Work From Home Opportunities

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I have been recently looking for more work from home opportunities. A few of the assignments I had been working on ended and although my main focus is my writing here on my blog as well as my memoir {that I swear I plan to finish one day this year}, I still need something more. I have been applying like crazy for columnists opportunities as well as various article writing jobs. Of course my love for social media networking and my readiness to be a Virtual Assistant are two main assets in my favor once the opportunities arise. Finding them has been the challenge lately.

I have been branching out lately. Matter of fact I went to an interview on Monday for a position outside the home part time. *Gasp* I haven’t worked outside the home on a regular schedule in nearly four years. When I say a regular schedule I mean Monday through Friday. All last year I did workshops at local childcare centers but usually those lasted about an hour or two at a time. So Monday’s interview seemed to go well. I haven’t heard the result of it yet. Although I miss working in the corporate world at times, the main part of me does not want to go back. I am so nervous I will lose time for my real passions of writing and public speaking. I hope to finish my degree this year and would love to start working with teens again.

So until something comes along I am trying all little things. I remember when I was 18 I worked on the side as a mystery shopper. It was actually pretty fun. I would go shopping or out to eat and then take surveys. My husband and I enjoyed this because we basically got free date nights. Although I was paid to complete surveys on the experience I never did it full time as a job but more to just have fun. I am real big on customer service being top notch so to me paid surveys was a great idea. Sometimes we would even get samples sent to us in the mail and they wanted real opinions even if they were negative. Once we got to try a cereal for a week and was paid to answer questions honestly. I think this concept gives the company a chance to improve a product before releasing to the public. I haven’t done this in years but think I am going to start again.

If paper pushing in an office is what it will take to pay the bills then that’s what I’ll do. Every little bit helps right now but I am determined to not lose my focus where my real passion lies in public speaking for children, non-profits, social media and writing. That’s just who I am now.