Job ideas for someone who doesn't really want to work anymore

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Freelance Motley Fool writer. Not a jab.

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Anonymous wrote:Teach preschool

Being a preschool teacher is a lot of work- requires experience and training, that is of course if you want to work at a decent school and not a chain daycare.

That being said, I would recommend being a preschool teacher assistant. You get all the perks of spending time and playing with children, without the pressures of writing lessons plans, progress reports, newsletters, parent-teacher conferences... etc.

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QuickBooks consultant/freelance bookkeeper. We had a very hard time finding someone for this.

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Anonymous wrote:Every now and then I need a personal assistant to help dig me out and organize all my papers. For someone responsible, professional to do that I'd pay pretty well.[/quote

I agree. I think my personal assistant enjoys some of what I give her - the paperwork/insurance filings, etc. are tedious, but shopping online for me to find a suitable couch for an odd space? Researching features for a new car, so we can negotiate or do TrueCar? I think she loves that.

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Anonymous wrote:I fell into a career in the financial/insurance industry, and while it has been profitable and fairly flexible..I am completely burnt out. Completely. I've been looking at jobs and/or going back to school to change my career path, but nothing I've seen appeals to me. I know this is a tall order, but...any recommendations? Ideally a major where I could have the potential to work from home or create my own hours when I'm done? I don't have to make a large salary, but want to bring money into the household.

Someone on here was talking about being a speech pathologist (I think). It sounded like a pretty awesome job. Requires school but is flexible and decent money.

I think an SLP is an awesome job, but it's not the right job for someone who "doesn't want to work". SLP's work hard and do really important things.

Correct. It is a LOT of work, it is tiring, and you need a master's in the field and a lot of training/internships/observation time.

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Anonymous wrote:Teach preschool

Being a preschool teacher is a lot of work- requires experience and training, that is of course if you want to work at a decent school and not a chain daycare.

That being said, I would recommend being a preschool teacher assistant. You get all the perks of spending time and playing with children, without the pressures of writing lessons plans, progress reports, newsletters, parent-teacher conferences... etc.

What do they make, $15-20,000? A preschool teacher makes @ $26,000.

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Anonymous wrote:The world's oldest profession?

Marriage?

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Anonymous wrote:QuickBooks consultant/freelance bookkeeper. We had a very hard time finding someone for this.

Where did you find someone to do this? Looking myself.

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Project manager

Get PMP and coast on your teams work. Be non technical and manage a software team and you can claim you can't do any of the tasks. Work for a firm with a lot of project managers and you are golden

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[quote=Anonymous]government or union job

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We work 40+ hours per week; we have to do something that we love

ok, I have to ask ~ who are you, what do you do? Cause I know no one - NO ONE - who "loves" what they do. We hear this all-the-time. And I think it's a lie.