I've done factory work, clerical, customer service/answering phones, insulating houses, caseworker for the state welfare dept, homemaker/home health aide for the elderly and disabled, and a few other things. Am currently self-employed cleaning house for people. I like my current occupation for several reasons: I am paid a living wage, I like the people whose houses I clean - and they like me, I like cleaning houses as I can see the results when I'm done, I don't cheat or mistreat myself as so many of my other public/private employers did. I work a schedule convenient to me and my customers, I have my evenings and weekends free. I like working for myself cause my customers all love me and appreciate my work, some of them I can hug when I leave! I take pride in my work and even do little 'extras' for some of my people like doing dishes or cleaning up their dog's poop!:rolleyes: The only job in the past that I liked as well was my homemaker/home health aide job - and that gave me some of the same rewards.
What a wonderful and rare thing it is to love one's work! I've only had one other job (health aide) I liked so much. I feel happy with myself when I get home and especially so that my customers trust me in their homes. Some of them leave their door unlocked and I just go in, clean the house, and lock the door when I leave. Their trust and gratitude is a great boost to my sagging self-esteem.
... of course, my own house is a complete wreck cause I"m too tired to clean it when I get home and my two kids are SUPPOSED to do it...:dry: I keep my den clean and the hell with the rest of the place...:rolleyes:
