“What do you do for work?”. I often feel unease when people ask me this question and I bet that I’m not the only one.
In my case, I should answer: “I don’t have a job”.
“Are you unemployed?” some ask.
No, I’m not unemployed. I actually work incessantly from dawn till dusk. Still, I don’t have a job, I have several jobs.

Farmer -1 -

In the morning, when I wake up, I usually fill the stove with wood and light it. Then, I go to the chickens and let them out to eat some fresh grass. Then breakfast: bread, butter and a delicious egg. During the day I always dedicate some time to the garden, taking care of the veggies, cutting some wood, and - in the long term - creating an interdependent cryptofarm.

Blogger -2-

Just like you, on the other side of the screen, I discovered Steemit and I’m enjoying, for the first time of my life, a remuneration for what I share.

Cryptotrader -3-

In the past, I never got involved in trading. I had some friends who enjoyed buying and selling stocks, but I never got interested in it. Everything changed with cryptocurriences: I enjoy the sense of freedom, of self-regulation, of pioneering new markets without too many regulatory burdens. Trading cryptos I had some loss and some gains. I’ll never forget what it means to hold an asset (Ether)when it appreciates more than 50% in less than 8 days. Many of you may have experienced even more extraordinary gains; for me that time was like windfall.
Source: kraken.com

Artisan -4-

Thanks to Hive account@cryptowife I learned how to make and sell artisan creations. Our principal product are bracelets, rings and necklaces made with macramé, a waxed polyester string. Last autumn she created a scarf collar bufanda that sold well. When we are in Chile we sell near the seaside; in Italy we join artisan markets (mercatini dell’artigianato).

One of our "shop" on the Ligurian seaside

Teacher -5-

Last month, in April, I went to six different school to teach an introductory lesson on economics. In fact I studied as economist and I was asked to teach student the basic differences between a free-market and a central-planning economic system.

In the last months I also had some other “jobs” - I rather call them money-generating activities.

Forager -6-

When we were in Chile, last March, we experienced a drop in our artisan sales. That was caused by children going back to school, in the first week of March, together with their parents. Beaches suddenly empty and nobody was more interested in buying bracelets. We had to re-invent ourselves. As it was blackberries season, we created a simple and romantic work routine: pick them up early in the morning, back home to wash and wrap them, then sell them outside. We both sold door to door or on the street.

The trolley I used for selling blackberries: "Eat blackberries (mora) and get in loved"

Writer -7-

Last months I also made some money - not much honestly - from the book I wrote on economics.
Few years ago I had more time to think and reflect...now I'm mostly concerned in living my ideas

The point

There was a time when people were known by their profession. My father was "the lawyer", my mother "the english teacher", my uncle "the optician". In that time of great economic stability, people used to perform a single job during their life. I never felt good for that, as I have always enjoyed doing not just one, but many things in my days. I found it hard to fit into this system. Just like me, many people were told in their adolescence to take a choice for their entire life. "Choose wisely what you study in order to get a good job and one day you'll have a rich pension and you will be able to do what you want". I'm sure that many of you have heard that refrain. Honestly I feel lucky to live in a time when this kind of ideas are being challenged by the reality, when it becomes clear that such kind of life is a trap. College bubble, unemployment, pension crisis; all words that put in danger that kind of dream. That has never been my dream. I'm glad that I can perform many tasks, that my days never look the same, and - in particular - that I can always learn new things by doing them.
Yesterday night I was watching for the first time the movie "Divergent" and I realized that many of the obstacles I find in my life come not just from what I do, but from not fitting inside a label (a faction, in the movie's term).
"What do you do for work? Are you an economist? Are you a writer? Are you an artisan?" All of them and much, much more.
Happy divergent life.