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So I'm currentlyg at the first job that I've enjoyed beyond the initial, "learn how to the computer works, learn the schedule" phase and it is only a seasonal job so I'm feeling a little anxious about it ending. I mow greens at a very nice public golf course. I usually get to work entirely alone and basically get to walk, focus and drive around a post-card all day. I start at 6am or whenever sunrise is and work for 6 hours, 5 or 6 days a week if I take an extra shift which is usually available. I enjoy that I must focus intensely on my task, that people rarely interrupt me or want to talk as they are usually in a hurry and that I don't have to deal with customers of any sort.

I have a difficult time holding a job for longer than 6 months as I become completely exhausted in most social situations so a 6 or 8 hour day at a store or somewhere where I have to communicate with people basically takes all of my energy and throws me into a serious depression. I was thinking about working at the ski hill for the winter then returning to the golf course in the spring but I'm unsure if I would be able to cope with working in a very interactive environment.

Does anyone have some good ideas? I have a bachelor's degree in English with minor's in Geography, Anthropology, and formal training in GIS. Getting the degree pretty much ruined all of those subjects for me as it was the worst time of my life, but it still looks good on a resume. I have mostly retail experience without very many recent retail jobs where I could get a positive reference. I'm not a savant but I am extremely good at things that I'm able to focus on. Often I encounter problems with inefficient or illogical business processes and pointing out their flaws gets me in trouble.

I was thinking maybe cleaning or painting or maybe shipping or warehouse labour but I live in a primarily tourist/retirement city. Any help you could suggest would be terrific! If you have no ideas but bothered to read it just say hi .

Go for the ski job if you think you'll burn out in 6 months. You could work on snow making.

Hi. You say you point out flaws in businesses? You must have a good eye for things like details and such. You might fare well as something like a technical writer, maybe even freelance, since the majority of the stuff you do is... well... write. Otherwise just to do the ski job.

Funny story about me being sort of ASD was when I found horrible errors on webpages or in product designs I would send an email to the company explaining the issue and that if they were willing to pay me I could find many other errors with their products. This didn't yield any results heh.

I was just thinking it would probably at least be a good hobby to do a blog tearing apart the weaselly language and statistics on television advertisements that are so common. I quite enjoy being able to pick out the marketing scheme on advertisements when I'm sitting at home. Thanks good idea about the embracing of the criticism!