I've been a Vicar for 23 years but thinking of doing something different. I'm 50 this year and can take my pension from 55. (Much reduced, of course: I think it would be £7k pa plus a £45k lump sum.)
So I'm wondering about taking that and then making a change.
I'm well educated (postgraduate), intelligent (not the same thing as well educated), honest, reasonably (!) hardworking, presentable.
I'm quite creative and proactive but my main skill is as a communicator: I'm good with words, whether on the page / screen or as a speaker. I can construct a case or argument, "sell" things or ideas, proofread or write copy.
I'm less good with numbers and figures; also not massively practical.
I have a clean driving licence, no criminal record, and good social skills (especially with children, although mine have grown up now.)
Health is, I suppose, average except I suffer from depression with I manage (mostly) with medication. It doesn't (usually) affect my work.
I'd like to work alongside people as part of "flat" / horizontal team (I don't particularly like giving or taking orders).
I *think* like something with concrete, measurable outcomes -- where you know what you've done and when you've done enough.
Ideally it would be in the Midlands as my wife works and her job is in Hinckley but given a wide enough radius that is a pretty big area.
I'd need to earn least £25k a year, ideally £30k or more.
So give me some ideas. I've got, as David Bowie said, five years.
All serious suggestion considered (and I only want serious suggestions: not rent boy or bank robber or whatever).
Over to you, tz-uk.