If you enjoy your job, what do you do?

I own a fabric & yarn store
Almost everyone I speak to enjoys their time in my store and is happier when they leave.

CEO of a charity - love my job although it is very demanding and pays far less than private or public sector would for what I do

IT Support for primary schools - having previously been an Admin Assistant in a primary school. Best decision I've made in ages - now working in a fun, collaborative environment where my skills are respected.
Was previously treated like a child - even everyday emails needed proof reading by SLT and my IT skills were taken for granted / time for it was given only grudgingly. Though I'm aware every school is it's own empire - I was a Governor in another school & the working environment was set different.

Me & DH own a business, been doing it for 16 years. My role is pretty boring, admin, fee proposals, credit control and staff management...as the company has got more successful I have been increasing my hours and pretty much FT now ....the benefits (we work remotely and live abroad) are priceless and our income has given us an amazing life ...but I'm now thinking how I can hand over part of my role to someone, problem is I'm a control freak 😀

Secondary English teacher. Have been doing it fifteen years and still love it

I oversee a team working in vocational mental health. My team work with the NHS to support people with severe mental illness to find meaningful paid employment. Oversee 38 staff. It’s rewarding, flexible (work from home mostly) have a good team around me, and fairly well paid with decent other benefits. Can’t imagine doing anything else now.

Bookkeeping. I love creating my own systems for things and making sure things are done right.

Data scientist. It's like searching for buried treasure - hunting for meaning and insights that can't be seen with the naked eye. Great pay, constantly learning, never bored. Writing code is weirdly stimulating to the creative part of my brain.

Buyer for a well-known supermarket. Love it.

wow, 3 OT's so far!! well 2 practicing and one retired.

Literally sounds like my ideal job!

Senior Occupational Therapist in social care. Used to be in the NHS but MUCH prefer social care 😁

I think I would like a HR job.
Have worked in NHS and public sector frontline all my career I need a change.
Is there anything voluntary I could do to help my chances?

Teacher and Leader

I have a first class degree but have never really used it! After a whole lot of life crap I do what makes me happy. My weeks are a mishmash of different self employed work, including:

1. being a book dealer of rare books
2. dog walking and house sitting
3. horse related yard work
4. support work for a family with two autistic kids
5. dog grooming
6. ironing for a lovely family who live in a massive country pile, as and when their housekeeper is snowed under.
7. festival work

My weeks are pretty busy! And no two days or weeks are the same. I think I have commitment issues when it comes to work 🤣

It’s mostly very flexible in terms of choosing when I work, so if there’s other things I want to do ‘for me’, eg my hobby or going away, then I just plan my work around that. Life is too short to be told how many days and when you’re allowed to not be working.

Plumber. It pays extremely well and I choose my hours. Previously I was a university lecturer. I hope to go to Rabbinical school soon.

Senior NHS podiatrist. We don't do nails or corns its more like a&e podiatry...acute. I could be removing a mummified foot or toe or treating severe diabetic ulcers, diagnosing all kinds of conditions like skin cancer or having people admitted for sepsis.
It's different everyday and never boring.

Global comms. Love it. Lots of travel.

HR and I love all the issues,
my favourite is saying: No, I cannot send you home because you feel unwell. You’re an adult who has to make that decision based on your symptoms. But yes I will support you when you tell your manager

data scientist - love uncovering the hidden meaning in huge volumes of data, I feel like a detective! Lots of coding which is no different mentally to doing crosswords and sudokus, which is what I would be doing all day if I wasn't working, so I might as well get paid to enjoy myself solving puzzles all day.

TA in a SEN school.
Lovely job, crap pay.

Play therapist and I love the kids, the paperwork not so much.

I'm a Behaviour Change Practitioner and work in a lovely team.

Why don't you try some career coaching. I was in the same situation as you a few years ago where some of the basics were right but it wasn't adding up to what I wanted. You probably have all the answers to fix it but just need a little help getting there. It changed my life and I'm much happier now.

Retired now but I was in a multi faceted NHS job. I was an Occupational Therapist and worked in Community Rehab, but I also jobshare managed the team and was pulled out to do work on various other stuff, all change management/clinical documentation/IT based. I did love my job but when the labour party under Blair/Brown kicked off the amalgamation/reorganisation and we were constantly being told "how to do it better" I'd had enough.