If you can start a new career right now, what would it be?

soupkitchen96 · 01-02-2008, 03:36 AM

If you can turn back the clock and start a new career, what would it be?

Got an answer?

Ok, good.

Here's the important question: If that's the career you truly want, why aren't you pursuing it?

There are a lot of barriers. Maybe you've become pretty successful at your current career and don't want to stat over. Perhaps you have a family and can't afford to start from the bottom again.

However, I'm assuming anyone reading a forum like this must be a real go-getter, someone who would probably suceed no matter what. What's holding you back?

simple · 01-02-2008, 03:59 AM

I will be starting something that will generate automatic income. I am reading fourhourworkweek by Tim Ferris and boy, isn't it a wake up call.
I am in my mid 30s and been in a highly regarded profession for about 10 years. No satisfication in the money department.
I feel frustrated but didn't know what to do until I read this book. Very excited to find this website, and many like minded. I wasn't crazy thinking about switching gear!

frozemud · 01-02-2008, 07:04 PM

I want to be a teacher. I've wanted to be a teacher since I was in third grade. Unfortunately, I listened to people who said that teaching was not highly regarded and didn't pay well.
In the job that I have now, the aspect that I enjoy most about it is teaching/training other people new to the job.

What is holding me back? Sloth, and fear of the unknown. I've never been a go-getter and if I have enough money to get by, I will continue to do the same thing year after year without even trying something to improve my life.
And lack of confidence. I tell myself that I wouldn't be any good at it. The thing is, when I train people at my job now, they all say that I am the best trainer they have met and that they learned the most from me... which gets me brownie points with my boss, but not much else.

Ah well, I still have some time. Something may happen yet.

Emily · 01-03-2008, 07:47 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by frozemud

I want to be a teacher. I've wanted to be a teacher since I was in third grade. Unfortunately, I listened to people who said that teaching was not highly regarded and didn't pay well.
In the job that I have now, the aspect that I enjoy most about it is teaching/training other people new to the job.

What is holding me back? Sloth, and fear of the unknown. I've never been a go-getter and if I have enough money to get by, I will continue to do the same thing year after year without even trying something to improve my life.
And lack of confidence. I tell myself that I wouldn't be any good at it. The thing is, when I train people at my job now, they all say that I am the best trainer they have met and that they learned the most from me... which gets me brownie points with my boss, but not much else.

Ah well, I still have some time. Something may happen yet.

In my world, teaching has always been highly regarded, but not "well-paying", especially in the upper grades of the public school system.

As you've already learned, being a teacher does not have to mean "in a school for X hours a day" - you do it every time you train someone.

If you absolutely insist on staying where you are now, is it possible for you to become THE trainer companywide?

And I would encourage you to shake off the sloth. This IS your life, get busy living it the way you want to live it. There are no do-overs, and quite frankly it's too short to waste in a half-@$$ed existence.

So sayeth the 37-year old single mom of 3 who's two years into a bachelor's in communications after spending what feels like an eternity in treasury departments and brokerage firms.

klz · 01-08-2008, 12:58 PM

If I could start a new career right now???? RETIRED would be my choice, but I have a few years yet.

rolltimer · 01-08-2008, 01:59 PM

I don't think a new career is what I'd start. Like Simple, I'd go with automated or passive income and build as many streams of it in as many places as I could monitor. When I was being educated in the public school system, no one ever mentioned it. They only advised going to college and getting a good job or embarking on a good career path. My dad thought I should learn a trade. I knew no one who had investments in the stock market. Stock market equaled crash, depression, losing money. I started investing in the market 20 years ago. While I am not rich and I have made many mistakes, I probably have a higher net worth than many of my peers. I read somewhere that 41% of working people in the US today are living paycheck to paycheck, presumably having no emergency fund and no retirement fund, and perhaps, unable to make a switch to a new career if they wanted to because they are locked into a lifestyle of work and spend.

amandajane · 01-08-2008, 04:33 PM

I'm one of the more fortunate ones. I reached forty and decided that my circumstances allowed me to get into higher ed. Now I have a Diploma in Visual Arts and I'm half way through a four year Bachelor Desn, photography major.

I hope to get into the world of multimedia and video, next year will be video intensive and I know I'll love every minute of it. Video art is my thing, I hope I'll go a long way :0)

Gootsy · 01-08-2008, 08:42 PM

I'm actually quite happy where I am right now. Only problem, is this job would only go somewhere, if I broke free and started my own business. Which I'm not too keen on doing.

So I am taking steps to change careers. I'm saving saving saving to invest it in passive income or education(which'll be geared towards a change in careers)... most likely both

. I haven't read that book "4 hour workweek", but I've heard positive things(for the most part). I'll get it from the library

.

