I need help with this also. I'm in need of some way to support myself and I just can't find anything that I am willing and able to do. It all seems too hard and I'm sure that I won't be able to perform satisfactorily for any job. It seems like every job has some component that I can't do.
Things I have tried include lab work, which is very difficult because I only have one eye, so I'm lacking in depth perception. Hard labor like cooking ( which I tried as a young adult) is also difficult for the same reason ( and also because I'm very petite girl, chefs used to always pinch my ass or more etc. ) .
I've been able to stay home for the past 10 years and just take care of my children and even then we can only sign up for a few things and we are always late for school etc. Only have one car, one adult and three children. Ugh.
My best job so far was to lecture at the community college. That's something that maybe I could be successful at but I'm not qualified yet - I would need to get my masters degree. I was lucky to have that job for a while as an emergency hire. I have tried teaching in the public schools grade 7 and 10, but I can't discipline the kids. That is stressful to always be having to ride them and to force them to work and so forth. I may have to try once again, anyway. But I'll probably suck at it, at least when I have to teach my son to drive it's my own kid and he says - I don't teach him anything - that he has to learn on his own by trial and error. When giving lessons to him all I can say is stuff like" good thing you missed that rock wall" as he completes his turn into the parking lot with about 2 inches between the car and the wall. Funny. But not really, big sigh.
I'm glad that there is this forum, maybe I should go back to working in a bakery. I have often thought about it and I did work in one for about 6 months 25 years ago, and it worked for me. There was only two of us baking bread and one owner who would come in visit and deliver the bread. It was quiet, really peaceful when it snowed, and the man I worked with was really gentle and mature. I never had any conflict or disputes with him and we weren't having sex. I have never found any bakery that had a set up like that since that time. I really think the environment is more important that the work you are doing. It will be very hard to find an arrangement like I had in that bakery.
I have tried to apply for jobs like office assistant since that is very similar to what I do at home, but nothing has come through. Also if anyone has any ideas for how to work from home, please let me know. I have tried to find out if I could do something like work the battered women or rape hotline from my phone at home but haven't gotten anywhere with it. I'm living in rural Hawaii and our local economy has come to a near complete stop.
One woman suggested that I cook for people in their homes but that reminds me of when I used to clean house for a man (back in the 80's) who was always trying to have sex with me. Think 25 years makes a difference? It should but I'm not entirely sure.
