I'm underworked and underpaid, but whatever. Mom jobs. Hard to even bother.
Working is really hard when you can't leave the house and return at the same time every day. That's like 90% of having a job. 😂
It's great you've been able to find mom jobs! Not all employers are amenable to those flexible hours and split attention.
A friend and I had an idea to make a small time, recruiting service for moms. A little more than recruiting, but essentially like a work dispatching service of sorts.
We call those "janitorial services" around here.
I actually prefer menial labor. I can think about whatever I want all day and don't have to sit in stupid meetings or kill time.
i spent a year working as a cleaner for a highschool
it was hard sometimes but my chest swells with pride that the art teachers had never seen such clean rooms before, and i typically finished my shift 30 minutes early
I used to clean the bakery and the coffee shop and the toilets, after working all morning rolling pretzels.
That was my favorite job, so far.
i love my dev work but doing derivative bullshit wears thin pretty fast, and i have to keep my sats balance in mind as i idle out for much of a second month now
hoping that in a week or two this bit of "fun" i'm doing will finally fix some shit i was struggling with in the paid work and and open more doors to building more with it... i know that i can get some traction just by making replicatr production ready so i can start thinking about something beyond this will be good
like, i really really want to be able to plug a legit GUI client together, but only have to mainly deal with the actual code and not the mysteries of node_modules
If engineering fails for me, there's a good chance I'll jump back into a labor position of some sort. It's often quite rewarding in the short term, as long as you build a path to an air-conditioned office. Although the only successful people in construction I've met, is generational.
Unfortunately the baking family trade stopped with me after my father passed. He always wanted me to use my head, not my body. Although there is a good chance I would have taken it over like he did at my age.
I wanted to take over the bakery, but he wanted to retire and not have to deal with an apprentice.
Hmm. How about a home issue board with sat rewards for completion. Agile Chores and allowances.
That would motivate me, right now, to go cook dinner. 😂
Fair, but does it work for some or most?
