Hi everyone, I wanted to ask you for ideas and tips for my issue.
Husband works almost full-time, but has been adviced to cut down his hours because of his health issues. I would like him to be able to work less.
I do volunteerswork when I can, as a admin assistant and host (in a Repair Café). I wasn't able to go to work last Monday, again, cause I felt horrible and had a fever. Fever and throwing up means my body is angry with me and ready to go on a full strike.
But anyway, thank God I have a disability pension. However, I would like to work really bad, make my own money and keep my current level of disability pension.* I will be allowed to keep a bit.
I'm looking for a flexible stream of income. Something I can still do when I am not able to drive my car, walk, godawfully tired etc from my bed. Something that I can leave alone for a day of two days when things gets really bad.
I tried blogging I haven't found a money making blog scheme that feels good to me and still makes money. You can't write about personal finance and saving money and try to make people buy crap they don't need or bad financial products I feel. I have turned down businesses at the hight of my blog.
I just listened to podcasts for the first time today. Could be an idea but no clue yet how to do that. I was hired cause I had a pleasant phone voice a couple of times but that doesn't make my voice interesting to listen to necessarily.
I'm also interested in dropshipping. I have an idea for a webshop. Who has experience with dropshipping and could tell me more about that? Do's and don'ts and can you leave it running it's own with technology should you need to? How do you transfer orders to the dropshippers? Is that a couple of clicks or copy and paste when in haste or is far more involved?
Maybe I can write an e-book or publish a book, I'm worried something like that won't pay off though.
Renting out a part of our house isn't an option at this moment.
Who has other ideas of what I could do, or other input?
Maybe I could or should do something with my husband, that would have many advantages but he doesn't share all my interests.
*The government wants to reward those that do work and punish those that don't. Even when their rules and regulations are one of the causes of your unemployment. Unfortunately, I basically worked my ass of way too long before I couldn't do it anymore and I am.now in the wrong category of disabled. Not working will lead to a lower pension at some point (€1000 a month lower)
My friend that had some mental issues 3 years ago got two jobs in a row offered to her on a platter cause she is in one of the right categories. So when I apply, the healthy, the ones without a hole in their resume, work disabled cat I, II and III (regulations, compensation etc for employers) and the ones that are not a wheelchair sometimes are preferred over me. I filed a complaint at UN human rights cause I feel I'm being discriminated, tried other things, tried to get in the right category but finally put it to rest cause it was a waste of my time and energy. Governments are always allowed a bit more.
I have to put my energy in finding another stream of income.