Life on Hold

[fw2007]

Hi;
I am 52 years old and lost my job 11 months ago. I spent some time job hunting, but could never get motivated by anything I found.
My resume is very weak, as I had only two jobs in my career (stuck with one for 19 years, and 10 years on the last), and do not have a degree in anything.

I am single, and currently living with my parents, sister, and niece.
My field was electronics, but not having a degree I worked as a technician at a workbench most of the time. It became very boring, especially with the last job in the medical electronics field. I felt worse than bored, I felt repulsed by the work sometimes.

While I know that I should have been working on improving my skills and/or acquiring new ones while I still had a job, I got very lazy, and became depressed.

Now, I have absolutely no desire to do anything in the field of electronics, and do not have enough training in anything else to qualify for a position in another field.
I think of trying to write articles, have a web site where I blog and write whatever I am interested in, but never written anything I thought of submitting professionally.

I think my problem is that while I like to write, and consider myself capable of putting words together in a blog, I don't have any interesting life experiences to write about.
I have had a relatively uneventful life, and am not interested in politics, etc that I might be able to write about. Those things bore me very much, and I find it nearly impossible to write, or do anything that is not interesting to me.

My one passion is running. I run two marathons per year, and am always training for the next one, so I am never inactive. I believe it is the running that keeps me sane, and from becoming totally depressed.
The problem is that I cannot earn a living by running, and once my bank account dries up I will have to get some sort of work to pay for health insurance, car insurance, food, and other necessities.

I dread the thought of going back into the "8-5" routine again, so I am looking for work online from home.
I see so many "opportunities" that are really scams, I am not interested in selling stuff, and don't have the patients to answer surveys for a few dollars.

I have thought of associate marketing, using my website, but I have to come up with some decent content to draw people to the site before any marketing plan will work.

I am sometimes trying to come up with an invention, but so far everything I have thought of has already been invented, as I find out by Googling.
I am learning Visual Basic.Net, MS Access, and HTML in hopes I might be able to develop some sort of application related to running (a runner's log for example) which I might be able to sell online for a few bucks, but my interest in these things comes and goes.
There again, I don't think I would have the patients to work on something that doesn't particularly interest me.

I guess what I'm doing now is trying to find whether there are many other people in the same sort of predicament I am in, and whether they have found anything online that isn't surveys, data entry, etc.

Thanks for listening to me.
If you have any ideas or suggestions, I would appreciate hearing from you.

FW

[Travel Mom]

I hear ya loud and clear! Not everyone is into writing, direct sales, and not everyone can come up with an original million dollar idea (unfortunately for my husband, who I try to motivate daily!:D ). I have found a couple of things that involve a very small investment and some time. That's it. You don't have to talk to anyone, direct sell anything, or come up with any brilliant ideas. In fact, they basically run themselves as long as you market them, and they are beautiful courses on how to market ANYTHING! So when you do come up with your perfect plan, you will know how to market already. One of them in particular is just superb in motivating you to tackle LIFE! Sounds like it may be the perfect refreshment for you after the daily grind of life! Feel free to contact me if you need any help. The links I will include may be booted out. ;)

Julie Nelson

[RyanMis]

I can understand that. Some of these things are not scams. They just take some time to start up. I wasn't into writing articles either or selling for that matter; I can't sell a book to a blind man. But if these things are done, then you can see yourself gain knowledge and passion.

I got involved with the My Online Income System. I work it when I can. I was skeptical until I saw that e-mail in my inbox saying that I made a sale. Cool beans- huh? take care

[kingjim]

I hear you! Some call it the 'soul destroying day job'. I think you have more than enough to be successful online. You just need the right system and support and tools to make it happen.

With the right tools you can thoroughly brainstorm and research a topic like running and find many ideas based around this theme. You can then explore ways to monetize each of these ideas on your website (once again with the right tools). I see much potential in this area.

e.g. not everyone runs a marathon there is an ebook in that!
-running shoes and clothing (some of these companies may have affiliate programs or you can be paid for referrals)
-great marathons of the world dvd's and cd's
-mental success of a runner-there is a series of articles there
-recommend great ares to go jogging with affiliate links to travel and accomodation in that area

Really the sky is the limit. What about another theme for hobby electronics-this is a huge area with much monetization potential from selling ebooks on projects to selling kits etc

Really you need to be with a company that can give you the tools to explore these ideas and one that offers support and training.

Don't get down take hope that there is another way :)

And I agree that physical exercise helps with negative feelings. Oh wait there is another idea-Ways to Overcome Depression. My friend you have so much potential maybe you should start believing what you have is unique and valuable!

Good luck!

KJ

[Shadowkahn1234]

I can sympathize with you. I'm 52 but I am employed at a job I hate. I am currently working with My Online Income System. I'll let you know how it goes. I can tell you that affiliate marketing might be what you are looking for. Check my signature.:cool:
All the best

[jax19]

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