you don't have to describe them in detail with dates, not trying to get you to doxx yourself

but it's kind of A Thing with neurodivergent folks to have tried a lot of different jobs, and I'm curious about everybody's count

I think I'm up to 21 that I've filed taxes for, which doesn't seem that extreme for 42, except when you consider that I've been unemployed most of my son's 17 years of life because I couldn't handle parenting and that level of outside obligations, so most of those happened before I was 25 – so 20ish jobs between 15-25

how bout you, how many things have you tried?

  • dustbunnies [she/her, comrade/them]
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    19 days ago

    genres of things I've done:

    • childcare
    • secretarial/administrative, including a library, which was The Best – I peaked way too early
    • medical office/transcription
    • indirect sex work (modeling, stripping, chat, cam, etc)
    • sales
    • canvassing/"community organizer"
    • food service
    • delivery driver
    • copywriting
    • video production & editing

    every time I try to make a list, I feel like I'm leaving something out, and inevitably, days later, I remember the thing(s) I left out, but it's always more every time. I started a Note on my phone for them, and the list keeps growing.