Good morning,
I have been thinking a lot lately about wanting to become self-employed. I currently work as an admin assistant at my local hospital and I pretty much hate every minute of it.
I've had a rocky road regarding work (I'm 50) I started out in the Air Force left and had a family, decided to become a teacher but had a breakdown, then a nurse, another breakdown!
So I've had 3 different admin jobs in the hospital and they weren't great, each one steadily worse than the last. I am completely sick of it tbh, worrying about work when I'm not in work etc etc.
I feel that I am a bit long in the tooth for yet another career change as you can understand, I have lost a bit of faith in that idea as it hasn't worked in the past.
It is not that I am work shy, I work really hard at whatever I do and I have never been criticised for the quality or voracity of my work, it is just the people I work with and for that I find soul destroying and the manner in which they treat me (I am the lowest band in the hospital ladder so I am the proverbial cat that gets kicked).
I am starting to think that being self-employed would suit me better but I do have a very large mortgage to pay for. I thought I could work on being self-employed alongside full-time work such as going to college (nightschool) and gaining qualifications possibly.
I want ideally work either part-time or be self-employed before I'm 60 so that I can carry that on for as long as I'm able to carry on.
The trouble is, I can't afford to sink £1000's into something that's not going to get me far.
I've thought about hairdressing (not well paid and maybe I'm too old)
Dog walking/grooming (I don't own a dog and I'm worried I'd have to fork out for a dog friendly van etc)
Nail technician (but is the market flooded with that anyway)
Counsellor/coaching (not sure of the costs but a friend of mine is a counsellor and she trained for 7 years and had to find all of her own placements!)
I would really love to hear your thoughts/experiences
Thanks xxx
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