VaranusK · 01-09-2008, 12:33 AM

Something related to engineering, probably.
And why not trying? because I'm 36 so I would need at least 6 years more studying (that would be a really optimistic estimation, 12-15 years is a realistic approach considering I need to work at the same time and it isn't easy). So at 45-47 I would be looking for my first job, without experience, and competing with 25 old guys. How does it sound? not very good for me!
SO I stick with my current job, try to improve and always learn, just because I like and not with making it as my way of leaving in my mind.

quitejaded · 01-09-2008, 01:10 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by simple

I will be starting something that will generate automatic income. I am reading fourhourworkweek by Tim Ferris and boy, isn't it a wake up call.
I am in my mid 30s and been in a highly regarded profession for about 10 years. No satisfication in the money department.
I feel frustrated but didn't know what to do until I read this book. Very excited to find this website, and many like minded. I wasn't crazy thinking about switching gear!

Tell me more about this book. I am too young to have a career yet. :P So, I guess I will wait a few years and see.

01-02-2008, 03:36 AM	#1
soupkitchen96 Member Join Date: Dec 2007 Posts: 51 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts Reputation: (11)	If you can start a new career right now, what would it be? If you can turn back the clock and start a new career, what would it be? Got an answer? Ok, good. Here's the important question: If that's the career you truly want, why aren't you pursuing it? There are a lot of barriers. Maybe you've become pretty successful at your current career and don't want to stat over. Perhaps you have a family and can't afford to start from the bottom again. However, I'm assuming anyone reading a forum like this must be a real go-getter, someone who would probably suceed no matter what. What's holding you back?

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klz Junior Member Join Date: Jan 2008 Posts: 5 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts Reputation: (10)	my new career If I could start a new career right now???? RETIRED would be my choice, but I have a few years yet.

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01-02-2008, 03:59 AM	#2
simple Junior Member Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: ny Posts: 2 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts Reputation: (10)	I will be starting something that will generate automatic income. I am reading fourhourworkweek by Tim Ferris and boy, isn't it a wake up call. I am in my mid 30s and been in a highly regarded profession for about 10 years. No satisfication in the money department. I feel frustrated but didn't know what to do until I read this book. Very excited to find this website, and many like minded. I wasn't crazy thinking about switching gear!

01-02-2008, 07:04 PM	#3
frozemud Member Join Date: Dec 2007 Posts: 50 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts Reputation: (10)	I want to be a teacher. I've wanted to be a teacher since I was in third grade. Unfortunately, I listened to people who said that teaching was not highly regarded and didn't pay well. In the job that I have now, the aspect that I enjoy most about it is teaching/training other people new to the job. What is holding me back? Sloth, and fear of the unknown. I've never been a go-getter and if I have enough money to get by, I will continue to do the same thing year after year without even trying something to improve my life. And lack of confidence. I tell myself that I wouldn't be any good at it. The thing is, when I train people at my job now, they all say that I am the best trainer they have met and that they learned the most from me... which gets me brownie points with my boss, but not much else. Ah well, I still have some time. Something may happen yet.

01-08-2008, 01:59 PM	#6
rolltimer Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Alabama Posts: 136 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts Reputation: (24)	I don't think a new career is what I'd start. Like Simple, I'd go with automated or passive income and build as many streams of it in as many places as I could monitor. When I was being educated in the public school system, no one ever mentioned it. They only advised going to college and getting a good job or embarking on a good career path. My dad thought I should learn a trade. I knew no one who had investments in the stock market. Stock market equaled crash, depression, losing money. I started investing in the market 20 years ago. While I am not rich and I have made many mistakes, I probably have a higher net worth than many of my peers. I read somewhere that 41% of working people in the US today are living paycheck to paycheck, presumably having no emergency fund and no retirement fund, and perhaps, unable to make a switch to a new career if they wanted to because they are locked into a lifestyle of work and spend.

01-08-2008, 04:33 PM	#7
amandajane Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: New Zealand Posts: 490 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts Reputation: (287)	I'm one of the more fortunate ones. I reached forty and decided that my circumstances allowed me to get into higher ed. Now I have a Diploma in Visual Arts and I'm half way through a four year Bachelor Desn, photography major. I hope to get into the world of multimedia and video, next year will be video intensive and I know I'll love every minute of it. Video art is my thing, I hope I'll go a long way :0)

01-08-2008, 08:42 PM	#8
Gootsy Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2008 Posts: 281 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts Reputation: (24)	I'm actually quite happy where I am right now. Only problem, is this job would only go somewhere, if I broke free and started my own business. Which I'm not too keen on doing. So I am taking steps to change careers. I'm saving saving saving to invest it in passive income or education(which'll be geared towards a change in careers)... most likely both . I haven't read that book "4 hour workweek", but I've heard positive things(for the most part). I'll get it from the library .

01-09-2008, 12:33 AM	#9
VaranusK Member Join Date: Jan 2008 Posts: 65 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts Reputation: (10)	Something related to engineering, probably. And why not trying? because I'm 36 so I would need at least 6 years more studying (that would be a really optimistic estimation, 12-15 years is a realistic approach considering I need to work at the same time and it isn't easy). So at 45-47 I would be looking for my first job, without experience, and competing with 25 old guys. How does it sound? not very good for me! SO I stick with my current job, try to improve and always learn, just because I like and not with making it as my way of leaving in my mind.