to ask what you do for a living?

[TeapotsInJune]

Currently in teaching, and HATE it!

Any inspirational ideas? Xx

I work in general insurance, I don't hate the insurance business, I like it, the complexity... It's the customers and colleagues I don't like

oh my seeing it all written down i now know why i find it hard to do basic things like housework, I am actually quite busy .

I am a childminder and love my job except for the paperwork side of it! What would you like to do if you did change to something else?

I'm a science technician in a secondary school. Child-friendly hours, school holidays, relatively stress-free, shite money!

I teach, I do have moments when I hate it because of the workload which makes me stressed.

I was very very unhappy in a previous school and moved schools as a last resort, thinking if I am still not happy I will move. I am now very happy 99% of the time.

I have thought about becoming a TA or reducing to part time. Could that be an option?

DH is a teacher and he is knackered, as he is at the end of every term! If you also have a baby in tow then I can see that you must be exhausted.

He often puts in 15hour days, but he still feels that this is better than his last career (was in the NHS for 20yrs).

I think much depends on your school and the subject that you are teaching.

Childminding is another option, if you want to test the water before committing to fostering.

At the moment i'm a carer to DD2 and a scrounger but before i had children with sn's i was a Chef.

The school won't let me switch to part time :( I've considered being a librarian?

My school won't let me go part time either, I too have considered being a librarian.

I run a motorbike shop and love it, get to do the accounts, sort customer enquiries, sell bikes and parts, organise workshop and tell lovely mechanics what to do, ride my bike every day and not have to bother dressing up for work. Best of all my Boss is flexible so if DS needs collecting early I can nip out, no problem bringing him into work and I get trade prices for all our families bikes too :)
OP I trained as an accountant, love working with figures, absolutely detested working in an office so much so I quit and took more outdoorsy work, fruit and veg on the markets, then a bit of farming on a friends farm, then I got my ideal job. If you hate teaching try something else, life is too short!

Mental health nurse working in substance misuse. Love love love it. Work with and make a difference in people's lives and really help them get back on their feet.

Some days stressful but I wouldn't change for anything

I'm a business analyst, working on IT projects (although I am part time now, 3 days a week) in the healthcare sector - not NHS, private, before anyone hits me.

I've also worn the project management hat on occasion, but I've found it impossible to go part time and still keep any sense of control (more a problem with me than anything - I happen to work for a quite good employer).

My background actually stems from computer networking (still in healthcare sector tho). This pays better!

Library jobs are very hard to get now, I know a couple of trained librarians who can't get back in the field, one is a carer and does nights (LeQueen is another one on here).

It depends how much you need to earn, if you enjoy one-to-one teaching but hate the crowd control, and don't need to earn a fortune, tutoring might be a good initial way to downsize, esp, in London and depending on your subject area.

Fostering sounds like an amazingly caring job, but is it just your decision?- I think that's another dimension to considering what you would like to do, my husband would hate it.

If you are a good writer, what about getting out there and starting to write articles (on school-based stuff, or do you never want to think about that again?) However, I think you absolutely need to commit to that 100 percent and I'm not sure it is easy to make money, it could take years to build up a profile and you may end up writing stuff that isn't your dream, like webpage text (although nothing wrong with that). Textbook writing?

Oh, and DH is an accountant. Yawn!!

I own a soft play and party centre

My DH owns several shops and we jointly own one shop.

I qualified as a solicitor but just didn't like it

I'm an IT jack-of-all-trades working in the NHS (so flame me), working specifically in providing IT support for research in Mental Health. I do everything - IT training, web design, database management and reporting, troubleshooting, graphic design, writing instruction manuals and advising on data protection and confidentiality legislation. I love my job. Every project I work on is different and brings its own problems which need solutions, so I always have to be creative. I deal with people a lot, not just with computers, which I love. I go through life making computers work for people instead of the other way round. 'Tis brilliant.

There aren't a lot of jobs like mine around though, I'm very lucky to have it, and there's no security in it - like many public sector workers, we are all on one-year rolling contracts. So much for the job for life plus gold-plated pension, but I wouldn't be anywhere else...

I am a solicitor. Publicly funded not private client!

But I quite fancy what Fuzzy does!

Korma what do you need to do to become a vet assistant? And what is the pay like?

Your post was lovely Fairyloo, and with your attitude, I bet you're really good at your job.

I am a social worker - working with people with drug and alcohol problems.

icu nurse in the nhs- i love it. sorry my capitals are broken and punctuation minimal

Web developer here.