Want work but don't know what to do

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I very much want some financial freedom. Currently a stay at home mum with three kids, my husband earns enough for us all but it isn't what I wanted. I am bad at housework, overwhelmed by kids° and I feel stuck, like I have 0 options but to suck up bad behaviour, and like a dependent idiot instead of an adult.

Youngest is in pre-school so I have to get him at 11:30 but at least he starts reception next September. So then it'll be the usual problems of working when you have primary aged children.

I have a number of health issues but the one that really causes a lot of my problems returning to work is having chronic migraine. I can't deal with loud/constant noise, fluorescent lighting or working on computers (I'm on my phone right now, I can't be on it for long and tbh I shouldn't be on it but I'm so isolated otherwise my mental health would tank). I have also been medically advised to cease driving.

I used to be an accountant doing audit of large public sector bodies. I think I may actually cry if I have to deal with the lines of excel again. In the past I've worked as a mortgage underwriter, shop floor retail, cleaner and call center doing surveys. I used to earn my way!

I'd love some help coming up with other work I could do, if anyone has any bright ideas!

°yeah, awaiting the 'why did you have kids if you're not able to deal with it you useless mum, it's your poor children I feel sorry for'. My life circumstances haven't always been the same as they are now, I love my kids very much and they're not going to be young and exhausting forever.

You said you're done retail before, is it something you'd consider doing again?

It can be pretty flexible with hours etc so you could work it around other commitments

would you consider something like dog-sitting? Depending on what company you register with you can either work from home or at the other person's house

@samwitwicky it's almost annoying that there's so many retail opportunities at the moment because I can't be under florescent lights for more than about 20 min. I'll slur my words, get dizzy and incredibly foggy thinking and then the pain will hit. I have wracked my brains trying to think of retailers etc that don't operate with fluorescent lights, would you know of any?

@xmasdealhunter I feel a bit silly now - there's actually agencies for dog sitting (or walking?) rather than simply the one local person who does it by word of mouth? I wouldn't be able to have the dogs at home rn but that is definitely something to think about (husband does not do dogs. So he couldn't be there. But still, a possibility)

Can you wear special glasses that filter the light so it doesn't trigger you? Is that a thing? Same for screens, I always use my phone on eye comfort setting so if you don't do that I'd try it. If you can find a way around the screens thing then home based work may be easier.
Otherwise, a few hours cleaning each morning while LO is in preschool. Cleaners are in huge demand here at the moment and are turning away work.

There's lots if you have a google (there are local ones that appear when I google it, but also some nation wide ones) :)