what would you do in this economic climate ..?
I am at those crossroads as a 43yr an given this chance/milestone now...lol
I am at those crossroads as a 43yr an given this chance/milestone now...lol
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It happened to me when I was 40
I lost a ÂĢ200K a year job at the same time as the Stock market crash in about 1988
I had no money no car and no where to go
I couldn't get a job becuase I was too old and eventually re-trained started my own business and remained a sole trader
I just didn't want to get involved with people again in terms of staff
I didn't want to be important or high flying and I have felt much better over the last 20 + years
Sometimes life just takes over and takes care of you
I lost a ÂĢ200K a year job at the same time as the Stock market crash in about 1988
I had no money no car and no where to go
I couldn't get a job becuase I was too old and eventually re-trained started my own business and remained a sole trader
I just didn't want to get involved with people again in terms of staff
I didn't want to be important or high flying and I have felt much better over the last 20 + years
Sometimes life just takes over and takes care of you
I've had over 30 jobs and I am currently in the most fulfilling and best paid job I've done. I guess I'm pretty happy with the way things turned out.
Puddychops
Brill story ...
I bet you feel so much happier now *well done*...
Brill story ...
I bet you feel so much happier now *well done*...
I was made redundant last year and fate played a big part in changing the direction of my career 
I was in the right place at the right time. It's all about keeping your eyes open and catching that opportunity when it shows itself. It maybe something you would never have gone for ordinarily. As in my case there was no way I thought I'd be good enough to become a service technician but against all the odds and the other applicants I got the job and I love it 
I was in the right place at the right time. It's all about keeping your eyes open and catching that opportunity when it shows itself. It maybe something you would never have gone for ordinarily. As in my case there was no way I thought I'd be good enough to become a service technician but against all the odds and the other applicants I got the job and I love it quote:Originally posted by Mike Strutter:
what would you do in this economic climate ..?
I am at those crossroads as a 43yr an given this chance/milestone now...lol
If you had the choice where would you be heading with your career?
It's too late for me, but for others I would say follow your passion rather than material gain. That way you will always be happy, even if poor.
if i could do ut all again it would start with my a levels. up til then i was doing fine. i should have done better at them. then uni onwards i should have had loads more confidence in myself, but i didn't realise how good i was.
i still want to get into publishing
It's never too late for education I'm 45 and finished my HNC electronic/electrical engineering course just 5 years ago. Yes it was 4 years of hard work but opened alot of opportunities for me and was a huge boost to my confidence in the work place.
quote:Originally posted by *Yogi Bear*:
i still want to get into publishing
Oooooo really
the writing side or publishing other peoples work ?
Learn to drive.....if I could just do that then I could change my career no bother (I am already half way through re-training...unfortunatley most archaeological sites tend not to be on my local bus route).
quote:Originally posted by fairy_suzie:quote:Originally posted by *Yogi Bear*:
i still want to get into publishing
Oooooo really
i enjoy both sides
it's what i studied at uni and love editing other peoples work 
i would love to work in childrens publishing (find the next harry potter )quote:Originally posted by *Yogi Bear*:
i enjoy both sides
So do you write children's stories yourself? I've heard that is a really hard market to get into.
quote:Originally posted by Angel of the North:
Learn to drive.....if I could just do that then I could change my career no bother (I am already half way through re-training...unfortunatley most archaeological sites tend not to be on my local bus route).
Do you have a problem with driving, Angel? I only ask, as I passed my test years ago, and still can't do it.
quote:Originally posted by fairy_suzie:quote:Originally posted by *Yogi Bear*:
i enjoy both sides
So do you write children's stories yourself? I've heard that is a really hard market to get into.
I have tried a couple of things. It's not an industry you go into to get rich, but i love books so much as long as i had enough to live on i would be happy. When i win the lottery i am going to start my own publishing company
quote:Originally posted by *Yogi Bear*:
I have tried a couple of things. It's not an industry you go into to get rich, but i love books so much as long as i had enough to live on i would be happy. When i win the lottery i am going to start my own publishing company
Well we'll just have to hope you win the lottery then
I thought about trying to get my poetry published but don't think I will now. Just happy with the hobby really
quote:Originally posted by fairy_suzie:quote:Originally posted by *Yogi Bear*:
I have tried a couple of things. It's not an industry you go into to get rich, but i love books so much as long as i had enough to live on i would be happy. When i win the lottery i am going to start my own publishing company
Well we'll just have to hope you win the lottery then
I thought about trying to get my poetry published but don't think I will now. Just happy with the hobby really
I'll publish you
quote:Originally posted by *Yogi Bear*:
Well we'll just have to hope you win the lottery then
I thought about trying to get my poetry published but don't think I will now. Just happy with the hobby really
I'll publish you
[/QUOTE]Aaaaawwww that's sweet of you
Tatty loves my poetry and says I'm very good but That's only one persons opinion not everyone is so enthusiastic. But I do it for me as this way I can express myself better, if you know what I mean
Fabi, I only had a dozen lessons a few years ago....I was very nervous and my instructor was a git and trying to push me to do stuff I wasnt ready for (like turning left )....I packed it in and never went back to it, and I really really need to but I am too nervous 
(and skint)
)....I packed it in and never went back to it, and I really really need to but I am too nervous (and skint)quote:Originally posted by Angel of the North:
Fabi, I only had a dozen lessons a few years ago....I was very nervous and my instructor was a git and trying to push me to do stuff I wasnt ready for (like turning left
Aww, Angel, all you need is a really good instructor.
