What do I do next? (work related)

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I'm so sorry in advance if this is long!

Last week I walked out of my job. I had fallen into the role of running a small but busy family business (not my family) in the specialised haulage industry so incredibly niche. When I say running, I mean doing everything - accounts, payroll, H&S compliance, Transport Management, quoting works, day to day running, diary management...the works! I had 3 weeks off work when my DC was born and other than that I've had most weekends off. Nothing else at all.

I walked as I had become highly anxious, depressed and felt I had torn myself into many, many tiny pieces. I wasn't sleeping and just snapped when I got a lot of grief for taking a day off to look after my sick daughter (for the first time in her life - she's 5, she normally goes to nanny's if she's ill as DP works for same business.) since leaving, I have felt like a different person.

In a previous life I ran pubs (10+ years ago) however I had done it from age 18 and 80 hour weeks caused me to burnout by 25. I absolutely love being behind a bar.

I now need to find another job but I have absolutely no clue what I should be applying for and and what level. I also have no idea what I want to do (or how to work this out!)

At the moment I have a loose plan to work part time in a pub/restaurant whilst I decompress (burnout I think) until after the summer holidays and then work out where and what I want to be. Does this sound reasonable? If you were me, what would you do?

Thanks so much if you have got to the end!

Sounds like you could do anything!! But for starters you could do anything in the haulage, transport and logistics sector or in the restaurant/pub sector. Take some time to have a look around on job sites once you begin to feel more like you again.

@Alphabet1spaghetti2 thankyou so much. Unfortunately both industries are very long and unsociable hours and really don't get along with having a young child. More's the pity or I'd attempt to go back to running a pub in a heart beat!

Remember your skills are transferable. Depending where you are in the country, there are more vacancies than employees,
so be prepared to negotiate for what you want in return for your desirable skill set. A four day week or wfh May suit you, or you might prefer some sort of hybrid work hours/wfh/office etc. Haulage etc around the East Midlands for instance would fall over backward to accommodate whatever hours /wage you wanted ! Don’t sell yourself short.