I have a job I despise. I have two degrees, one of which is from Cambridge. This job doesn't even require a degree. I had to send in my GCSE certificates when I got it to prove I had them. That's how stupid it is. I'm so miserable. My manager is always complaining about something. The hours are awful as I have to cover evening meetings which go on til 10pm. It is also nearly an hour from home and I have to be there in person. I'm not even any good at covering meetings because I'm quite badly deaf.
I had a job which was a bit better before I had children but I took a long career break when I had children and then took pretty awful jobs to fit around them. I'm back in the sort of industry I was in pre children but the role is a lesser one. (I don't want to say too much in case I can be identified). There were a lot of cutbacks when I was taking a career break and so the sort of thing I had before in research and projects is much harder to get.
I've come into some money, do you think it would be mad to leave without having a job to go to in order to find something I want to do. Or even to re-train? I've done humanities-type subjects and my masters is very niche and not very employable. My first degree was a 2:2 so even though it was Cambridge it has shut a lot of doors. It wasn't a sensible subject either.
What would you do in my situation? Although I have money, my husband is constantly out of work so we would go through it pretty fast if neither of us were working.
As I say I have a humanities background and am good at research and projects. I'd like to work in education but have really poor hearing.
Please be kind. My work makes me miserable enough.