Poll: If there WAS a legitimate WAH job...

Stacyc625

If there was a legitimate WAH job that you could do in your spare time (LOL... no seriously)... what would you want to do? What would you enjoy doing for some extra cash on a part time basis- without requiring childcare (or maybe it could require it)...

And if there was such an option- (to do something you enjoyed- but did require your attention/time not focused on children) would you do it?

Skies the limit peeps- think out of the box and go wild.

JOEBunny

This is a legit job, just not one I could get.  I would like to be a website tester.  Making sure everything works just how it is suppose to and making suggestions for improvements. 

hs & js baby #1

Baking.  I totally would love to bake all day long......probably wouldn't be good for my diet!!!

eaglesfan700

I want to have Andy Cohen's clubhouse with all the RHs, except do it in my house.  It would be called "In the Living Room"

Stacyc625

eaglesfan700:

I want to have Andy Cohen's clubhouse with all the RHs, except do it in my house.  It would be called "In the Living Room"

LOL~!!!! Eagles, you crack me up.

Now THAT is out of the box! Love it.

eaglesfan700

Stacyc625:

eaglesfan700:

I want to have Andy Cohen's clubhouse with all the RHs, except do it in my house.  It would be called "In the Living Room"

LOL~!!!! Eagles, you crack me up.

Now THAT is out of the box! Love it.

I am going to really go out of the box and include my favorite Philly athletes too.  So on any given day, I could have Desean Jackson and Camille Grammer in the living room, while Charlie is running around dropping pearls of wisdom like "poopers come out of your bottom, mommy" (which he actually said today)

Daisy77

I want to play/test fun games or apps and report back my thoughts.  It's ridiculous how much I love my Ipod Touch, lol.

Notwifezilla7

eaglesfan700:

I want to have Andy Cohen's clubhouse with all the RHs, except do it in my house.  It would be called "In the Living Room"

That's awesome!
I would love something in the online writing vein or party planning.

gatogrrl

Chocolate companies can send me their goodies for taste testing and I will provide consumer feedback.

I would also need to test treadmills and stairmasters before long.

tabi_ja

I wish people would pay me for: 

Writing

Giving my opinion on anything

Crafting random junk for as long as it would hold my attention

Playing with my kid all day

In all honesty, though, I really do wish that I could get a job as an editor.  I love reading things and finding the mistakes and fixing them, so that the piece looks and sounds professional.  My little nerdy heart would just explode with happiness if someone would pay me to be a Grammar Nazi. <sigh> 

spiritenergy

Inventor, but I would not want to have to go through the expensive and daunting patenting process or pay for all of my experiments. So I would need unlimited funding and a lab. Give me time and money, and I will solve lots of problems.

Healer would be my other choice. I'd love to get to paid to meditate and think healing thoughts towards people, the earth, and the universe.

MAprincess

I am a darn good cake decorator.  I do it for friends and family but I can't legally run a cake decorating business from my home. 

Mrs.Hizzo

I would like to get paid to critique ads. I love picking apart commercials, deciding what's good and bad about them from a marketing perspective. 

MainelyFoolish

My current work situation is pretty ideal.  I appraise household items for insurance claims part time after my DD and DH go to bed at night.  A lot of it is fairly routine so I can sit on the couch and catch up on mindless tv shows (like cooking shows or HGTV, nothing with a complicated plot) while I work.  Although in my dream world it would pay really well, not just the pocket change I currently earn. 

The work is also sporadic, so some weeks I hardly earn any money at all.  Since our household doesn't rely on my income to pay bills, I enjoy the time off I get when work is slow, but I can imagine it would be stressful if someone was expecting to get a paycheck at a certain level each month. 

P.S. Lest you think I'm cheating my company by watching tv while working, I'm an independent contractor and I get paid by the number of items appraised, not by the hour.  As long as my work quality is ok (and it is) I can work however I wish.

UnderAtree

MalloryRae:

In my head I still think I'm going to sew and sell things on Etsy.  But I know I'll never do it because I'm too much of a perfectionist and I will never think my stuff is good enough!  

Not too creative....I guess I stick pretty close to the box. 

This. Except I am not a perfectionist, I just really suck at sewing lol.

twh2006

Mine would be a local spa tester. I'd go to various spa's for treatments after the older kids get home or on Dh's friday off and critique them.  I'd also like to taste test the local martini bar's new drinks, perhaps after my spa treatment.

MrsC17

hs & js baby #1:

Baking.  I totally would love to bake all day long......probably wouldn't be good for my diet!!!

 My husband's cousin did this!!  She started baking cupcakes, and I'm not sure how/why (I don't know if people egged her on and told her how good they were, etc), but she started to bring them to local restaurants and some of them commissioned her to bake them for their dessert menu, AND she caters parties--she seems to get tons of business, the cupcakes are SOOOOO good and look amazing--perfect for party desserts or favors, and she gets most of the work done when the kids are asleep (she has twins!). 

As for me?  I don't know-I have LOTS of ideas...definitely not exceedingly creative- sometimes I'd love to work for my old company (I worked in HR), because I miss them, and sometimes I really think I'd love to be a travel agent.  I love travel (although I've never been anywhere interesting because my DH's idea of vacation is to lay in a slug like fashion on the beach for 7 days straight), and I love doing research for travel (strange I know).

Here's my one possibly "out of the box" idea--I've legitimately thought about someday starting my own destination wedding business.  I had one (in the DR), and I loved planning it--lots of people said I should look into it because they thought it came together so nicely (I also love party planning in general, lots of people commented on the little details of DD's first birthday party).  In my mind I would probably tier the cost based on the level of service I'd be providing (ie would I just be booking the travel and making sure the wedding date is open? Would I have to be on site to coordinate with their on site wedding person? etc).  There's a lot more but this is already a novel

kacelle

I'd like to go to culinary school so that I could run a small catering business from my home.  I'd also run a little bakery from my home where people in my area could buy their fresh breads and pastries.  

Fulbri05

I would run an animal rescue from my home. What could be better than playing with my son and a ton of dogs and cats all day? In reality as soon as the hubs retires from the Army (in about 16 years haha) and we stay in one place, I want to foster animals.