Looking for work

Over the years, I wonder how many times I have gone to Google or Yahoo or whatever search engine was popular at the time and typed in "work from home".

I did it again yesterday.

I am very thankful for my husband's job, and we are blessed in that all of our needs are taken care of without me having to work.

But like most people, our needs are met and we are paying our bills with very little extra at the end of the month.

I would like to have a part-time job for those extra things. (Paying off debt quicker, getting stuff for the house, etc.)

I have had jobs at different times while my kids were in school, but my priority was always my children. If I couldn't do it while they were in school, then I didn't need to do it.

One big kicker to me applying for a job these days is that I don't have a degree. I started college but didn't last very long because I wanted to be home with my babies rather than at school.

(Yes, while other kids my age were going to college, I was married and having children. The good thing is that I will be 40 when they are all three graduated!)

And though I think there are jobs that I can do from home, trying to convince someone who doesn't know me and sees my (lack of) qualifications is not easy.

Does this make me want to run back to college and get a degree? Not really. I have a lot of ideas about what I want to do when my kids are all finished with school, and none of them require a degree.

Training maybe, but no diploma.

The main thing that I want to be when I grow up is available.

I don't want a full-time, 8-5 job where I have to ask off in order to see my grandchildren's plays at school. I want to be available to pick them up and spend the day with them and/or my nieces and nephews whenever I feel like it.

I want to have coffee (without rushing) in the mornings with my husband or parents. I want to meet friends for lunch or help my kids out whenever they call without worrying about missing work.

I want to be available. For my family and for my friends.

(Though that has nothing to do with today, sorry.)

What I think I would like to do now is some type of editing job online. Yesterday I inquired about a content rewriting position that I thought I would be able to do, but I haven't heard back from anyone yet.

I am pretty computer-savvy, and I can type pretty fast. I love to read, and though I am not looking for a writing job, something in the writing/editing field is what I think I would ultimately enjoy.

I will only work from home, and so many people are doing that these days that it seems like that kind of job shouldn't be too hard to find.

We'll see about that.

So if you hear of a position that you think I might be interested in, I would greatly appreciate it if you sent it my way.

Thanks!