What job would you do now, if you had the choice? (Light hearted)

HowVeryDareYou2

I'd be an agony aunt of some type. I'd tell some people to grow up and get on with it, or others to LTB (a Mumsnet term)

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The same job I had from age 15,every day was different I worked with people from all backgrounds and many countries and in the main they were all happy .
Whats not to like .I only retired because Covid killed the market after 52 years

I would like to be a hotel reviewer, going to stay in top end hotels around the world, or a top restaurant reviewer.

Gosh, so many things we would have liked to have done! I think I would have liked to work on a magazine, as a food photographer, but having said that my actual job as a PA was brilliant and I wouldn’t change that !

Astronomer, Archaeologist, Clinical Scientist working on Genomics. Or, probably more likely, a Librarian.

A specialist nurse or a gardener.

Fallingstar

I would like to be a hotel reviewer, going to stay in top end hotels around the world, or a top restaurant reviewer.

Oh yes! I fancy that too

Actually I think I would go back to my first job, working for a record company with trips up to the head office in the West End. As a "creative" person I was able to wear what I liked - which was usually something new from Biba, (the pay was quite good too)

I always wanted to go on the stage, as an actress, singer or ballet dancer. Didn’t manage any of that, as a result of not enough talent. Perhaps I could have worked in some backstage capacity.

I would like to have been an actress or writer in the style of Victoria Wood.

I would love to have done what Kristie and Phil do. Maybe the police force but not walking the beat. Being a detective, or flying around in a fast car. I am interested in law but it was too expensive to contemplate after I retired.

When I was young I wanted to be a nun, I thought it was a Monday to Friday job 9am to 5pm, during your day I thought you did some gardening, said a few prayers then went home until the next day, I was quite upset when I found out the reality of being a nun.

A detective - crime scene investigator. It can be gory, but it’s fascinating how they follow the trail.

A florist

A gardener or garden designer, definitely.

A hearing therapist.

Living on East 29th in New York City, driving a big yellow taxi cab with a medallion on the bonnet.
I wanted to do this when I was living there long ago.
And watching again the ticker-tape parade on 42nd for the first men on the moon.

A genealogist.

Researching my own family history has been absolutely fascinating, but I found it equally fascinating when for inheritance purposes I had to trace that of a more distant relative.
The picture that builds up, and the stories that you uncover are fascinating. I loved every bit of it, and found that as an activity it really suited my stubborn personality (like a dog with a bone if i think there is even the slightest chance of finding what I am looking for).

Mind you, for the second of those searches I had a lot of invaluable help from a fellow Gransnetter, who I can't thank enough. I won't say who she was/is, but if she reads this i would like her to know just how much I appreciated her help.

In fact, if I imagine myself as being a genealogist, I would also like to imagine her as being my supervisor/manager / mentor 😃

Illuminating manuscripts in a convent/monastery.

Paramedic.

Oldnproud
Yes, I would add that to my list too. Having spent many years researching both sides of both our families, found some fascinating stories, I just need the incentive to write it all in an interesting way for the family.

JenniRen

Oldnproud
Yes, I would add that to my list too. Having spent many years researching both sides of both our families, found some fascinating stories, I just need the incentive to write it all in an interesting way for the family.

I could have written your last sentence myself. 😁.

Aveline, YES! That would be perfect!

I've done various jobs over the years, but if I could be absolutely anything, it would be as a professional singer and drummer.

I'm good with the drums but can't sing! I'd be in old-time Country and Western bands like Waylon Jennings, etc.!

Photography and art I would have loved to learn how to do them properly instead of just for hobbies Not much open to women in the 50 s/ 60 s teacher, shop worker, factory, nurse, secretary about it really
Ahh well thankfully all my kids and grandkids have had better and more varied working lives