Lots More Odd Jobs on the Way

I’m updating our Odd Job page as quickly as I can, remaining committed to annotating each post. As my regular readers know (both of them), I don’t believe in trading links without also trading conversation. Neither does Robert Hruzek, but he’s a lot faster at this than I am! At any rate, we’re up to 31 posts now, and I have 15 or 20 more to add.

Thanks to EVERYONE for participating!

And I hope this week, you recognize that your work is more than just an odd job. It’s a calling to serve others and make the world a better place. Your work matters. My work matters. And it’s a good thing to do a good job. (Ach! Where did that sudden soap box come from?)

In the meantime, here are the next ten posts:

1. How Kids Start Off on the Entrepreneurial Trail by Yvonne Russel of b5media’s Home Biz Notes, who earned her first pay check for fetching a batch of icy paddlepops for some tired carpenters.
2. What I Learned from Being a Pregnant Usherette by Amy Palko, who learned that popcorn and morning sickness don’t mix.
3. A Lifetime of Odd Jobs by our own High Calling Blogger Chris Cree, who has had so many odd jobs he decided to list them all with a short annotation like this: “I got kicked in the teeth by a horse once. No, it wasn’t fun.” Also, you can read articles by Chris at TheHighCalling.org. It’s fun to edit his stuff.
4. What I Learned from Door to Door Sales by Lillie Ammann who was questioned by the police for trying to sell Highlights magazine to a 43 year old man.
5. What I Learned from Sweeping Up Hair by Drew McLellan who learned the value of an authentic complement and the horror of being ignored. By the way, I met Drew last year at SOBcon07. He has a good little book about marketing called 99.3 Random Acts of Marketing.
6. What I Learned From Picking Zucchini by Lisa Gates at the 360 Alliance who got fired for picking vegetables that were not long enough. (I’m tempted to put up another clip from Spinal Tap, but I won’t do it.)
7. Lessons Learned from Odd Moments on the Job by Jacob Share at JobMob who nearly knocked Amazon.com CEO Jeff Bezos down the stairs while trying to get some extra calisthenics into his day.
8. What I Learned from Working in a Sweet Shop by Joanna Young at Confident Writing who was left in charge of the store on her first day. She was thirteen years old, but that didn’t stop her from rising to the task!
9. What I Learned from Having a Job for a Day by Trevor Hampel who once worked at a voting station in the Australian outback where he collected 16 votes in 12 hours. Hey man, every vote counts.
10. What I Learned from … Odd Jobs by Sarah Stewart who confesses to plotting how she might concince an old lady and a monk to give her a thousand pounds or so.