Your dream jobs if you were financially sorted already

hypothetically, lets just say you won money on the lotto. Enough to retire for a while but, not enough to never work again.

What would your dream small business (or part time work) be to keep you busy and give you a few bob to prolong your winnings ?

Mine would probably be to retire down the country and open a B&B or open a pub somewhere other than Dublin.

How about you?

gifted

Food and travel writer for foreign places

Wanderer78

doin fcuk all, lifes too short to be thinking about work, enjoy your financial freedom!

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119160958#Comment_119160958

Would be great but you couldn't do fcuk all for long. You'd need to keep busy and top up the cash

Wanderer78

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119160972#Comment_119160972

gimme a chance! ive been lucky enough to be able to take some time out of work, it was bliss, we re very lucky to live in this moment of human history, we have endless amounts of things to consume our time, all we generally need is financial security, and the skys the limit, boredom most certainly shouldnt be an issue, if you can guarantee financial security! bring on the lotto!

Mike Murdock

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/2058248898/your-dream-jobs-if-you-were-financially-sorted-already

Unless you have experience running either, you’d be insane to do this. You’d lose more money than you’d make. And work longer, tougher hours than in a regular office job.

Wanderer78

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119160988#Comment_119160988

very tough industry alright, lots of risk, lots of stress, but some do love that!

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119160988#Comment_119160988

well what would be your suggestion?

rob316

Food critic or cabinet maker who just spends the day just making stuff as a hobby.

Alkers

Outdoor adventure guide, hiking or mountain biking or even park upkeep or something like that.

Assuming we're talking about financially comfortable and not jet setting the world on a private yacht, which I'd obviously choose first

Wanderer78

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119161017#Comment_119161017

....now we re talking!

Donald Trump

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119161011#Comment_119161011

Why not do both?

Order take out while making your cabinets and then video yourself giving out about the sh1te quality of the delivered food

There is also a useful reddit forum called "dreamjobs" to give you some ideas. (Don't google from work!)

Viscount Aggro

Pizza joint... I would serve 2 options,by the slice.

Take it or leave it.

No deliveries.

ericfartman

Probably setup a dog kennel where people can leave there pets when heading off on holiday or whatever.

KilOit

Own a small cafe, hire decent well paid staff and manager, work in it part time but not in the owner sense, like for staff to be relaxed around me, not looking to min max profits, just sustainable since i'll have money already

vixdname

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119161043#Comment_119161043

That's be a "ruff" lifestyle, you'd want to be "barking" mad.................I'll get my coat on the way out

Wanderer78

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119161043#Comment_119161043

met a dog walker during the week, she has me thinking, some job!

KilOit

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119160958#Comment_119160958

Doin fcuk all is a ticket to an early grave, everyone needs a purpose and holidaying for the rest of your days would get old very quick. it's no wonder rich kids that inherit wealth from parents turn to drink and drugs then die from OD or crash and burn in a lambo

Nigel Fairservice

If I didn't have to worry about money I'd work at my local cinema or bookshop just to keep busy. Maybe even open a bookshop/cafe like McNally Jackson bookshop in New York, my favourite one.

Wanderer78

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119161102#Comment_119161102

...again, those that dont know how to fill their time, and tend towards dysfunctional behaviors and outcomes, figure this one out, and you re onto a winner! let me at it, ive sh1t to be doin, theres a world to be seein and doin!

Galwayguy35

Job in RTE.

A sweet gig that would be.

MakersMark

Civil servant.

Either on holidays or "sick"-pay, with no need to perform and guaranteed pay rises!

😉

Autosport

Animal rescue centre ❤️

Wanderer78

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119161397#Comment_119161397

....we all should have become frontline workers during it, handy number!

Beechwoodspark

Professional big wave surfer doing the world championship circuit

Beechwoodspark

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119161035#Comment_119161035

Have to ask - what would the 2 options be ?

harmless

If I could afford the running of a private jet I would become a full time climate change activist.

EchoIndia

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119161397#Comment_119161397

Your concept of the civil service cannot be based on any understanding of the nature and diversity of civil service work.

Viscount Aggro

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119161425#Comment_119161425

Plain or pepperoni.

Big slices, on a paper plate.

New York style

The service will be NY style too.

Any guff from people, they will barred and f***ed out.

MakersMark

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119161405#Comment_119161405

I was a front line worker, unlike the 10s of thousands of civil servants who "worked" from home on full pay.

This thread is about dream jobs...we all dream differently!

MakersMark

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119161456#Comment_119161456

You're right...I forgot to mention the dream pensions!

