Working from home full time

Kaida

Hey all. I've been lurking for a few days, but this is my first post. This seems a very useful site.

This summer I will finish uni and naturally I'm considering how I'm going to support myself. Problem is, I have an anxiety disorder and clinical depression which together mean I can't really work outside the home in an office or anything like that. I need something flexible that I can do more when I'm feeling better and less when I'm worse.

I've been looking into doing Avon (my parents were Avon reps for years when I was growing up) which I think would suit me, and I know vaguely what's involved. Also, I'm going to apply to AQA, and I've signed up to do paid surveys online. Mystery shopping is also an option I've considered.

Basically, I need to earn £6000 - £7000 per year in order to cover the essentials (mortgage, bills, etc) and have a little bit left for some sort of life. But I don't know how much I'll earn doing any of this, which is what I want help with. Can anyone with experience please give me a guide as to how much I can earn for any work like this I can do from home and how many hours I'd have to do for that amount?

shameless-about-money

Please go to your GP and asked to be referred for Cognitive Behavioural Therapy to help cure you of your anxiety problems - it does work, I promise you. It would then give you more scope for employment in the future.

Kaida

I had CBT for several years in my teens, and although it helped, I am not "cured". I am also currently on medication, which, again, helps but doesn't fix the problem. I may try other methods again in the future, but for the next year at least, I need to work from home. Have you any experience with the jobs I asked about?

MoonRose77

As long as you can afford to buy the avon books and have a fair idea of where you can build up a good regular customer base then this one is ok. I have tried this one but after being messed around by customers decided it wasn't worth it any more.
Mystery shopping - I haven't managed to do one yet mainly because I have had ones for companies I am already with and so I am excluded from participating. I know there are a few other people on here who do them so they should be able to advise better than I can.

Be careful when looking for home working though and avoid those companies that ask you to pay up front - if they want you to work for them then they should be paying you not the other way round.

Best of luck in finding something that suits you.

TrikerAndBiker

I'd like to echo what has already been said, avoid those companies who request payment up front for homework.

Do you have any typing skills? If so is there a college or university near to you that you could advertise offering to type up course-work?

Avon is quite good, I did it for a short while as a fill-in between jobs and it will involve you conversing with people which might help with your anxiety.

Good luck for the future

Ladybiker

shameless-about-money

Kaida wrote:

I had CBT for several years in my teens, and although it helped, I am not "cured". I am also currently on medication, which, again, helps but doesn't fix the problem. I may try other methods again in the future, but for the next year at least, I need to work from home. Have you any experience with the jobs I asked about?

The problem you have is because of the Clinical Depression.

CBT should have totally cured your anxiety problems and agoraphobia - I am a Clinical Hypnotherapist (over 20 years in practice).

What about NLP - it is very good too - your GP might be able to help with this.

I do full analytical hypnotherapy and regress to cause but I have a total success rate with my work across the board. Not touting for trade, by the way, have been off due to illness since last year. Just trying to help you out.

Kaida

I'm not going to argue with you about what my problems are or not, I can only say that I can clearly tell the difference between when I feel anxiety and when I feel depression. The depression actually helps with the anxiety a little in that when I feel so low I feel pretty much nothing else, including panic.
With respect, CBT does not have a 100% success rate, according to both my previous therapists, my GP and numerous studies I have read (I can give you the links if you want). I am also not agoraphobic, incidentally, but my panic attacks are triggered by situations common to the world of work, amongst others.
I don't wish to discuss this further on this forum, it is not the correct place for it, though if you want the referrences mentioned above please PM me.
LadyBiker and MoonRose, thank you for the advice, I will be careful to avoid scams, and I'm thinking I'll definitely try Avon.
Can I ask how much-ish you earned with Avon, per week or whatever? I know it's a cheeky question, but I need to know if it's going to be able to contribute significantly to my earnings.
Kaida