Published on 12, July, 2020
I understand that many of us do not have jobs, and I know that those who do (myself included here) struggle a lot with them. This got me wondering about what dream job(s) we can think of, or even hope to do one day. It may be inspiring and help some of us find something that allows forum users to get a job or get a better-suited job.
I will put down some thoughts to get the ball rolling. My main priority is to be away from an office or busy environment.
1) work from home permanently doing some kind of PAYE employment for salary certainty. this would ideally just be for 2-3 days a week. if money was not a constraint then I would not do this work at all, and I would do something more fun like a gardening job in the summer, maybe become a landscape garden designer, write novels and short stories professionally.
2) design board games 1-2 days a week.
3) volunteer at a charity in a non customer-facing role 1 day a week.
4) maybe a part-time bike mechanic and/or frame builder 1 day a week. i can't afford the training costs and time needed to get the qualifications to do these things now but maybe in the future.
A 'portfolio' career is my ideal because I can get bored doing the same thing and this also allows me to think in terms of escapes - when things get too much doing job X I can flee to safety with job Y. I think this mental trick would be very beneficial for me.
How about you?
I find a huge amount of satisfaction in microelectronics, soldering problem solving etc. My dream job would be to work in electronics restoration and repairs (not the client facing bit obviously).
Have you heard of the right to repair? Recent law: CBP-9302.pdf (parliament.uk). Might create more demand for this pursuit! Good luck :)
absolute I am a big advocate (within my own house)
I have been told there are lots of youtube videos that carefully explain how to fix various models. Could you try searching there as a start?
I have an old pair of Bose Companion 3 speakers attached to my PC so I can play music while I am working. The right one has just started resonating at a high pitch for certain types of music and it drives me nuts so I have had to stop playing music.
One speaker out of the whole system - and you can't now buy replacements and the speaker is a sealed unit so you can't get inside.
Someone who knows what they are doing could repair it in seconds I am sure.
totally agree! saves you money and does less damage to the planet. I just wish I was better at it!
i love fixing things. It's the ultimate way of recycling