"Sell" from home advice

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Hi I'm after some advice.

Please no one mock me and say to earn money you need skills / an education / you need to work hard / Nothing comes to you etc. I know all of this already. But I'm desperate.

I'm 35. My children are in school. I've had several jobs. To be honest I've been crap at them all. Doing silly things wrong etc. I haven't worked since I had my eldest 10 years ago. I've applied for lots but I don't hear back. I have autism and anxiety and since having the kids I rarely leave the house.

I've been selling from home for 2 years. I know what people think on here about MLM but as far as my experience goes I've not been conned and I have made a bit of spending money which is better than how I was before.

I do get orders and I've probably aren't £2,000 over the years. I think you have to make more than £4,000 in a year to pay tax so as yet I haven't. The thing is the items I sell are something people buy once every couple of months.

I know when I ask this question you will say "nothing" go and get a proper job.
I've tried that. My psychiatrist agreed that I have a case for PIP but I'm waiting on my tribunal appointment.

So here goes my question is if you struggle for money and was given £5,000 from a family member how would you use it to make money from home? This is the only option for me as I cannot leave home due to my anxiety. I know I can't live off the money I make but event £20/£30 a week would help.

I can't think of a single thing I could sell from home that people would want to buy so frequently.

I've not got another option to be honest and our outgoings are more than what we get so bills are going unpaid and I can't stand receiving the letters.

I will definitely use the money to pay at least all of the outstanding payments but I'm thinking how I could get out of this mess so I don't get into a situation like it.

Thank you.

In all honesty, I’d probably spend the £5000 on the best therapist/councillor I could find and have multiple sessions a week, so I could leave the house and not be trapped at home.
Have you tried getting work as a virtual PA, virtual secretary, or something like that? Something that actually provides regular working hours and a proper salary and doesn’t require you to have to ‘sell’ anything to make money from.

I have autism dyspraxia and dyslexia so I can't really use my brain 😦😦 I'm not saying people can't work with the above but I can't seem too.

What did you do before you had your eldest? There's plenty of jobs that don't involve using your brain a lot - warehouse, cleaning etc.

If you really only need the extra £20 a week, £5000 would last you nearly 5 years so instead of spending it on buying things to sell, you could just top up your weekly income with it?

Do you have a partner or spouse? How do the kids get to school? How do you shop for food or clothes for the kids? Do you kids have school friends round to play?
I agree with a previous poster best thing you could do would be invest the money in improving your anxiety. Surely if this is controlled all your lives would improve. Does your psychiatrist think that nothing can be done for you??

if you are making money from MLM then respect to you, almost everyone loses normally!

you say 'we' which I hope implies a partner. Someone needs to deal with the bills. Might also be worth speaking to a debt charity before things get really out of hand.