Suggestions for jobs making enough money to sustain basic needs (food, shelter, etc), but with enough time to do research?

[WhatDontIKnow]

Choosing a 9-5 life seems like it will ingrain me in the matters of someone else's ambition, then to come home after a days work leaving me with little time/ mental freshness to settle into the matters of researching esoteric material.

 

I have no formal qualifications and was hardly ever at school growing up. I was, "diagnosed", with dyslexia aged 7 and could not wrap my head around why we were being taught this way or why we had to be there. My parents received multiple fines for my absence throughout secondary education. 

 

Knowledge/ truth is important to me right now, but so is being able to provide food & shelter for my family. Concentration is notably tough for me to attain and has cost me any work I have had in the past. Currently in my mid twenties' - I can work towards something and gain training so I don't want to make excuses but I must acknowledge the facts. 

 

Any suggestions would be appreciated.

 

Thanks.

[Captainlove]

9 hours ago, WhatDontIKnow said:

Choosing a 9-5 life seems like it will ingrain me in the matters of someone else's ambition, then to come home after a days work leaving me with little time/ mental freshness to settle into the matters of researching esoteric material.

 

I have no formal qualifications and was hardly ever at school growing up. I was, "diagnosed", with dyslexia aged 7 and could not wrap my head around why we were being taught this way or why we had to be there. My parents received multiple fines for my absence throughout secondary education. 

 

Knowledge/ truth is important to me right now, but so is being able to provide food & shelter for my family. Concentration is notably tough for me to attain and has cost me any work I have had in the past. Currently in my mid twenties' - I can work towards something and gain training so I don't want to make excuses but I must acknowledge the facts. 

 

Any suggestions would be appreciated.

 

Thanks.

My advise to you is work for yourself. Take cash do what ever jobs are needed. Train as a electrician,plumber or builder etc. All trades that we all need and can never find a good one. Follow your heart not your head, and dont work just for money,as it will not fill your soul.

[LastOneLeftInTheCounty]

10 hours ago, WhatDontIKnow said:

Choosing a 9-5 life seems like it will ingrain me in the matters of someone else's ambition, then to come home after a days work leaving me with little time/ mental freshness to settle into the matters of researching esoteric material.

 

I have no formal qualifications and was hardly ever at school growing up. I was, "diagnosed", with dyslexia aged 7 and could not wrap my head around why we were being taught this way or why we had to be there. My parents received multiple fines for my absence throughout secondary education. 

 

Knowledge/ truth is important to me right now, but so is being able to provide food & shelter for my family. Concentration is notably tough for me to attain and has cost me any work I have had in the past. Currently in my mid twenties' - I can work towards something and gain training so I don't want to make excuses but I must acknowledge the facts. 

 

Any suggestions would be appreciated.

 

Thanks.

Exactly what captainlove said.

 

What do you enjoy? What are you particularly good at? Hobbies? Skills or talents? Develop your own product or service based on what your good at, what resources you have local to you, or whatever your skills can offer.

 

Work on them, develop them, become a master at what you do. 
 

It’s better than paying £50,000 for some university to give you a bit of paper that says your good at repeating what you’ve been told.

Most rich, successful, independent business people didn’t go to university.

 

[Mr H]

If you have hobby do YouTube channel and get some income that way.  @WhatDontIKnow

Edited August 31, 2024 by Mr H

[Grumpy Owl]

18 hours ago, Captainlove said:

My advise to you is work for yourself. Take cash do what ever jobs are needed. Train as a electrician,plumber or builder etc. All trades that we all need and can never find a good one. Follow your heart not your head, and dont work just for money,as it will not fill your soul.

 

Best advice I could ever give anyone.

 

There will always be a need for electricians, plumbers and gas engineers, proper tradesmen. Once you're suitably trained and experienced enough, work for yourself. You can earn decent money for your efforts, and being your own boss gives you some flexibility with your working hours.

 

 

[Campion]

@WhatDontIKnow   welcome to the forum and I hope we can be some help.   

 

You say you've got a family so of course that's your main focus to support and provide for them. I was thinking along the lines of the other answers about getting yourself trained in practical skills which can lead to working for yourself. There's apprenticeships and similar courses where you can get free training and on the job experience to get started. 

