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After 14 years, Ive increasingly found my desire for teaching to be waning, and now that I turned 40, I dont wish to continue this until I retire. Its very scary giving up my pension (I can cash out now but it wont be much), but I also dont want to feel stuck in something that makes me miserable.

Americans worry far too much about how we will make enough to retire, at the expense of happiness in the present. Fear is perhaps the most powerful emotion, as well as being the most debilitating one. I need to find a way to conquer fear and make a change.

Anyone else on here ever make a career change later in life? How did you find what would be your best fit?
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There's not a lot of options. Peasant farmer, peasant servant, maybe a blacksmith or something like that.
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Honestly, you're lucky to have made it to 40 given the life expectancy.
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Flock_Masta_P posted...

There's not a lot of options. Peasant farmer, peasant servant, maybe a blacksmith or something like that.

Town crier.

On a serious note, I was set to do a full military career, but got medically retired just after 10 years. I got retirement pay, but it's not enough to live off of with a family of 4.

I bought a house, bumped around the gig economy for a bit while shopping out my skill set via resume over the course of a couple years, got a couple bites but held off until I got a really good one. Which was just in the nick of time, as Sinclair broadcasting bought the company I was working at, and turned it into fraduelent garbage over the course of a year. Sold my house in about 6 days, which had nearly doubled in value from when I bought it, moved states, for higher pay and lower cost of living. Now working on a pension to stack on top of my current retirement pay.
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Flock_Masta_P posted...

There's not a lot of options. Peasant farmer, peasant servant, maybe a blacksmith or something like that.

maybe squire too?

You're kind of fucked this far in because of your pension. Not a lot of companies do pensions anymore and you're way behind on starting a 401K. Your best bet is a lateral move within education (adminstration, finance, child study team, etc) so you can stay in the school system and keep that pension alive.
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I think in the middle ages, if someone at 40 wanted a career change, their most realistic option was to become a monk

Watch out for the plague. In your advanced age, you're especially susceptible.
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Zikten posted...

I think in the middle ages, if someone at 40 wanted a career change, their most realistic option was to become a monk

NES4EVER posted...

Watch out for the plague. In your advanced age, you're especially susceptible.

These two comments actually go well together. TC, if you decide to go the monk route, try to join one of the monasteries that brews cider youll be far less susceptible to the Black Death.
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Shablagoo posted...

Zikten posted...

I think in the middle ages, if someone at 40 wanted a career change, their most realistic option was to become a monk

NES4EVER posted...

Watch out for the plague. In your advanced age, you're especially susceptible.

These two comments actually go well together. TC, if you decide to go the monk route, try to join one of the monasteries that brews cider youll be far less susceptible to the Black Death.

Ooh, yeah, go to Kloster Kreuzberg.

They brew THE best beer in the world bar none.

And on top of that I swear those monks are the happiest people I have ever seen anywhere ever.
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