Here’s someone who have found something to do in his retirement. I hope this will give you ideas if you want to engage in part-time work during your retirement.
Larry was a bookkeeper in a small pest control firm. He learned how to use a couple of software programs to carry out his job, two of which were MS Excel for his calculations and bookkeeping records, and MS Word to write his reports. When he retired, he wanted something to do to occupy his mind and time. He accepted bookkeeping work for a few people here and there but because he has been doing this for several years, he thought he wanted to do something else.
There was this big church that Larry goes to and the church had various activities for its members, both old and young. One of the activities was offering seminars on various topics like marriage encounters, youth leadership, counseling, and many others. He talked to the church administrator and offered to hold a 3-hour training for interested people to learn the 2007 updates on MS Word and Excel, and the administrator agreed. The church would not charge him for the use of its facility, but just a donation.
Larry created a nice poster announcing his first training schedule and displayed this on the church bulletin board and outside the church where passersby can see it. I saw this poster while walking by the road near the church going to the mall and I got interested because I use MS Word and MS Excel in my computer. Although the 2007 updates on these programs are available in the help section of my computer's browser, I thought I would learn quicker thru a classroom setting when something is demonstrated to me rather than reading the instructions by myself. Besides, the training fee was very much affordable, and I get to meet other people.
During registration Larry required the participants to bring their own laptops. For those who didn’t have one, he rented laptops from a computer shop for a fee and charged the participants an additional $1. He charged $8 for non-student participants, and $4 for student participants (remember, the class was just on learning the 2007 updates and the participants are assumed to already have the knowledge and skill in using the programs). About 50 people enrolled for his first 3-hour training held on a Saturday, including me.
The participants liked Larry's training and recommended him to other people, and last week while walking on the road by the church, I saw a poster advertising his next training schedule. Some people have asked him to teach them the software program itself. For this, he charged more. Depending on his client’s location, he holds the training at his place, while a few have asked him to come to their house for which he charged an additional fee for one-on-one training and gas expenses.
Larry said he wanted to be a teacher when he was young but he didn’t have the money to pursue the education. Now he is doing what he loves.
Quote for today:
"Choose a work that you love and you won't have to work another day."
- Confucius
Larry was a bookkeeper in a small pest control firm. He learned how to use a couple of software programs to carry out his job, two of which were MS Excel for his calculations and bookkeeping records, and MS Word to write his reports. When he retired, he wanted something to do to occupy his mind and time. He accepted bookkeeping work for a few people here and there but because he has been doing this for several years, he thought he wanted to do something else.
There was this big church that Larry goes to and the church had various activities for its members, both old and young. One of the activities was offering seminars on various topics like marriage encounters, youth leadership, counseling, and many others. He talked to the church administrator and offered to hold a 3-hour training for interested people to learn the 2007 updates on MS Word and Excel, and the administrator agreed. The church would not charge him for the use of its facility, but just a donation.
Larry created a nice poster announcing his first training schedule and displayed this on the church bulletin board and outside the church where passersby can see it. I saw this poster while walking by the road near the church going to the mall and I got interested because I use MS Word and MS Excel in my computer. Although the 2007 updates on these programs are available in the help section of my computer's browser, I thought I would learn quicker thru a classroom setting when something is demonstrated to me rather than reading the instructions by myself. Besides, the training fee was very much affordable, and I get to meet other people.
During registration Larry required the participants to bring their own laptops. For those who didn’t have one, he rented laptops from a computer shop for a fee and charged the participants an additional $1. He charged $8 for non-student participants, and $4 for student participants (remember, the class was just on learning the 2007 updates and the participants are assumed to already have the knowledge and skill in using the programs). About 50 people enrolled for his first 3-hour training held on a Saturday, including me.
The participants liked Larry's training and recommended him to other people, and last week while walking on the road by the church, I saw a poster advertising his next training schedule. Some people have asked him to teach them the software program itself. For this, he charged more. Depending on his client’s location, he holds the training at his place, while a few have asked him to come to their house for which he charged an additional fee for one-on-one training and gas expenses.
Larry said he wanted to be a teacher when he was young but he didn’t have the money to pursue the education. Now he is doing what he loves.
Quote for today:
"Choose a work that you love and you won't have to work another day."
- Confucius