 

But the other thing which struck me is about the dyslexia and concentration difficulties, do you think that would be an obstacle for your career?  I know people with dyslexia who have successful careers in accountancy and management so it can be managed.  But you know how it affects you, have you been offered strategies to manage these conditions or looked into it for yourself? 

 

For example poor concentration may be the result of things you can influence like diet, poor sleep, EM radiation etc. Or it may have a more internal cause like ADHD.  You can also look into techniques like mindfulness.  Could be down to a lot of things, perhaps post-viral and post-vaxx effects. Have you got anywhere with understanding the causes, I'd suggest that's important as well as the esoteric research. 

[WhatDontIKnow]

Hello, @Captainlove @LastOneLeftInTheCounty @Mr H @Grumpy Owl @Campion

 

Thank you all for the suggestions and welcoming me to this space.

 

It's clear I must move towards working for myself. I have always known it yet never took the actions to make it happen.

 

I have narrowed down a few things. I want to work outside - at least mostly, and also do something physical. I love cars, so thinking of finding work of that nature. Car mechanic, car detailer or tyre fitter etc. Right now car detailing excites me. I have a driving licence, I could save for a van and go mobile but firstly look for an employer to gain experience with or look for some training courses.

 

To answer @Campion. I did receive help for the dyslexia in my youth but never took to it. I am conscious of what I eat, non-vaxxed and sleep well. Have been described by others as "spacey", whether that's the truth or i've taken to that as a spell - I don't know. Recent obstacle has been after 3 years of constant psychoactive plant medicine use/ edging abuse of it. Any concentration ability I did have disappeared. Being 2 years sober and detoxed I feel capable of giving my all to something here. In writing this, realising a reason I can't concentrate might be because it's never been on something I want to do. I think that faculty will strengthen when used in alignment with my desires.

 

Grateful for your time.

 

C.

[Mr H]

@WhatDontIKnow

 

Good luck

 

Another approach.

 

Think of someone who would hire you.

 

Why?

What skills do you have?

Your network?

 

Etc

 

Brainstorm who would want you.

 

Then employ yourself in that role! Offer your services yourself.

[LastOneLeftInTheCounty]

12 hours ago, WhatDontIKnow said:

Hello, @Captainlove @LastOneLeftInTheCounty @Mr H @Grumpy Owl @Campion

 

Thank you all for the suggestions and welcoming me to this space.

 

It's clear I must move towards working for myself. I have always known it yet never took the actions to make it happen.

 

I have narrowed down a few things. I want to work outside - at least mostly, and also do something physical. I love cars, so thinking of finding work of that nature. Car mechanic, car detailer or tyre fitter etc. Right now car detailing excites me. I have a driving licence, I could save for a van and go mobile but firstly look for an employer to gain experience with or look for some training courses.

 

To answer @Campion. I did receive help for the dyslexia in my youth but never took to it. I am conscious of what I eat, non-vaxxed and sleep well. Have been described by others as "spacey", whether that's the truth or i've taken to that as a spell - I don't know. Recent obstacle has been after 3 years of constant psychoactive plant medicine use/ edging abuse of it. Any concentration ability I did have disappeared. Being 2 years sober and detoxed I feel capable of giving my all to something here. In writing this, realising a reason I can't concentrate might be because it's never been on something I want to do. I think that faculty will strengthen when used in alignment with my desires.

 

Grateful for your time.

 

C.

Cool.

 

Search YouTube or other social media for car detailing, the ins and outs of it. Learn secret techniques. Research the industry standard products they use. Research the manufacturers. Email them stating it’s your intention to be the best detailer in business within five yrs, ask for free samples of their products. Create a buzz around yourself within the industry.

Make contact with the best detailers. Ask to visit or shadow them for a day. You’ll click with one or two of them. Stick with those guys. 
Learn the basics, try to blag the best equipment then fake it till you make it.

As long as you provide a good service people will keep coming back. 
 

As I said like all industries, all crafts, all businesses, there are industry standard ways of doing things and there are secret shortcuts/hacks that keep the industry going. Work these things out and proposer 

 

Try to appear to offer something that no one else can while you master the nuts and bolts of it but above all- do a good job 

[webtrekker]

A lot depends on your expectations. For instance, how much do you really need to earn per month to keep yourself and your family afloat?

