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Coming into week 6 as a Mowing Man, I was rather curious about what exactly I was going to learn and be able to take away from the experience. Turns out I took more away from it than I expected!

Throughout the Week John had me Mowing, Hedging and attempting to Whipper Snip (just the one time) but it turned out the last one wasn’t exactly my forte

Now John, his wife and 4 kids all have one particular thing in common. That is, their names all start with the letter ‘J’!! So when it came time to join Jobs for John for Week 6, it was only fitting that I be given the nick name Jean-Paul (JP) so that I wouldn’t feel left out. Hopefully I did my ‘J’ name proud!

Each day John, Jeremy and myself would head out around 8am to begin our day and be back at the house for a beautifully cooked lunch by John’s wife, the lovely Jo. After eating each of Jo’s delicious lunches though, it was always a struggle for any of us to stand up afterwards and go back to work for the afternoon.

Some days our lunch break may have gone a little longer than the norm, but John was never worried.

What I Learnt-

One point John made to me throughout the week was..

When you run your own business and don’t have to answer to anybody but yourself, that’s when you can afford to relax just that little bit extra.

Just as long as you also realise when working for yourself, You only get out what you put in.

How cool is that!

All in all the job itself isn’t exactly what I would call mentally stimulating, but not all jobs have to be I guess.

There’s a freedom in this job, unlike any of the other One Week Jobs I’ve undertaken so far. I found it almost soothing after a while, just being out in the fresh air and sun, working at your own pace and being able to gather your own thoughts throughout each day.

I’d like to give a huge thank you to John and the rest of the J’s in his family for everything they did for me. I’m sure it isn’t the last I’ve heard from them..

For now though, it’s time to prepare for Week 7! Wish me luck!!

- Paul

Next Week…

Week 7 Announced – Sign Writer @ Monaghan Signs in Banyo!

35 degree heat + Pushing a Lawnmower + Paul = Exhausted…

That’s right, for Week Six I have put my hand up to work with a fella named John, who runs his very own Handyman and Yard Maintenance business called “Jobs for John” located in Redcliffe!

To be honest, I have been looking forward to doing this one ever since the offer came through.

Just to find out what it’s like to work what would commonly be referred to as -

an honest days work.

After spending the day mowing what felt like the surface of the Sun, it felt nice to be able to look back at the end of each job and actually be able to see the work I had completed. Which can often be hard to do in today’s world. Where everything is so heavily reliant on computers & technology to file and process the work we do, so it felt good to be out doing manual labour.

All I hope is that Mother Nature can be a bit more forgiving and offer up some cooler days for the week ahead! Otherwise John might need to keep 000 on stand-by…

If I survive the heat this week it would be great to have a few more job offers to go onto over the coming weeks.

So if you know of anybody who would be willing to offer me a One Week Job I’d love to hear from them. The jobs can be anywhere in Australia, all they have to do is check out the Hire Paul section of the site and email their offer to me at paul@oneweekjob.com

I look forward to seeing what interesting offers come through!

- Paul