How can I earn from home with no skills

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Hi I made a post in chat yesterday but got no replies. I then posted it in money worries. Still no reply so I thought I would try and on here.

I cannot go out to work. I've tried. What could I do / sell from home with £5,000? I know it's not much but I don't want to waste this money and I'm hoping whatever I do from home can get me out of this mess long term.

I have no skills in IT / Writing / Crafts etc

My original post:

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.

Ironing?

@GeePipe

It can be a bit overwhelming at first, I never thought I'd understand matched betting. But as another post has said, there's so much support and so many tutorials out there. It's honestly the least difficult way to earn an income from home. Everything else is hard work in comparison once you get into the swing of it

Childminder? You could use th £5000 to make your home safe and get equipment like high chairs, buggy if you don't have them.

Are you crafty?

My friend does custom machine embroidery from home. Doing names on hats, towels, baby grows etc. 5k would easily buy you a decent machine.

I think you not leaving the house is affecting your children.

You've said don't want to go to school because they are you not doing anything and want to copy.
You said you barely leave the house because of anxiety so I'm assuming you don't take your kids out and have fun with them?
You said you don't have much money. So your kids will be feeling the effects of not being able to do / have the same as their friends. That's only going to get worse for them as they get older.

You have £5k.
You're not going to make money doing pyramid schemes long-term.
You've said no to a lot of the better WFH suggestions on here because you don't understand them or have the ability.
Doing 'crap' jobs from home will burn through that £5k before you know it and you'll be back to square one.

So. If you're not doing anything with your days, start.
Get to the GP and get say yes to EVERY suggestion they have to assist you with anxiety be it medication, therapy etc etc. Get on every waiting list you are offered for help.
Start doing daily meditation at home. Do a daily yoga for beginners video every day.
Get your house immaculate. If you don't work and your kids are out at school, there's no excuse for untidiness or dirt. Same with your garden/yard.
Every piece of homework your kids bring home, you sit and do it with them. Not sit and help them with theirs (although do this too because it'll help them intellectually but also be a good bonding session with them and set good study habits so history doesn't repeat), but actually do the work alongside them. It might be easy now. But you can develop alongside them and you'll be learning GCSE level alongside them for free eventually.
And spend that £5k on sorting your anxiety etc out with private therapy. Regularly.

Spend the whole lot on weekly, then fortnightly sessions and group sessions.

You're going to lose that £5k anyway on get rich quick schemes so why not spend it on sorting YOU out.
If it fixes you enough so you can get out the house and get a job in a supermarket, cleaning, care work, McDonald's etc (not being patronising, these are just good jobs if you've no experience or qualifications but have good long-term prospects if you're willing to work hard) then you'll be set for life and give your kids a better life too.

Definitely the most sensible suggestion from @bobbybluecat ^^

Nothing else here is likely to help long term - or even short term tbh

otterses i might look into it on facebook! Thanks. I know its all about practice. Op maybe write a list of jobs and see what takes your fancy. This is the list i wrote kn a notebook but never had the courage to persue:

Baking cakes
Gardening
Ironing
General chores for people eg dish washing, laundrey
Dog walking
Pet/ house sitting
Cleaning
Call center from home (if these jobs exist like market research)

I will think of others and i know these arent strictly work from home but they might inspire ideas.

I think you should spend some of the money on counseling and life coaching OP!!! Please do it!! And send your kids to school!! And possibly learn to drive!?!

Good post Bobby.

Don't waste your time selling bath bombs. Focus on getting yourself some skills and feeling better about yourself.

@BobbyBlueCat gives good advice here OP. You can’t be crap at everything, you just haven’t found your thing yet! Don’t give up.

PS there is no money in Avon nowadays unless you have lots of regular customers. I found it a waste of my time and money going round empty houses trying to deliver the stuff they ordered when the buggers were out every night!

Please get support for your anxiety. DPs mum has severe anxiety and so hadn't left the house in years without being forced to. Her anxiety also stops her from doing basic self care, including feeding herself. I'm sure when it first started, she didn't think it would get to this point.

