Are there any legit work-at-home jobs?

Do you know your neighbors? I’ve made thousands mowing lawns in my neighborhood, public businesses, and churches. A lawnmower is $200 – $500, but you’ll get much more income than your initial outcome. This isn’t exactly a work-at-home job, but it would take a short walk with your mower if you are hired by your neighbors.

You saw you’re not allowed to go door-to-door. Bring your mother along with you for a couple visits within a mile from your house, and you’ll have some good jobs. I’m sure she’ll be fine with it if you show a little work ethic when anticipating the visits. Now until January are the best times for the offers since homeowners will be planning for their lawn next year.

@Vortico Hmm….where I live, the snow might not be gone until June, and last year we got our first snow in early October, so I wouldn’t be getting the money for more than 8 months. That makes winter sound terrible! And, this is kind of stupid, I know, but the idea of mowing lawns doesn’t really appeal to me. If it was the only way to make money, I’d do it, but I have enough other options…

Could you pet sit? Do typing/word processing for people? Do you know anyone with a dog they might need walked?

@SuperMouse I could pet sit or walk dogs, since I’m pretty good with most animals. But then there’s the fact that I couldn’t stand to feed a snake a live mouse, and the fact that I’m very allergic to cats. I can type pretty fast, so I suppose that’d work to do something like that, but what exactly would it be? It wouldn’t be typing something up, because anybody can do that. So what exactly do you mean “typing/word processing”?

My uncle handmade and delivered pizzas throughout his high school years. If you cook or bake you might do something similar. Your mom might be receptive to you starting with just your classmates families and growing from there as you get more experienced.

@WestRiverrat Except that I don’t have “classmates”. I’m home schooled. I know I’m not going to be able to do much.

@ChocolateReigns when I was young there were many students who could not type well enough to put together a term paper or other assignment for school. I don’t know if that is the case still, but if it is that might be something to do.

Does your family belong to a home schooling group? If they do that might be a good way to get your name out for babysitting, pet-sitting or whatever other service you might want to offer.

There are no jobs in the sense someone will hire you to sit at home and make money. However, there have been many stories about people who have figured out a way to produce something someone else wants, and they make money at it.

One very big cottage industry is women who make or finish quilts. They will take an unfinished project and deliver it all completed for a fee. The fee varies if you want experienced or apprentice work.

@SuperMouse We do go to a home school co-op! I never really thought of that before. Maybe I could put up posters there. Thanks :)

@YARNLADY Yeah…I’ve tried quilting – didn’t work out well. The only thing I can think of like that is beading, which I do for myself and friends for presents, but I don’t think I could turn that into a money-making thing because people are realizing, “Hey, this is fun!” and making it themselves.

Actually beading is a great way to make money from home. I have a friend that put herself through college, and supported her 2 children by beading when her husband ran out on her.

@WestRiverrat Really? When was this? Where? Doesn’t sound like where I live! Interesting…

South Dakota. It did help that she is full blooded Lakota. But most of the stuff she made had nothing to do with her culture. She made the most off of her pen covers or lighter covers with the school colors.

@YARNLADY

“One very big cottage industry is women who make or finish quilts. ” I need someone to do that…I have a quilt top that has been sitting unfinihed for 2 years now because I haven’t had time to quilt it…

If your winter is that long, I’ll bet you could find a lot of neighbors who need help shoveling their walks. There is a boy in our neighborhood who gets up very early on snowy days and cleans off cars for people. He put flyers in everybody’s mailboxes and has a regular clientèle.

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