I don't want to tell what occupation I'm in right now. For context, I am out from home for 8 hours a day. You know what I mean, a 9 to 5 but schedule starts earlier than the standard 2 hours in my place, till night I'm tired then binge Youtube or social media scrolling for a quick dopamine, I don't watch TV that often. Now, I found freelance is an alternative style to not lose my sanity yet I don't know what jobs that can replace my current without getting out of my house for work. Credit the source you found if you looking up on the web, thanks for helping by the way.
My Dad always used to tell me the difference between a Job and a Career is all about whether you like what you're doing or not. A vast number of people hate their job. That's why I started a band. We made good money, we went where ever we wanted to go, and of course we loved playing music.
What you will do I don't know, but you asked for suggestions, so here's one you showed is a good thing in something you said here. When I read your post, this line stood out.
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You know what I mean, a 9 to 5 but schedule starts earlier than the standard 2 hours in my place, till night I'm tired then binge Youtube or social media scrolling for a quick dopamine, I don't watch TV that often."
And yes, I do know what you mean. I worked enough "Day Jobs" to keep me playing music. After nearly 25 years on the road, doing gear setups, sound checks, rehearsals, playing the shows, tear the gear down and loading it all back in the truck in the opposite order that you pulled it out, nearly every day for all but the last 7 years, I am paying for it now. But even if I could go back and start over, I would still do things the exact same way. Because I loved my career.
You said you "
binge Youtube". There are millions of people who do that every day. So my advice to you is get yourself a camera, even a decent cell phone has one now days, and find something you can do in your "comfort zone", which doesn't end when you walk out your front door. It's anywhere you are comfortable in, doing anything you are comfortable doing. At least that is what I call my Comfort Zone.
Myself, I thought about things I love doing. Traveling, particularly going to National and State Parks. Even though a lot of people makes videos on that subject, I have been back and forth across the US countless time, and seen every major National Park in the west, except one, which I now live just 100 miles away from. But I'm turning 70 in a month and I'm not up to lengthy road trips anymore. (Unless someone else is driving.) However, I still remember going to a ton of places, and they all have history. So I could make videos with stock footage and AI narration, the key difference is, I've been there. I hate videos that have incorrect information.
As I sat here thinking about what I could do if I needed a second career, I could hear the rumble of a train passing by. And a thought popped into my head. "TrainFanning." I have a digital camera that makes moderately good HD videos, certainly good enough for YouTube. And I live an eighth of a mile away from the main east west Southern Pacific line between Barstow, Bakersfield and Los Angeles, California. This is part of the route from New York to Chicago to LA, plus about 10 miles away is the Amtrak Station in Bakersfield. So there is a lot of rail traffic near here.
You just need to look over your life, and think about what can you film and put on YouTube that a lot of people would like. It could be videos of your cats or dogs if you have any (kittens and puppies are very popular), church activities, parades, concerts, county fairs, car shows or racing of some kind. The key is finding something profitable, that does not "Feel like Work" when you do it. It can be anything you are happy doing. And if you were to find the right subject and get a good following, you can make a to of money on YouTube.
And at 69.11, I'm sure glad I listened to Dear ol' Dad.
Oh, almost forgot... I don't ever watch commercial TV. Movies and such, yeah, but my TV is a Laptop.
