Are there any jobs which aren't boring, or you're aren't selling your soul for?

suki1964

I enjoy my low paid job

And I enjoyed the one before as well

And the one before that as well

Indeed , the last time I hated work was when I was pretty well paid in the public sector - pension, holidays, sick pay etc etc etc

Got2Save

spadoosh wrote: »

So you dont have any ideas on what you would enjoy and find every job tedious?

Youve said yourself you have no skills. But want to become self employed doing something youre unsure of and more than likely incapable of doing.


Ermhhh good luck.... Im out.


ETA if you becoem self emplyed it will be interesting to know the approach you might take with any staff employed.

I worked retail at minimum wage, it wasnt tedious, didnt have a clue who was coming up next.

I have a lot of interests and passions, but if you're talking of making them a job it's hard to pursue one specific thing from the list. In terms of just work, well I enjoy working at the library (voluntary) but that's not a viable "career" option.

I don't particularly want a career though, I want to run a business in fashion. However, I have other interests/passions too such a health food, technology, art, design. I need the money to invest into a business though. I never thought about being self employed until recently. I just got bored with tedious jobs I had no passion for. Formal education isn't for me because of my ADD and Dyslexia.

Bogalot

There's no reason why ADD and dyslexia should stop you having a formal education.

What you need to do is decide on a path and stick to it. Your ideas are all over the place, and mostly completely unrealistic.

elsien

Got2Save wrote: »

What do you do for work, elsien? Have you ever thought of working for yourself? Even with that I need the money though, so it's lose/lose. A lot of the time people end up working for a !!!! company, earning poor wages, in a poor environment, surrounded by unsavory work colleagues, especially in low wage jobs. This is from experience anyway.

I'm not on minimum wage, although I have been. I don't want to work for myself - I don't want the pressure of wondering from month to month if my mortgage is going to get paid. My mother ran her own business for years and that was when I decided it was too stressful.
I started off at the bottom of the ladder in care and worked my way up to management. Then decided it wasn't for me and shifted sideways to an alternative career. I like my job and I like my colleagues - it's flexible and I can plan and manage my own workload. I probably get paid round about the national average and I'm never going to be rich. But it suits me, and without starting off as I did I may never have got there. Even minimum wage jobs can have their good side and allow opportunities to progress. If you find the right one for you and give it a chance.

leslieknope

each job comes with its own pros and cons. better paid jobs will mean more money but they often also mean more stress, longer hours, more responsibility, etc. with lower paid jobs that are often in retail or hospitality, there is less pressure on you so you feel like you can leave it at the door at the end of the day.

also you could have a job you absolutely love and eagerly await every morning, but that doesn't mean you'll be earning a lot. it's a rare lot that get paid well for their passion.

so decide what is more important to you.

they're changing the apprenticeship system in april to make it more accessible for adults so suggest maybe reskilling via that route?

motorguy

elsien wrote: »

The incentives of needing to keep a roof over my head, being able to eat and and keep warm tend to have a motivating effect.

+1

Employers pay you because they know they have to as you'd rather be doing something else.

motorguy

Got2Save wrote: »

I find many jobs tedious tbh. Unless I want to work in some specialised field, investing money into gaining more useless qualifications is illogical. I would be getting qualifications with no real end goal in mind, only knowing that I want to eventually become self employed. What qualifications would you suggest for general usefulness?

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So you're not prepared to invest in yourself with time gaining experience and qualifications but expect an employer to invest in you?

Not how it works i'm afraid.

Also, you'll acheive more success overcoming - and showing how you've overcome - your ADD and dyslexia rather than just opting out of education and gaining experience and using both those as a reason not to bother.

Getting off your knees takes effort and time, and noone is going to do it for you.

ThinkingOutLoud_2

Hmmm.

I guess you have heard the expression "Attitude is everything". That may be a bit strong, but it has a strong vein of truth.

I think though you do have a strong drive to find something you can enjoy, hence you posted this and your volunteering even shows, it is not all about the money.

If you search online - for "what jobs would suit me" or similar - a raft of free tools / quizzes are there to be tried. They might not all be right, but maybe together they will help you find what sort of things might suit.

Then with an idea or two - you can start to work out what you need to Do to get to your goal job. Maybe that is to work for yourself too or maybe with other doing what you want it will be better.

As some have said - if the job gets you what you need - you can and probably must trade on the money to begin with at least. As your skills grow ...

Finally, put a tin on the shelf and every time you say the word tedious - put some cash in it. Then use the cash towards what you want to do.

Be positive!

Transformers

Got2Save wrote: »

I don't particularly want a career though, I want to run a business in fashion. However, I have other interests/passions too such a health food, technology, art, design. I need the money to invest into a business though. I never thought about being self employed until recently. I just got bored with tedious jobs I had no passion for. Formal education isn't for me because of my ADD and Dyslexia.

You've been posting the same question in various guises since LAST February.

https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/5409081

https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/5500300

https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/5584103

https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/5586615

Instead of thinking and thinking and thinking and doing nothing you need to just get on with it.

The world doesn't owe you a job you enjoy. Not everyone enjoys their job; that's just life.

The jobs you think are tedious are still jobs that someone needs to do. It's just a fact that if you don't have the skills to get something 'interesting' then you'll just have to accept that you have to take what you can get.

What are you doing at the moment to earn money? What are you doing to increase your skills base? What have you done since that thread 12 months ago where you were asking similar questions?

You need to put some effort in. Just saying you fancy doing something in fashion or whatever isn't really business planning is it?

Why not take one of those tedious jobs and work every hour you can, live as cheaply as you can and save enough money to buy a franchise or start your own business?

In the meantime, remember the phrase: work to live, not live to work or the other way around depending on your attitude.

https://www.thebalance.com/what-it-means-to-live-to-work-1286773

Your job doesn't define who you are - it's just what you happen to do for 8 hours (or whatever) every day.

Raggie

So you want to be self employed. What will you do to generate income?

Saying your self employed does not make money appear in the bank. You have to have a skil to sell, a product to make, or a way to add value to the process (source product and sell it)?

You therefore need to invest in yourself first, either by eduction, skills or gaining kmoweldge, as it is this that you will be selling to generate the income.

I'm not saying this to discourage you, but to guide.

The alternative is to accept the jobs you currently do.

BTW my job is not boring, and I didn't need to sell my soul for, so to to answer the original question, yes there is.