What would you do if you could retrain, with time and money no object

[AdmiralButterfly]

I would be an osteopath - having been taken from crippling pain to ok by one, I am in awe. Gods amongst men etc. That said, I did fancy being a midwife immediately post baby so maybe I am just suggestible.

I'd love to be an artist and have a little studio at the end of a cottage garden.... except I'm not artistic in the slightest so it's not a possibility.
I'd also love a little shop in a village centre that just sells pretty things and I'd live in a flat above it... still not realistic though.

Most realistic career plan - I'd like to work with young people aged 16-25, most likely autistic/send and who can live independently but just need support such as meal planning, shopping, paying bills etc. A support worker really.

Speech therapist or educational psychologist... basically my job but I’d earn more money and harbour more respect 😂.

Another Speech and Language Therapist here!

Or either a heart surgeon or a highly specialised cardiac nurse.

Cosmetic surgeon

I’d be an archivist too! I love old documents and spend my free time doing genealogy. I looked into retraining pre-kids, but the lack of jobs put me off, and I didn’t have time to volunteer to get experience for a masters at the time. I’m a science teacher which I do enjoy, but I think I would have really loved to be an archivist!

Occupational Therapist, working with children. Been around them a bit with both my children and would retrain if I had the money to give up work and do so.

Currently HR Manager, so nothing remotely similar!

I’m at OT and love it but I’d love to try teaching. I think a lot of the skills needed overlap

Ohhh possibly a carpenter... or illustrator if I was better drawing!

I've just started my own business which involves woodwork but would love to be able to do more complex stuff.

A toy designer or toy restorer. Historian of toys maybe.

I'd be a dermatologist so I could spend all day squeezing people's blackheads and posting the videos on Sporner Corner. Also be on a fat doctor's salary without unsociable hours.
Or I'd be a florist.
Or a paediatrician or obstetrician.

British Sign Language interpreter.

Horticultural research, probably - including all the exploring rainforests and discovering new plant species bits.

Too old for all that malarkey now though

currently a structural engineer, but I would love to do a textiles degree of some sort and have the courage to try a creative career.

Sadly I have children to feed, greedy little buggers...

Psychologist

Forensics of some kind. Or pathologist or even mortuary technician.

I'm promise I'm not as morbid as this sounds! I just find all that kind of thing interesting.

Fashion historian, I think.

I'd be a translator. I am actually toying with the idea of doing a languages degree with the Open Uni for fun, but I doubt it will lead to a career change. I can dream though!

I would learn how to be a part time couch potato and appreciate being lazy :-).

I decided to do the thing. I'm a qualified solicitor, and decided to become a psychologist. About twice a month I lose my shit and think I'm making a terrible financial mistake, but I couldn't not try. Similar to above posters, I just thought I was bad at science. Turns out, school science department was boring and underfunded, and I actually love science! But more than that, I love people. I needed a job that had lots and lots of people contact. I wouldn't have known that until I treated my mental health though. I always thought I didn't really like people. A great psychologist helped me realise that I was chronically overwhelmed with undiagnosed ADD, not cripplingly introverted, and it has changed my life. I won't qualify until I'm 40, but I'll hopefully reach 40 anyway. Might as well be 40 and doing my dream job!

Vet.

I'm an Illustrator and heading for 50. I'm successful but getting bored.

I'd love to have a go at something completely new - although I'm unsure what.

If I could pluck a career out of nowhere I'd be an inspirational Drama teacher....

Or a police detective.

Dog behaviourist. Which actually I am qualified to do as I have a degree in canine behaviour but I also have a lucrative career in business and dependents so cannot reduce my salary.

Dogs do not pay as much as business in need of IT services.

Midwife. Currently a part time specialist nurse so it’s not impossible but with young children I just couldn’t afford the full time child care

Doctor without a doubt.

I'd train to be a GP or go into the Navy I think.
I have worked in aerospace engineering and am currently a primary teacher. I get bored after a while so will do something new in a few years but due to age it won't be either of the above. I looked at training to be an OT or ODP before retraining as a teacher.