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So unhappy with work, what should I do?

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zeromotivation · 15/02/2020 21:06

Just that really. I'm 30 and have worked in charity governance and arts administration since I graduated from university. I have a BA and an MA in an arts subject. I have a young DC and a DH who due to the industry he works in earns a good five times as much as I do. I could afford to invest a bit of money into retraining.

I'm bored. I'm good at my job but I've never been passionate about it, or any job I have ever done really. I have considered retraining to do something else so many times and I literally can't think of a single thing I really want to do or feel interested in.

I am enormously introverted in many ways (e.g. I work from home and that's the one part of my job I really love). I am not competitive and not ambitious - I would be complete rubbish in sales or anything high powered with really long hours like law (though I do find criminal law etc itself interesting). I love animals. I love food and cooking. I find psychology very interesting and for a while considered retraining as a psychologist but my maths is crap and I don't think I would be able to cope with all the statistics. Although I'm introverted I'm perfectly confident talking to different people and I do enjoy having 1:1 chats but am not great in large groups. I love writing but I would be rubbish in any kind of comms role because I really don't like and don't "get" social media.

I basically feel like I have fallen into my field of work by mistake and am panicking slightly now I am 30 that I will never find my true passion.

Anyone got any tips? Has anyone else been in the same situation and retrained to do something you really love?

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lljkk · 15/02/2020 22:09

What is an 'arts' subject that your Uni degrees is in?

I wonder if you would suit being a paralegal.

zeromotivation · 16/02/2020 11:32

English lit.

I did consider that but the hours seem to be as long and it seems to be as pressurised as actual law so I'm not sure it would suit me.

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lljkk · 16/02/2020 14:54

I feel sure I have heard stories of paralegals working PT.

Legal secretaries seem to have high job satisfaction and high job security, come to think of it. Some of them definitely work PT.

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