What do you do (or did)?
I've found that I'm thoroughly intrigued by the work that people on this forum do (or did). I read that people are wondering about continuing to work or not, have retired or are looking for work and ...
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I did 15 years in retail in the auto industry, then went to a roadside breakdown company. (Admin) , That didn't last long. Too much getting yelled at by broken down people. Had my twin daughters. I had always wanted to work for my self and run a riding school. Only problem was...lots of cash needed. I renovated and sold three houses that year to rake up enough money to buy a farm and start my riding school. That wasn't as much fun as I thought it would be. The kids and ponies were awesome but wow some of the parents! Eeeew. Got divorced, nearly lost my farm, became a real estate agent. Yuk didn't like that one either.
Got a new husband (cute cowboy this time LOL) and ended up with a blended family of 5. Changed tactics with the farm and started running a boarding and training stables.
For the last 8 years as well as running the stables, training horses and teaching people to ride I have also worked part time in the local public hospital. In the surgical ward, believe it or not. Probably have to stay there forever now just to keep the super and life insurance (can't get that anywhere else any more).
I enjoy my job at the hospital. It's a bit different now though, sometimes I have to leave my desk and have a bit of a sob seeing the volume of breast surgeries coming through and knowing what lies ahead for these people.
I love my farm and hope to be here for ever playing ponies. Think I'll be one of those old ladies that walks through the stables with her glass of wine in the afternoon just to smell the horses and hay.
I did 15 years in retail in the auto industry, then went to a roadside breakdown company. (Admin) , That didn't last long. Too much getting yelled at by broken down people. Had my twin daughters. I had always wanted to work for my self and run a riding school. Only problem was...lots of cash needed. I renovated and sold three houses that year to rake up enough money to buy a farm and start my riding school. That wasn't as much fun as I thought it would be. The kids and ponies were awesome but wow some of the parents! Eeeew. Got divorced, nearly lost my farm, became a real estate agent. Yuk didn't like that one either.
Got a new husband (cute cowboy this time LOL) and ended up with a blended family of 5. Changed tactics with the farm and started running a boarding and training stables.
For the last 8 years as well as running the stables, training horses and teaching people to ride I have also worked part time in the local public hospital. In the surgical ward, believe it or not. Probably have to stay there forever now just to keep the super and life insurance (can't get that anywhere else any more).
I enjoy my job at the hospital. It's a bit different now though, sometimes I have to leave my desk and have a bit of a sob seeing the volume of breast surgeries coming through and knowing what lies ahead for these people.
I love my farm and hope to be here for ever playing ponies. Think I'll be one of those old ladies that walks through the stables with her glass of wine in the afternoon just to smell the horses and hay.