How babysitters could increase their revenues 100x
So for the past few mornings I've been trying to introduce my toddler to a new game called "The Night-Night Game". I haven't worked out all the details but so far it just involves mommy curling up under a blanket on the couch and closing her eyes. I've tried to pitch this in the most exciting way possible ("Sit at your desk and draw a picture of what mommy's dreaming about!!") but it has not been the hit I'd hoped it would be.
Speaking of sleep deprivation, a.k.a. THE STORY OF MY LIFE, I have a brilliant idea for how babysitters could get rich. Ruthless 12-year-old girls, listen up.
Get a mailing list of people who have had babies within the past year. Call their houses around 6:30am on a weekday and offer to come take care of their children while they sleep in.
I came up with this little stroke of genius yesterday morning after a bad night with the baby. After my morning ritual of thanking God that it is not possible to die from lack of sleep, I was trying to see if I could think of anything I wouldn't give to be able to go back to bed for a few hours. I didn't come up with much.
Had a babysitter called like I recommend above she could have named pretty much any hourly rate and I would have accepted (especially if she caught me while I was still warm in my bed). If she cheerfully offered to get both kids up and dressed and fed and take good care of them until sometime around lunch for a mere $500 per hour, my only response would have been to croak into the pillow, "Do you take Visa?"
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Speaking of sleep deprivation, a.k.a. THE STORY OF MY LIFE, I have a brilliant idea for how babysitters could get rich. Ruthless 12-year-old girls, listen up.
Get a mailing list of people who have had babies within the past year. Call their houses around 6:30am on a weekday and offer to come take care of their children while they sleep in.
I came up with this little stroke of genius yesterday morning after a bad night with the baby. After my morning ritual of thanking God that it is not possible to die from lack of sleep, I was trying to see if I could think of anything I wouldn't give to be able to go back to bed for a few hours. I didn't come up with much.
Had a babysitter called like I recommend above she could have named pretty much any hourly rate and I would have accepted (especially if she caught me while I was still warm in my bed). If she cheerfully offered to get both kids up and dressed and fed and take good care of them until sometime around lunch for a mere $500 per hour, my only response would have been to croak into the pillow, "Do you take Visa?"
3 Comments:
I know I would do the same thing! I am seriously taking advantage of my weekend mornings to sleep in while my husband walks the dog!
Actually, it IS possible to die of lack of sleep. I just watched a documentary on sleep recently (a subject near and dear to my heart!) and learned you can live a full 12 weeks without food, but only 11 days without sleep. Amazing! It just give me more reason to put sleep right up there with air and water on the basic needs list :)
A good thought.
Sadly, most of the babysitting pool is hitting puberty. If I recall that period in my own life, getting out of bed anytime before noon was sheer torture.
On the dying for lack of sleep thing: My sister was just telling me about a radio interview with a guy who'd gone five years without sleeping. When asked how he did it, he said, prayer and daily mass.
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