hi i googled i cant hold down a job and i thought id add my experience- i was the same, however I aalways tried to get more work constantly - to be frank i hated taking critisim and alawyas got all the bad vibes becasue i hated working for other people - there were a few times it worked - not often and only like pub work - I struggled for 15 years and 99% i just hated working for people who treated me badly - it's like that person at school that is a real dork and everyone treats like a moron and then he thinks everyone is a moron and nastry when they actually bring it on themselfs - anyhow the only way i got out of this was to paint houses - only contract never wages - i have to do a weeks wage work next week and i need the money so i'm worried. if i sleep in and dont get to work i wont get paid and i wont afford to eat or advertise on google and get more work - your meant to be qualified up to a certain amount but i just ruin the gauntlet ans say nothing - i have been on a roll and painting has changed my life - all the houses are empty and i turn up late, doesnt matter, i just stay later, smoke week sometime, sometime i dont, not even smoking cigs at the moment, ya- if there is a person at the house i'm just honest and say i love painting and it suits me cause i et to work late ect cause i'm not a morning person and just stay till midnigh the last few days to finish the work - I have seen other people who cant hold down work become painters and it works for them - it's not all champain and roses and somtimes its not easy - i work hard for awhich is a low hourly rate but do heaps of hours, sometimes weed helps me finish big house as i stay later and do more work, other times not - just saying - anyhow i dont know where i'd be without painting - i only paint the inside of houses cause i dont know how to sand down exterior places ect. I let my brain do the work as in I dont think bad thoughts about clients like i use to when i was working for peopl ie. abusing them in my mind - i try my best - which i neer did working for others and i try and make it as best experience as possilbe - if there a moron than i've tried my best to make it a good experience so that s their fault if they - the best part is 1 work at a new place every few weeks and a new "boss" i guess which is what i use to do anyway - i'm not sure if i want to be a painter till the day i die but if i could get enough money and time i could by a lime orchard or start one or buy another business(shop front) ect where i dont have to deal with peopleas mucg agin - ie. a 1 minute dealing with 100 people a day and open and close as i choose ect - anyway hope that help it saved me and i''d hate to think where i would be witout painting - i dont want to think about it cause i had reached the end of the road - my resume was such a mess tha i actually was seems ed unemployable - i actually get paid in large checks now which is nice, i work for them, i earn them fair and square, i still get close to finishing a house sometimes and think it's not good enough ad i wont get paind but i pus on and becasue i try my best they dont see all the litle mstakes i make, they jsut dont see them, i'm a better painte every day, i'm actually a great business man as well, I always go to extra effort and do the right thing by peole and when your get a good name, locally or online with reviews then you have luck and win larger works and tehn make bigger money - good luck