#work ideas

I want a desk job that has as little to do with the public, phones, and advanced math as possible. Something I can sit down and be left alone to do, and only talk to people when I am done/need help or answers to a question

But every job I find that is like that requires a degree, or expensive training/certifications, or way too much time trying to market myself as a freelancer

Do you know of any entry level job I could look for that are like this? Or would I have to find a way to afford the education?

For elementary schools there is no right way to do morning work. Teachers across classrooms and grade levels have all found ways that morning work fits their teaching style and their classroom. However, there is definitely a wrong way to do morning work; skipping it entirely. Teachers that skip morning work are missing out on creating a consistent start to their day and are missing out on an easy…

Here's the thought: Long haul trucking

I know of drivers who live out of their trucks, pay for their phone bill, food, and maybe a storage unit for their stuff. That's it. My own trainer told me that's how she lives, she even sold her house because she didn't need it. Just her and her dog, out on the road all year long, and she’s perfectly happy like that, making hella bank.

“But wait!” I hear you cry, “You need training for that, and training costs money they don’t have!” This is true. it also tends to be one of the big things that keep people from trying. Currently it costs around $4000 to attend driving school to obtain your class A, which is rather ridiculous in my opinion.

However.

There are entry-level long haul companies that have their own driving schools, and they will cover the fee themselves, but the catch is that instead of pay for it upfront, you work it off by doing general long haul for two years. I know for certain Swift Transportation does this, but I believe that C.R. England does as well, or at least something similar. Isn’t that convenient, that other trucking companies, with better pay rates, require you to have 2+ years of experience for them to hire you? And look, you’re guaranteed two years of work! (Just don’t do anything like crash the truck, or honk at a moose)

One of the things you have to wrap your head around is the difference in how you’re paid. You’re not paid by the hour, you’re paid by the mile. and .42 cents per mile doesn’t sound like much to start with, but if you drive all the miles that are available to you in your hourly limits? I was pulling in $1,200 a WEEK net when I did that. And it you hate being alone? Offer to drive team. Then it’s you and another driver trading off on who’s driving, and the vehicle rarely stops, but the pay is better because fewer drivers wanna do it.

So to sum up the basics of what you need:

1) Valid drivers license

2) Able to pass a background check

3) Willingness to work long hours, probably by yourself

It’s not a perfect solution, nothing ever is, but it’s work that you can definitely find anywhere in the US, probably the world. It gives you a roof over your head, a warm dry bed, and well paying work. Most companies even INSIST that they want their drivers to shower daily, and I don’t know if you’ve ever used the showers at truck stops, but they’re only getting better every year.

https://www.nationalgallery.ie/dragana-jurisic-tarantula

After Vermeer - Dragana Jurisic 

The pensive women in Vermeer portraits made me think about ‘A Doll’s House’ (1879) by Henrik Ibsen. 

In the play, Nora, the main character, leaves her husband to discover herself. The play caused a huge controversy at the time. Ibsen was inspired by the belief that “a woman cannot be herself in modern society.” 

He wrote the play while travelling in Italy where he became acquainted with Tarantism. Tarantati, female victims bitten by a mythical spider, suffered from a condition very similar to hysteria and melancholy, the symptoms Nora experiences in the play. 

These women were repressed by their society and the “bite” allowed them to be wild.

The only cure for Tarantism is the rite of the tarantula, which involves trance-like dancing, accompanied by live music, sometimes for days on end.

In ‘A Dolls House’ Nora performs a similar kind of a wild dance