Many of my friends all volunteer for one cause or another, many in animal rescue, or in missionary work. Often, they wish they could do more, but their employment and family responsibilities on top of it make it hard for them to do as much as they feel called to do. I am in a unique situation, being a part time freelancer, but one of my friends is not. She remarks often that she has too many volunteer commitments to find a new job!
The problem with finding a job that allows one to flex around volunteer work and family usually involves your rear end greatly expanding while you sit in a call center, your rear end greatly expanding as you stand around serving unhealthy food that you, of course, are tempted to eat because it is there in mass quantities. Those seem like the most popular options.
I have long considered different job ideas for someone who needs to be mentally stimulate more than “mother’s hours” at the card shop. I remember my mom saying that between getting us off to school, volunteering, and helping with homework, a true “mother’s hours” job would be from 1:30 P.M. to 2:37 P.M. That is all she would be able to commit to. I thought that was kind of funny.
Ever since my brother went to massage school to become a therapist, I thought about another flexible profession: Personal Trainer. CareerBuilder.com recently highlighted fitness training as the #9 part-time job of 2008. Of course, you need a desire to help others and to get your fitness certification That would run you around $600. Don’t worry about not looking like a fitness model. Most personal trainers have regular bodies, they just strive to make the best of what they were born with. In fact, I think a client would be intimidated to walk in and see a Lady Wrestler or Mr. America standing there. People that have battled the bulge or worked through a car accident or post baby weight are people they can relate to.
The bonus, of course, is getting yourself into the best health that you can while you are on the job so you can be around for those helpless offspring creatures for many years to come.
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