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Older people - what career would you have pursued, if you had support, money and resources?

Marianne72

I had this idea following TheCatWoman's question about career v job. Older people  might feel poignant about a past lost in the mists of Time. Regret is human but can be destructive. It can also lead to enlightening insights. I think of my working life as a string of pearls rather than a single diamond solitaire. It was not the job alone, but people I worked with, homes I had during each period and what I learned about myself as a result. What are your experiences? 

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  • IDK if I count as an “older person,” but if I had more support, money, and resources I probably would have stayed as a music professor. One of my biggest reasons for leaving that occupation was the fact that I was being paid too little and it wasn’t sustainable. That wasn’t the only reason, as students were harder to teach post-COVID and I have idealogical differences with my alma mater, but that was a significant factor.

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  • IDK if I count as an “older person,” but if I had more support, money, and resources I probably would have stayed as a music professor. One of my biggest reasons for leaving that occupation was the fact that I was being paid too little and it wasn’t sustainable. That wasn’t the only reason, as students were harder to teach post-COVID and I have idealogical differences with my alma mater, but that was a significant factor.

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