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If you could retrain as anything what would it be?

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BlairBass · 05/03/2015 10:01

I'm a PA and a bloody good one (if I do say so myself) - am on mat leave from being PA to a Director... there's some satisfaction in what I do (I manage some projects solo, etc.) but most of my role is frantic last-minute activity for someone else, in office 8am - 6pm and contactable until 10pm (US company)...
I'm just wondering if you could retrain as something else, what would it be??
Money being no object (ha, wouldn't that be nice?!)
I wish I'd taken my degree more seriously (not majored in art history! why???!)
I think I might have enjoyed graphic design... maybe even accountancy...

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Mouldypineapple · 05/03/2015 10:08

Watching with interest. I'm a paediatric nurse which I enjoyed for many years but due to some health problems am currently not able to do. But wondering where to go next!
Teaching?
Something gardening related (within the limitations of my health)?

Umm.. Bit stuck actually!

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NancyRaygun · 05/03/2015 10:09

If money was no object I would love to train as a GP.

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GoringBit · 05/03/2015 10:12

Sign language interpreter.

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Nocturne123 · 05/03/2015 10:15

Definitely doctor or physio. Only if both time and money were no object though Smile

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Adarajames · 05/03/2015 10:18

Goringbit - me too.
Or something outdoors and with animals

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AChocoLipsNow · 05/03/2015 10:22

Mouldypineapple both my dc will soon be in full time education/childcare and I'm going to retrain as a paediatric nurse. I've been researching what I need and how to go about it.

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Pumpkinpositive · 05/03/2015 10:23

Sign language interpreter.

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48% of whom are currently considering leaving the profession according to recent polls, so maybe you were better off not pursuing it after all. Wink

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SaucyJack · 05/03/2015 10:26

Zookeeper.

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Coffeethrowtrampbitch · 05/03/2015 10:30

Master blender of a distillery. Dh used to work for a whisky company and their master blender HAD to drink four of five drams a day in order to do her job properly Envy.

She was amazing at her job though, could identify whiskies by taste alone. But perhaps if I drank enough I'd get that good too?

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ApignamedJasper · 05/03/2015 10:31

What I'm studying right now :D

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Fevertree · 05/03/2015 10:39

i would love to do something like being a zookeeper, something outdoors and with animals... or even a gardener, but i don't think that would be as rewarding. i am also very interested in social work but think it would be too difficult emotionally.

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Storm15 · 05/03/2015 10:41

I'd love to go to medical school. At 36 and with 4 kids I suspect it will remain a pipe dream though Grin

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Katzenjammer · 05/03/2015 10:41

Something office based, preferably with no interaction with the general public. Some sort of research role might be nice...with my own desk...with a plant on it...

currently staff nurse in the NHS and it's killing me

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SmileAndNod · 05/03/2015 10:43

Midwifery. Would love to be a midwife. Wish I'd known in my 20s. At 42 with three children it's definitely not possible now sadlySad

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treaclesoda · 05/03/2015 10:43

If I was starting again as a teenager I'm pretty sure I'd study medicine.

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MegCleary · 05/03/2015 10:44

Chicken sexer

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blueballoon79 · 05/03/2015 10:44

If I was starting again and money was no object I'd study law.

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LoisWilkersonsLastNerve · 05/03/2015 10:47

I would be a history teacher or lecturer. Instead I did a degree in cultural studies and now work in a call centre Confused

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zippyandbungle · 05/03/2015 10:48

An Art Therapist or Occupational Therapist. I nearly did it but crappy life got in the way again.

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Dumbledoresgirl · 05/03/2015 10:48

Law - probably with the aim of being a family solicitor.

I wish I had taken school seriously and thought about law sooner.

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nannynannynannynanny · 05/03/2015 10:48

Forensic pathologist... Anaesthetist... Or maybe looking after elephants!

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JessieMcJessie · 05/03/2015 10:49

Doctor here too, though am toying with speech therapist as an actual realistic possibility.

I'm a lawyer.

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KellyElly · 05/03/2015 10:50

A banker so I could be stinking rich Grin

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GoringBit · 05/03/2015 10:52

Good grief, Pumpkin, you might be right... 30 years in banking was probably 25 too many, but it was very easy to stay put. Well done to those who dare to make a change.

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HeisenbergsBlueMeth · 05/03/2015 10:53

Wish id been either a paediatric nurse, midwife or social worker. I'm actually looking into studying and maybe one day will be a social worker

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