I've been 'on sabbatical' more or less for the past few years. I left a good paying job four years ago. I took a year off, worked 9 months, and haven't worked for about two years now. I am living off savings and theoretically starting a company, which I don't really work on that much.

A former boss has asked if I would be interested in setting up computer hardware and giving a tutorial on using it for her current company. I used to do that kind of work when I first started out in IT, but I really don't want to do it anymore.

I can't see this job bringing in enough money to make it worth my time and did not particularly enjoy working for this former boss. Don't get me wrong - I like her - we just have very different work styles. I'm guessing that I would have to make at least 3 trips (45 minutes round trip each), each one for 1-2 hours.

There's a part of me that feels like it would be incredibly stupid to turn down work that pops up right in front of me like this -- but another part of me that thinks it would be stupid to waste my freedom doing something I don't want to do.

I really do not want to do this kind of work in the future, so it's not like I want to get my foot in the door or gain references.