In my opinion, to do any kind of WFH job, you need some kind of skills or experience. It could be worth using the 5k to invest in a course. But there are lots of great ideas on this thread.

Honestly you sound like you need a confidence boost and I’m not sure being hone alone working for very little profit will be good for you.

Could you look at a part time job just in a shop somewhere? You might feel happier for being out of the house and talking to people.

Good luck

Can you clean?

There is money to be made in domestic cleaning/housekeeping. No qualifications needed, just reliability and consistency.

Turn up every week on time, do a good clean, go home.

I've had counselling for years. I've been on medication for 8 years.

My kids go out with their dad or my sister and her husband or my brother and his wife and my mum. They have everything they need. They don't go without my mum buys them whatever they need.

I do send my kids to school. Not once have I decided to keep them off because I didn't want to get up.

I get what you're saying being home isn't good for me and to get a job t I can't I'm no good with money Numbers I forget things

Then get psychotherapy! Anything that helps you to change your internal dialogue OP!!!

OP, I don't think it's a job you need, it's confidence.

You can't possibly be 'crap' at all of those things. You might be untrained and unpractised but you can learn. Start a degree with the OU and ask your GP about medication and counselling to help your anxiety and self-esteem.

Admin? Cleaning? Selling personalised pictures through Etsy? Ironing? Gardening? Not all from home though I grant you

I was going to say the same thing as @BobbyBlueCat

OP, your life as it is sounds miserable. There’s a way to change it and intensive therapy will help.

That would be a good way to invest the money- in yourself.

You’re stuck in a negative place OP and you can’t see past your current abilities.

It may be true that right now you a crap at numbers or ironing or cleaning or being sociable. But none of those things are a permanent state of being. Every single one of those things can be changed. None of them will change overnight and none of them will change by wishing they would. They will all take 3 things. All 3 things can only come from you and no-one else. 1) the will to change them 2) the effort to change them 3) the patience to take the time to change them.

There is no magic fix. No-one is going to drop a job into your lap that requires zero input or effort on your part. A wage is payment for work done not payment for wishing really hard. You have to do work and there is no perfect job. Any job will require you to compromise on something and to learn something new in order to fulfil the role.

Currently you’re repeatedly saying “no” to everything, you need to change your negative approach to “I can try that”.

There is absolutely nothing to lose by you watching a few ironing tutorials on YouTube and doing your family’s ironing to see how you get on. You don’t even have to tell anyone you’re thinking about doing it as a job. You can do it, and the worst that can happen is your children will have nicely ironed uniforms. What’s to lose? You can do it in front of the tv in your pyjamas if you like.

Nothing will change until you change something.

@Frequency the OP has said she is on medication and has been having counselling for a number of years.

The OP has autism as well as anxiety. Autism can't just be magically 'fixed'.

That being said OP, you don't sound like you are in the best place at the moment. If the meds you are on now aren't doing the trick, can you go back to your GP/psychiatrist and request something different?

Are there any support groups you can go to for people in a similar boat to you? From there they could signpost you to courses or volunteering which I'm sure will help to build your confidence and self esteem back up.

@missjaysays thank you.

I've tried Fluoxetine Citraloplam and I'm currently on Setraline. I've tried between 1-3 tablets a day on all of them and nothing has helped. I keep going back to the doctors but I can't find anything to lift my mood. I'm constantly on edge and I'm always nervous.

The psychiatrist who diagnosed you ASD has said there is a support group where people meet once a month but other than that I don't think their is any help. I'm so lucky we have my mum really. I'm married but he's in the forces so never home.

Your mum sounds amazing!

Go to the support group, maybe the first time you will feel abit awkward but they can be so helpful. Real people who are in the same situation as you, feeling a similar way. You can support each other in a way that people over the internet can't.

Go back to your doctor, there are other medications. Sertraline especially can have a lot of side effects... how long have you been on it for now?