;-) 😉

Wanderer78

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119161557#Comment_119161557

....maybe we should have pushed a little harder and forced frontline workers to work from home also. i know plenty of folks who worked hard from home during it, and some still actually are.....

MakersMark

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119161569#Comment_119161569

Ha!

Now who's dreaming??!!

Wanderer78

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119161575#Comment_119161575

no, no dream, this is reality! its just we have decided to fcuk frontline workers over even more, by not paying your dues, not only do you deserve your covid bonus, you also urgently need a pay rise, and extra paid leave. oh and please dont talk down other workers, in both the public and private sectors, theres hard workers in both, all are equally needed, to keep the show on the road, and by supporting other workers, you might just get whats only right....

xeresod

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119161557#Comment_119161557

If all the back office civil servants did no work while at home, then you survived 2 years without getting paid so clearly you're already financially sorted so no need for you to be figuring out your dream job for this thread!

EmmetSpiceland

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119161456#Comment_119161456

That’s it. The last thing anyone would want after becoming financially “sorted” would be to be bored from 9-5 every day.

People have this, skewed, view that the Civil Service is some cushy “number” that anyone could do but they don’t realise that if you don’t have an extremely high tolerance for boredom you wouldn’t last a week.

Wanderer78

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119161754#Comment_119161754

....so emergency personnel spent most of their time bored in work?

xeresod

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119161770#Comment_119161770

They're not civil servants, they're public servants...the civil service is the 38k that mainly sit behind a desk doing the boring policy/legislation/bureaucratic work (small minority are frontline like customs in revenue or vets in agriculture)

The other 270k are the public service including guards, medical, etc - the real frontline workers - although almost 100k are in the education sector so certainly more boring than emergency personnel work!

Furze99

Self employed already running a small business in an area I like working in. So I'd just continue as is, might take on some more staff and let them run it a bit more, so could take some time off. Couldn't imagine anything worse than filling in days in hotels and on beaches etc.

SuperBowserWorld

Wildlife ranger/Vet on some national park in Africa.

Panthro

I'd spend days out walking in fields with rescued greyhounds.

And occasionally road trips round place to festivals.

Figure out what's a good hobby.

ablelocks

photography would be my dream job, not that i'd expect to make money from it. the lotto win would want to be fairly big.

SuperBowserWorld

I think this is a good thread. Making people think about what their real motivations and values are.

completedit

No such thing, work sucks.

griffin100

I used to be a marine biologist when I was younger. I spent some time in Scotland working with a group studying bottle nose dolphins and common seals. Then spent 4 years in the field doing my PhD, catching, tagging and tracking marine mammals. If I was sorted financially I’d love to that again. It was great fun and I realise now how lucky I was. That said it was very physical so not sure how my almost 50 yearly body would hold up.

If I didn’t have to work I’d train for an English Chanel swim. It takes about 2 years apparently if you’re coming from a decent swim base (I would be). That’s help pass the time.

Wezz

I’d stay in my line of work but on my own terms. Work with kids in disadvantaged areas maybe set up something similar to a mens shed but for young lads.

onrail

Amateur archaeology and metal detecting in my local area would be great I think. Could be wrong, but I'd say doing it professionally could be frustrating

kowloon

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119161754#Comment_119161754

If the civil service was such a great place to end up the competition to get in would be insane and only the best would be chosen. I know people who have left public sector jobs for the private sector and I know people who've gone the other way. I'm pretty sure one isn't universally better. It's a real grass is greener kind of situation.

Personally, I'd prefer to be my own boss, but that comes with its own risks that you don't have as a PAYE worker.

NiceFella

I like plants so maybe be an a horticulturalist.

riclad

It's tough running a b and b or a pub, long hours, dealing with customers, suppliers, paperwork , bureaucracy, you work 7 days a week , no holidays. Demand varys due to weather , winter, summer

Maybe work in a music or a book shop 2 days a week.

Id like to draw covers for marvel or dc comic books or design characters for video games but I understand most of this is now done using special software, 3d art programs on pcs which I have never used. Or maybe test video games before they get released . I don't know how any one gets bored now with the amount of TV channels , radio, podcasts channels avaidable.

And of course people who work in video games are often expected to work 60 hours a week before the game is released

Strumms

archaeologist… probably influenced by my love of history….. and the great outdoors

pilot, not for the work so much but I loved the idea of getting paid to travel and to stay in different cities and different countries…and see the world, while getting fairly and commensurately paid…

worked in the general industry for a while and found a fair number especially of the older guys to be jackasses though and overnights are generally not very frequent in the industry aside from long haul… so I dunno…