to ask what you do if you are self employed/work at home

[PocketFluff]

In a few threads recently people have talked about being self employed, some only doing a few hours a week, or being able to have a work at home job that fits around the children.

Can I be nosey and ask what it is you do and get a bit of the action myself?

I teach music :)

I'm not technically employed, but dp has his own gardening business and my job is to drive him about (because he doesn't drive ) and do the books/make appointments etc. I think next year i'll put myself on the books though so I can "earn" too.

I started a small business, I paint furniture, murals, canvas (usually childrens characters) and I also do memory boxes and other bits and bobs. I started a few months ago and am doing really well so far, although I have had to cancel doing a few murals this month since I broke my ankle which is the down side to being self employed, I don't get any sick pay.

I'm a counsellor in private practice in addition to working full time.

I've done ok in the past doing the direct selling type things (Ann Summers, Usborne, Avon) but you do need to be a certain type of person to be successful.

I do publicity for an educational charity run by friends.

accountant/ bookkeeper.

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I do up buy to lets up and then manage them myself.

I do childcare SE around my two nanny jobs. Usually babysitting but some stuff during the day when I can too.

From home (and when I babysit) I knit stuff. I haven't started selling yet but I have an original theme for knitting so hopefully it'll be popular when I do start selling in the New Year :)

I'm a researcher and policy wonk with a national charity. I can work from home about 85% of the time or whenever I don't have to attend meetings or supervise the rest of my team. (Although perhaps oddly, I often choose to go to the office anyway as I like the atmosphere and contact with colleagues and the outside world.)

I've not always been able to work from home, though - only as my work has evolved to the point that it generally makes no difference where my desk is - and there's also been a fair bit of negotiation with my line manager and rest of the team. I think working from home requires more motivation especially if you're prone to procrastination generally!

Copy writer/poet/aspiring novelist if I ever get the bloody book finished.

Local magazine/advertising and buy to let.

Online seller...

We sell jewellery online (through amazon and our own site) it allows me and OH to both work from home :)

I work for several market research companies, mostly mystery shopping but we do online projects too which can be done at home. I also do dps books and do all the administration and running of his business. And I do freelance work when I can get it,business admin, writing up documentation and whatever else comes my way.

I've just stated a new job wohm though and I have to say it's great to get out of the house, being stuck at home constantly was tougher than you'd think... I was starting to feel really isolated.

Wow, a real range of jobs here!

I worked as a self-employed software engineer/web designer for a few years.

I write and proof read. Sometimes there's a little translation thrown in too.

I am childminder during the day, a cake maker and crafter at night!

I make cakes

Writer.

Technical writing and consulting. I also do a bit of lecturing, but that's not from home (obviously).

Freelance graphic designer. Sometimes I have in-house contracts lasting anywhere from a week to a month, otherwise i'm working for private clients from home or from a freelance workspace.

Another translator here.