For years I’ve been trying to think of ways to make money on my own. My ideas have ranged from making crafts to sell (never seem to finish any and am not sure I could get enough for them to make the time spent on them worth it) to doing the naked paid webcam thing for weirdo fetishists (yeah, don’t think my mom or husband would like that career choice much).<\/p>\n
Without a solid knowledge of Dutch, getting a job here in NL has been proving quite difficult. At least a job I could stand doing… I have no intention of flipping burgers or doing phone sales (no offense to those of you who do, but I’ve worked too many of those jobs already and am in no hurry to do it anymore). So that has left me having to use my imagination, which seems to be lacking when it comes to ideas to make money.<\/p>\n
I tried the petsitting thing and while some gigs were totally dreamy (like my times with Gus and Ike<\/a>, from verypink.com<\/a>), others were not-so dreamy. I’ve come home black and blue from large poorly trained dogs, I’ve been completey ripped off and not paid for my services, and I’ve spent weeks at a time away from home. It wasn’t always so much fun… but the money was fairly decent.<\/p>\n