 

There are loads of self-employed jobs and sidelines, but I've seen far too many fold in less than a year for me to ever want to go back to being self-employed. Believe me, there's a lot to be said for just turning up for a 'normal' employed job, then going home and forgetting about it. With SE, you have all of the tax and VAT headaches, business insurance, bookkeeping, accountants crap constantly dangling over your head, then there's the initial costs of setting up a business: costly equipment, rental of premises, etc plus all the running costs, eg. electricity, gas, water. Then, once you are set up, you may have to fork out a lot for advertising (don't underestimate this!), stock, deliveries (if needed). Also ... No holiday pay and no sick pay!

 

Not only that, but you will have to pay Class 4 NIC's etc and this may affect your pension down the line. If you've been SE for a while then can't manage and have to quit and claim JSA, then you will probably find you won't be allowed any, even though they'll still expect you to attend the Jobcentre when required, at your own cost.

 

Sorry if all of that sounds too negative, but I've been there and done that and wouldn't recommend it to anyone who wanted to scrape a living from it.

 

As a sideline job, though, It's possible to add to your main earnings with a SE second job. I worked as a delivery driver for a local Indian Takeaway and it used to bring in about £1,200 a month before tax. Since round one-third of that was tips (which of course I always fully declared ... cough! ...) I never had to pay very much in tax. I also was SE making sublimated products for sale, mainly on fleabay: mugs, bags, coasters, keyrings, that sort of thing, but the postal charges were high, and you just can't compete with the idiots who appear to be in a race to the bottom with profits so low that some could only be making pennies from a sale.

 

TBH, I'm glad I'm an old bugger now and retired. I still have all of my sublimation printing gear and vinyl contour cutters, which I still sometimes use just as a hobby, but all of my gear would fetch nothing in a sale.

 

 

 

Edited September 2, 2024 by webtrekker

[webtrekker]

PS. I should have added ...

 

Be very wary of youtube videos claiming to make you well off. In fact, IGNORE EVERY SINGLE ONE! The only ones making money here are the ones uploading the clickbait videos, from clicks, ads, and scams.

[Mr H]

1 hour ago, webtrekker said:

A lot depends on your expectations. For instance, how much do you really need to earn per month to keep yourself and your family afloat?

 

There are loads of self-employed jobs and sidelines, but I've seen far too many fold in less than a year for me to ever want to go back to being self-employed. Believe me, there's a lot to be said for just turning up for a 'normal' employed job, then going home and forgetting about it. With SE, you have all of the tax and VAT headaches, business insurance, bookkeeping, accountants crap constantly dangling over your head, then there's the initial costs of setting up a business: costly equipment, rental of premises, etc plus all the running costs, eg. electricity, gas, water. Then, once you are set up, you may have to fork out a lot for advertising (don't underestimate this!), stock, deliveries (if needed). Also ... No holiday pay and no sick pay!

 

Not only that, but you will have to pay Class 4 NIC's etc and this may affect your pension down the line. If you've been SE for a while then can't manage and have to quit and claim JSA, then you will probably find you won't be allowed any, even though they'll still expect you to attend the Jobcentre when required, at your own cost.

 

Sorry if all of that sounds too negative, but I've been there and done that and wouldn't recommend it to anyone who wanted to scrape a living from it.

 

As a sideline job, though, It's possible to add to your main earnings with a SE second job. I worked as a delivery driver for a local Indian Takeaway and it used to bring in about £1,200 a month before tax. Since round one-third of that was tips (which of course I always fully declared ... cough! ...) I never had to pay very much in tax. I also was SE making sublimated products for sale, mainly on fleabay: mugs, bags, coasters, keyrings, that sort of thing, but the postal charges were high, and you just can't compete with the idiots who appear to be in a race to the bottom with profits so low that some could only be making pennies from a sale.

 

TBH, I'm glad I'm an old bugger now and retired. I still have all of my sublimation printing gear and vinyl contour cutters, which I still sometimes use just as a hobby, but all of my gear would fetch nothing in a sale.

 

 

 

Concur with lot of that.

 

But I think today. Making money online is the way. No or little start up.costs.

 

I also don't think there is or much of JSA anymore. It's universal credit which everyone can get if have low savings.

 

For any young person I would also advise not being concerned by state pension, unlikely to be much of one when I get old. Better do your own pension.