I am currently on disability for mental illness and tourettes and am hoping to get some sheltered employment through a program that allows me to work part time and keep my government benefits.
Right now I cannot do much of anything because I care for my grandmother 24/7 and live with her. The only real hobby I have is exercise, internet, books, a club for mentally ill people 1 day a week and church.
In the past I have done volunteer work at a senior center when I was in my teens helping elderly people with hygiene and talking to the lonely ones who wanted attention.
I have taken care of many relatives who were very dependent including an autistic brother, and my terminally ill grandfather.
I worked at a fast food restaurant for 2 weeks and got burnt out, that was before disability.
I did some volunteer work and job training at Goodwill.
Whatever I do next I need to make sure is not a care taking job. I'm burnt out from care taking and it doesn't come naturally for me to nurture. I have a lot of respect for care givers though.
I need a job where I can be physically active and no just sit at a desk. I've thought about starting out as a janitor, factory assembly line (anything but a factory farm),contract/construction painter, stocking shelves, working at a gym as a fitness instructor.
I have an interest in taking a machine shop class, or learning to operate heavy equipment. I have never learned to even drive a car yet and rely on the city bus for everything. I need to establish a good driving record before I consider a job as a delivery person such as UPS, Coca Cola, Milk man, Postman. The local delivery person would be my dream job.
Bless you all for reading. If you have any input/knowledge that would help me please reply.
