I work in marketing communications and sort of fell into it 12 years ago - always agency, never in-house. Done alright and moved up the ladder a few rungs but I'm feeling increasingly uninspired by work and the corporate rat race world in general. I'm surrounded by workaholics and people who get their kicks from working all hours but are also stressed all the time. It's not what I aspire to be.
I dream of having my own business or some other way of making money but no idea what I'd do.
My friend is a photographer for example and gets to do creative photoshoots and create memories for people - chooses her hours, has her own studio. It seems like an ideal job tbh
I could go freelance with marketing but I also hate the idea of lack of pension/ holiday pay etc and having to find own clients.
I trained as a translator and speak two foreign languages but I've never fancied doing that either again due to having to source clients etc, plus AI is taking over translation these days.
My current role also pays quite well around 60k and don't really want to start from scratch in another career path.
Basically I have no idea and sometimes I feel like I lack the drive and discipline to go it alone and set something up for myself.
I have set up an Etsy shop but literally only make £30 a month from it so that's not viable option