I went through every instructor in town, and passed my test by a fluke. 
Then my dad insisted on coming out in the car with me, and he nearly had a heart attack and wouldn't let me go out on my own. Kind of off-putting...
Very 
Maybe if I could get the money together I would try again....
Maybe if I could get the money together I would try again....
quote:Originally posted by Angel of the North:
Very
Maybe if I could get the money together I would try again....
Get the money together for hypnotherapy first Angel and it'll be a scoosh!
Or have a look at Gary Craig's EFT website.. helps take the edge off the fear!
quote:Originally posted by Slinkiwitchx:quote:Originally posted by Angel of the North:
Very
Maybe if I could get the money together I would try again....
Get the money together for hypnotherapy first Angel and it'll be a scoosh!
Or have a look at Gary Craig's EFT website.. helps take the edge off the fear!
the technique does, not the website..
I will look into that Slinki (if I come into money).....it's so expensive learning to drive 
quote:Originally posted by Angel of the North:
I will look into that Slinki (if I come into money).....it's so expensive learning to drive
I know! mad, paying all that cash for all that stress.. best get a tame mate with nerves of steel and an old scrapper of a car to show you the basics, then just take a few paid lessons before your test.
I tried that way once before as well.....everyone agreed I needed professional help
*Yogi Bear*
that women did the origigal she scanded in the libarrty
Im very Happy an Harry
Im going there ...
that women did the origigal she scanded in the libarrty
Im very Happy an Harry
Im going there ...
Can I imagine? 
. Trip down memory lane like back to Primary school .
. Trip down memory lane like back to Primary school .
i wud simply be more motivated, shut my mouth more, do only the things that made me happy, be more adventurous ... just 'do' more
career ... no... I have more or less worked for myself for over 25 years now doing something I enjoy, mostly
life... hmmm.. very possibly .. if hindsight was foresight
Z.
life... hmmm.. very possibly .. if hindsight was foresight
Z.
The really big thing I would change would be to stop my young, beloved first husband driving on a snowy and icy January night - and thus getting killed in an accident.
Everything would have been different then.
My baby daughter wouldn't have grown up without a daddy.
We would have moved into the house in the south of England we were having built .....
I would have had other children ...
All my life would have been totally different if only I had said "Please don't drive tonight.."
Everything would have been different then.
My baby daughter wouldn't have grown up without a daddy.
We would have moved into the house in the south of England we were having built .....
I would have had other children ...
All my life would have been totally different if only I had said "Please don't drive tonight.."
quote:Originally posted by Artymags:
The really big thing I would change would be to stop my young, beloved first husband driving on a snowy and icy January night - and thus getting killed in an accident.
Everything would have been different then.
My baby daughter wouldn't have grown up without a daddy.
We would have moved into the house in the south of England we were having built .....
I would have had other children ...
All my life would have been totally different if only I had said "Please don't drive tonight.."
quote:Originally posted by Mike Strutter:
Puddychops
Brill story ...
I bet you feel so much happier now *well done*...
I have had a really good time actually
The money has always been rubbish by comparison but it's astonishing how much goes in tax (to MPS)
and gets frittered on trying to make life better becuase you work so hardI work from home, have lovely patients from all walks of life and lots of different countries. I don't need holidays and I can work the hours I like when I like and it is no ones elses business but mine
I am due to retire in September but will carry on doing a few hours just for the entertainment value
quote:Originally posted by Angel of the North:
Very
Maybe if I could get the money together I would try again....
The worst thing about driving is other idiots on the road (lots in London unlicenced and insured) but the most unlikely people learn to drive and pass tests so you shouldn't have a problem Practice is important because you gain confidence. The test is easy (possibly the reason why we have so many irresponsible people on the roads)
I would be a forensic scientist. I have a scientific background but homelife being what it is it would be impossible for me to do now, or in the foreseeable future.
quote:Originally posted by Angel of the North:
I tried that way once before as well.....everyone agreed I needed professional help
Hi Angel.
Well, it's only a suggestion but I think maybe you would be best with an Automatic Car, my O/H has been driving all her life as only has a license for an Automatic, easy peasy tom pass the test, only 2 peddles, stop and go and with the Auto gearbox you only need forward and reverse, you can't miss a gear, you can't rill back, I would never buy a Manual gearbox myself and I've driven over 1 million miles, even my Landrover is Auto, I wish there were no Manuals on the road for a start.
fairy_Suzie 
I dont know what career I want now ...I need to get right first then decide ,
I fancy something different than plumbing/gas fitting ..
I dont know what career I want now ...I need to get right first then decide ,
I fancy something different than plumbing/gas fitting ..
Loved reading your postquote:Originally posted by Puddychops:
It happened to me when I was 40
I lost a ÂĢ200K a year job at the same time as the Stock market crash in about 1988
I had no money no car and no where to go
I couldn't get a job becuase I was too old and eventually re-trained started my own business and remained a sole trader
I just didn't want to get involved with people again in terms of staff
I didn't want to be important or high flying and I have felt much better over the last 20 + years
Sometimes life just takes over and takes care of you
quote:Originally posted by Mike Strutter:
fairy_Suzie
I dont know what career I want now ...I need to get right first then decide ,
I fancy something different than plumbing/gas fitting ..
Maybe if you look at stuff you would like to do it would put you on the road to where you want to be
It doesn't hurt to do a bit of research to see what's out there and where the stable industries are