<p>Later in life, I would love to have 2-3 clients with a steady stream of work, so I can devote some time to growing more stuff in my garden - that would be growing tropical stuff in HI. Who knows, maybe I’ll get there. :)</p>
<p>I would like to be a tenured professor, teach a couple of hours a week, write stuff nobody will read, and go away for the summer.</p>
<p>Great question.</p>
<p>I’d love something to do with the written word. Librarian, editor, any job in a bookstore, copywriter.</p>
<p>Coaching high school or college athletic team. Have coached high school teams and really enjoyed it…can’t now because of other commitments. </p>
<p>Worked for a bit afternoons in a bakery after high school classes once…cleaned pots, pans, baking sheets etc. and then greased them up for bakers who used them early next morning…not a part-time job I really enjoyed much.</p>
<p>When I work my part time dream job at the coffee shop serving hot drinks and luscious muffins, I won’t have to do any of the dishes. (my dream, my way!!!) :)</p>
<p>One of my friends always used to say that she wanted to work in her kids’ high school office after they graduated, so she could get the scoop on everything. I’ve noticed more than a few women starting work at our high school after their kids have left. Maybe it is interesting. </p>
<p>I started working in earnest as our kids didn’t need me so much and we needed cash more to help pay for their college expenses. It has worked out well for me and them. After H retired, I have reduced my hours at my nonprofit and am more selective on what I’m willing to take on. It is a nice balance–doing as much as I feel prepared to do and keeping networked in my community.</p>
<p>nj2011mom I started consulting by subcontracting with small consulting firms. If you know anyone in your field who is consulting you might reach out to them. If you have a speciality you can fill a gap or take on work when they have overflow. Once you have some under your belt it is easier to get clients. Just watch the conflict of interest clauses in the subcontract agreement. I did fee splits to give them the overhead amount for work I brought to the company and if they brought me work an additional commission split. I also consulted back to my former employer after I left while they brought the new folks up to speed. They actually kept me for 2 years. My brother is doing the same right now with his former employer. I now have steady clients that pay monthly retainer fees for me to take on the work they don’t want to hire someone to do. I can do it from anywhere when I travel. </p>
<p>My background is investments and corporate finance, as well as corporate governance. Setting up investment policies and selecting asset managers/target portfolios is my expertise, as well as a very narrow sector of the private equity world. The latter is a small universe and I attended an industry conference inSeptember to make connections, however nothing has come it. </p>
<p>I think one issue is most non-profit people or small businesses turn to their legal or accounting advisors for this and those groups are not really the best equipped for it. Walking into Morgan Stanley or another brokerage house and asking them to do this for you is like letting a fox alone in the chicken coop, there is a huge conflict of interest in the way they operate. </p>
<p>Oh…I hate networking. </p>
<p>Ice cream taster</p>
<p>landscape designer. </p>
<p>I had a small business de-cluttering & staging homes for sale for a bit. I still occasionally get calls from real estate agents to help with a client but I don’t pursue any business. </p>
<p>“I’ve noticed more than a few women starting work at our high school after their kids have left. Maybe it is interesting.”</p>
<p>My friends who have done that did it for the medical insurance (husbands are small business persons) not for the money or for fun. </p>
<p>I had that job! I worked at Howard Johnsons in college and could name all 33 ice cream flavors, as well as provide an opinion on each and how they would be best paired w toppings in a sundae. </p>
<p>My ideal part-time job would be grooming/exercising horses at a high end boarding stable. Yup, that would be the life. :)</p>
<p>Being a homicide detective. Solving mysteries, clues, etc. Even chase down a perp once in a while. </p>
<p>^It is only glamorous on TV. In reality, it is psychologically draining, hard work. Maybe play one on TV?</p>
<p>I would be a guidance counselor but perhaps I would be a little biased in my choice due to my propensity to chance people for a variety of colleges…</p>
<p>Staff writer at the New Yorker? Editor at the London Review of Books? Curator at MOMA? Writer for the Simpsons?</p>
<p>Not sure whether we’re supposed to be realistic here …</p>
<p>I would love to become a DJ. It was always my dream job. :)</p>
<p>Gigalo</p>
<p>My current position working 0700-1530 on Tues, Wed, Thurs each week. :)) </p>