Very the other end vibe. I like

Its so hard to think in those terms. But I appreciate it! I actually enjoy painting . I’ll bookmark that in the brain.

I bet its cheap in my state. Never thought to look. I cleaned some gutters once and couldn’t believe how easy it was and how happy folks were to pay for it. Its a little dangerous though.

Also good ideas!

In some ways I guess. Just feels scummy to have someone work 8 hours and give them $70.

ZOMG I think I need this!!! I love my bookmarks but have a hell of a time sorting them.

Oh man, so many door to door pest folks around me already its getting tiring!

Part of my issue is I do most everything myself. I figure why pay someone when I can do it. And everyone else thinks that way too right? Ha, it feels like it.

Painting. I mean anyone can paint right? I paint my own house and my own rooms. That seems so easy.

One thing I just thought of is house inspecting …I’m not great at repair but I can definitely spot things that others overlook. I wonder how saturated that market is.

I commend you

Right, its not easy that’s for sure. I just am unable to think long term if something absolutely isnt going to pay off, then I wasted my 1 life. I’m also terrible at selling myself and I always undercharge because I can’t bring myself to rip people off.

I just put it that way because I know a lot of folks start fun small businesses like selling 3d printed trinkets, but thats not going to pay my bills and go to my retirement fund. Boring as it is, I’m better off sitting on my butt at my current job 9 hours a day. I just wish there was more.

I suppose mowing lawns or cleaning gutters is viable. But I’d need insurance. I do have a truck and trailer, old and shitty, but still.

I guess I just dont see how to get started with that much money. Me and SO already work 50 hour weeks so there is not a huge amount of time for business planning. I guess one basically has to quit their job and go poor for a decade to see if they can make something happen. That just wouldn’t work for an ADHD person like me

Thats about the only thing I can do! No one thinks theyre dumb about a subject they actually know something about like me 😅

That is good info.

I have often thought about a car centric business but as I stated in another post, I’m too late for that by about 20 years.

What an idea!

No, sorry, I meant exploit as in make a little plastic doodad for 2 cents and have people in China make it for you then sell it for $20. I don’t want that. Or have a shipping business where I pay people minimum wage etc.

I have tons of ideas. Theyre all outdated or just not viable in a few years. I really have no clue how anyone does it !

Yeah, I just dont see it as possible. From my perspective:

1. Fix cars: this won’t last for more than maybe 5 or 10 years as most cars under 20 years old are unrepairable or getting impossible to find parts for. Need a $20,000 dealership computer to even change a brake pad. And electric cars won’t need maintenance.

2. Some sort of programming. I never could really grasp programming much as I wanted to, and anyone today would go to ai or India to have something made cheaply. Not viable at all.

3. Retro console or CRT TV repair: the types involved in that hobby already know how to fix it themselves. Repair is insanely costly and usually out weighs the cost of just buying another thing. This goes for repair of almost anything today.

4. Art: I mean, we have seen that etsy has sloppified. Not viable. Why pay for a t shirt when I can have a much cheaper one with ai slop art. (Normal people do not care if its human made)

5. Music recording /mixing : again, if people want this they are doing it themselves or having ai do it. Theres 0 market for how costly and time consuming it is.

Thats basically my skillset. I have absolutely nothing that is a viable business. Now if I knew how to fix houses or do wood work, that’d be a huge money maker, but I am awful at housework/woodwork. And that usually takes employees as well for a lot of jobs you can’t do alone.

Inventing a product…I mean its all been invented. Theres only so much plastic junk we can have made.

The issue for me is how to make yourself known, and let people hire you instead of doing it themselves.

Any time I have an idea, I think sure but if I was the client I’d just do this myself. It kind of seems a lot of diy businesses dont make sense because anyone can do it themselves and learn on YouTube.

I need this.

Same. Basically quit.

I put potats in my ramen!