Hus has finally pulled the plug on himself and has retired. We had a flooring store for many years and and his knees and hip is shot, so we have not renewed the lease on our building in town. He'll be 71 in April and we are officially now on social security. He's not one to hang around so he will pick and choose a small job here and there and work out of the house on occasion. I always worked in the business and got a small paycheck of my own, plus I had my own tack shop there as well, but without the store in town I'm out of both my jobs. We thought of moving the tack shop up here but I'm so very rural, and people don't really spend good money on tack anyhow, just not worth it, and we do not want people running in and out of our place all the time either.
Here's the thing: I still want to make my own money by myself. I could get a decent job in town but the problem is when I went back and forth daily, it was costing about $80.00 a week just in gas and I have to "preserve" the wear and tear on my truck too. We just did the math on a pretty good job offer but the fact remains that after gas and taxes, I'd clear less then $30.00!!!! Plus with winter, there are many days I could not travel down the mountain to get there. I do a lot of volunteer work for different causes of mine, but of course that is for free.
So that leaves me who is a very hard worker needing some ideas to make money from home. I hate wasting my days just sitting here not bringing in an income. I am not used to not working.I do love to write and have many blogs and stories never published online, about 100 actually, but I have no idea how to make money doing that. So what can I do from here? Any ideas would be appreciated!
Here's the thing: I still want to make my own money by myself. I could get a decent job in town but the problem is when I went back and forth daily, it was costing about $80.00 a week just in gas and I have to "preserve" the wear and tear on my truck too. We just did the math on a pretty good job offer but the fact remains that after gas and taxes, I'd clear less then $30.00!!!! Plus with winter, there are many days I could not travel down the mountain to get there. I do a lot of volunteer work for different causes of mine, but of course that is for free.
So that leaves me who is a very hard worker needing some ideas to make money from home. I hate wasting my days just sitting here not bringing in an income. I am not used to not working.I do love to write and have many blogs and stories never published online, about 100 actually, but I have no idea how to make money doing that. So what can I do from here? Any ideas would be appreciated!