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JD The Jazz Doctor


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Hey!

Has anyone ever had a second part-time job that they really enjoyed, or at least didn't mind doing? If so, what was it?

I ask, because I think I am about to begin looking. I am aggressively trying to eliminate all my debts in 4 yrs, while maximizing the contributions to my roth and 401k. In 4 yrs I hope to have the car payed for, and the credit cards down to $0.

In doing so, I need to watch where every last penny goes. That gets tiresome. It affords for no errors or emergencies, in order for this to work. And y'all know life is all about errors or emergencies. I'd like a bigger buffer $-wise, and am willing to work for that. BUT:

flexible hours would be necessary (even moreso than good pay)
wouldn't want to work more than 16 hrs/ wk
wouldn't want to do anything involving the general public.

I grade college papers from time to time, but that's sporadic.

Has anyone ever done anything from home- eg- survey sites that actually pay money, etc?

Thanks for any suggestions! smile

-- Edited by JD The Jazz Doctor at 17:39, 2007-10-12

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I was there until you said not working with the public. It's hard to get a part time job and not have to work with people.

This winter I plan to take up a second job doing taxes. I've taken the class at Jackson Hewitt, and the teacher (and manager) thought I was great and she's been trying to get me to work for her for years now. And basically I'm looking for a little bit of money just to help get some things paid off. But the best part will be that it's seasonal. 3 months a year, don't have to sign on the next year, no need to worry about quitting. And the manager is really flexible about hours. Basically I'll just have to tell her when I can work, and that's when she'll schedule me. I haven't done a tax season yet, but I have a few friends that do, and they say it's actually pretty boring. There will be a few busy days in April, but otherwise it's pretty laid back. And if you get taxes that are a little more advanced than you feel capable of, one of the more experienced people have no problem taking it over.

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JD The Jazz Doctor


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that sounds pretty cool Mz- & I suppose you are right, part time chances definately increase when working with the general public. lol I just don't know if I can do that anymore.....I'd be like Rat in Pearls Before Swine with my Swinging Yard-Stick of Idiot Doom.....biggrin

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A good article to read if you consider online job ops: http://jobsearch.about.com/od/workfromhome/a/workathomejobs_2.htm

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oh thanks g-gal! I will check it out.smile.gif

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JD The Jazz Doctor wrote:

that sounds pretty cool Mz- & I suppose you are right, part time chances definately increase when working with the general public. lol I just don't know if I can do that anymore.....I'd be like Rat in Pearls Before Swine with my Swinging Yard-Stick of Idiot Doom.....biggrin






I wish I had some advice to offer you JD, but unfortunately, I don't. As I'm getting older, I feel pretty much the same as you......I don't want to deal with the public idiots anymore. Like Mz, I do taxes during tax season to earn some extra cash, but I do it from the comfort of my own home. I don't touch the complicated taxes anymore because I got burnt out trying to stay current on all the tax laws, but I have a steady list of friends with the basic, straight-forward returns that pay me to do their's. While I'll never get rich from this, it does provide me with a little extra cash, and that's all I'm after.....a little extra spending money.

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Hey Jazz, despite working with the public I suggest working as an usher at the Brewers or Bucks games.  I have a friend who did that for the Indianapolis Indians, our AAA baseball team, and he had a great time.  He did it for the same reasons as you. With 81 and 41 games that would make a nice part-time job for just a third of the year.  Plus you get to watch the games!!!!



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ok because you asked for it I will give you the list that I am doing. I didn't want to spam you guys so I have been fairly quiet about it. I dreaded getting a 2nd job again but so I have been trying to work from the internet instead. I have been doing survey sites and gpt (get paid to) sites. With gpt sites you get paid for doing surveys, trying products, entering contests, signing up for things and much more. This is fairly knew to me so I have not been paid by everybody yet but I have been paid. I will post my list and I will be happy to answer any questions that I can. Also there is no sign up cost to start on a site. If there is it is a scam. If you don't like the site- don't so it. I have been paid by Treasure Trooper, Myster-e-Mail, and SquishyCash. I have reached payout for Moratraffic, Raining Riches and Revolution Offers this month. Revolution Offers has been the best this month!

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thanks for the wonderful suggestions, and woo thank you for taking the time to share all that!smile

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More stuff to look over:

http://www.prweb.com/releases/2006/6/prweb396104.htm
http://www.adtoad.com/addetail.asp?adid=20050714123650
http://www.sohojobs.org/freejobs.html
http://www.freewebs.com/dcdataentry/
http://www.workathomecareers.com/workathomejobs/

-- Edited by garougal at 21:18, 2007-10-14

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lol I think I am going to go find a radio gig THAT PAYS.biggrin

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i have a couple friends that clean offices at night two times a week.  mainly it's just emptying trash cans and running the vacuum. 

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i have a couple friends that clean offices at night two times a week.  mainly it's just emptying trash cans and running the vacuum.








look..... i have an echo!

-- Edited by disco strangler at 09:46, 2007-10-15

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