Could you still do the job you did for most of your employed life

I could if the hours were shorter, I am
not too good at standing for long.

I was an electrician, but being in charge,
I spent a lot of time behind a desk, as for
the technical stuff, no problem, except
I would need a load of paperwork.

Mike.
 

Well, I believe I can.

In fact, I've re-set up my office to carry on with my projects (counting on them to keep my mind sharp). So far I've enjoyed what I'm doing since it is all now on my terms.....No Boss thugs, No deadlines, No stupid paper protocols to get in my way (I never liked turning East and sacrificing nickles to the great god of Micro$oft), Prioritize what I want when I want, and no stress to it. I love and still loving designing and programming small devices, and watch them work.
 
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Last year I would have said that I could not have gone back to software testing. But my brain is working much better since I started taking TruNiagen supplements, and so now I think I could test software again. OTOH, I would hate to be on a work schedule, having to get up in the morning, no time to do things I want to do :::shudder::: And I'm so much more aware of life having an end point, I think that would affect my work motivation.
 
JBR said:
People are showing they are willing to. (Also, I'll mention we have a thread on that very topic, with many, many responses. It's here: What jobs have you been employed at? )

Anyhow, I was employed the longest as a freelance writer (journalist, mostly) and editor. But for the fact I've lost my connections in the field, I could still do the work. And enjoy it.

But after, I was employed for seven years as the manager of a regional business association, related to value-added forest products. The job paid extremely well, and was interesting, and directly helpful to many independent businesses. It was also a challenging job because it involved a lot of driving throughout a fairly large geography, but mostly because Ithe job put me in a squeeze amongst modest-scale business, large-scale industry, and government. Work spilled over into weekends, and most years I couldn't take a vacation.
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your link is to a different question..I'm asking people if they could do the job still if they were asked to return tomorrow....
 
Considering that I'm doing some of it on a part time basis, I'll give that a big yes. To fully return, I'd have to gear up retail-direct component that I closed about 8 years ago, but could I? Yes. Do I want to? No Ma'am. Or as @Georgiagranny would say, Nope, nope, nopity, nope.

DH & I dropped the portions of our business we didn't want to do anymore and kept what we enjoyed. October through March is our slowest season, but even so we received a couple of wholesale orders Monday that took me a few hours to put in process.

I have a wholesale uniform apparel business.
 
hollydolly said:
...do you think , you could go back tomorrow and pick up where you left off...if you needed to ?
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You know me Holly, most would argue that I live to work rather than contrarily.

My wife says that she couldn't simply pick up the reigns, apart from her health issues, the role of the ambulance paramedic is changing so fast that even if her health permitted she would need at least three months training.
 
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