Did anyone quit their job and just work at something else?

[QuickSilver]

Hello everyone. As I've mentioned before I work as a registered nurse and for many reasons the job is wearing on me. I'm considering quitting and maybe find something part time that would, I certainly understand, pay probably minimum wage.

Did anyone ever quit a career type job but continued working at something more simple for a few years before completely retiring? I have no delusions that anything like retail is super easy. I'm just looking for a job I can walk away from when the hours are done. I'm still looking into nursing jobs (I'd take a huge cut in pay to work in some clinic or something) but I'm not finding much.

Thanks.

Bless you for still being in the trenches pounding the floors. I know that at my age I could not do it. I got out of bedside nursing at age 51 because I had been offered the opportunity to go into Case Management with in house training. I figured I still might have had a few years left of bedside but I knew an opportunity like that may not come along again so I grabbed it... and I have never once been sorry.

From Case Management I was able to branch out into Clinical Documentation Specialist.. which is a function I still enjoy.. and is why I am able to continue working at age 66 with no problem. I intend to stay on full time until next year. At which time I will retire, but still stay on as "Causal" employee... which means they will call if they need me to fill in for someone, and I have the option of refusing. I will also be making more money as a Casual employee because they will not be covering any portion of my medical insurance.... Sounds like a sweet deal to me.

 

[Kitties]

I left my job as an IT specialist in my 50's and found a job as a school maintenance man/janitor. The kids were pretty obnoxious and there was virtually no dicipline in the school. The Principal was a waste of space and so were some of the teachers. The support staff were in general, better qualified and more experienced than the teachers, and some did the job ,not for the money, but because they could afford to do a low pay job that didn't require much skill.

Actually, the janitor's role wasn't badly paid at around £19k (about $30k) a year, and I learned a lot of practical skills. I packed up after 2 years and retired properly - still in my 50's.

Wow, your post reminds me of being back in high school and some of the people I had to deal with. Seems these problems are prevalent in other places too.