A Long Term Plan for Sustaining an Income by doing what I like doing...!

I have quite an easy life doing what I do, which mainly involves dicking around not doing a lot.

The problem is, not having been born into wealth, and not yet having sufficient wealth to yield me an income which will keep me in the manner to which I have become accustomed, dicking about doing not a lot isn't sufficient to earn enough money to allow me to carry on just dicking around not doing a lot.

Then there's the fact that while I do enjoy dicking around not doing a lot, there's only so much of it I can take, I have found over my many years that doing SOMETHING constructive is a requirement to being happy, at least for me.

I'm currently doing OK financially: the blog income is holding up, there's more I can leverage there, and my new job and old job are going well enough, but I don't derive that much enjoyment from any of it.

I like doing the blog, that's easy. But I think the corporate competition has now caught up and I don't think there's that many years of a decent income left in it. Some income, but not liveable.

And I quite liked doing my last teaching course, but if that was every few weeks I know I'd get sick of it.

And I've had enough of the interviewing already, I'm basically just better than that!

So I've been having a look at other jobs I could do. TBH even if I was completely financially free (I'm not far off) I'd still want to do something useful, and worthwhile, and there's scope somewhere between those two to earn an income.

So I have to ask myself, what do I actually enjoy doing....?

Obviously LOTS of things, but in terms of things I could potentially make money out of it boils down to...

1. Running and fitness in general - I like the whole healthy lifestyle, good nutrition, meditation thang, so maybe personal training, well-being, life-coaching is an option , possibly.

2. Sociology - and most of all it's inequality and life chances. I'm all for encouraging people to chase their dreams, but objective barriers are a fact and I'd love to develop theories around social change and opportunities for making money. This would probably mean a PhD.

3. I'm interested in global, national and local solutions to social problems, so working in a think tank or policy unit on any of: sustainable development, inequalities, housing, education, and especially the challenges of social care with an ageing population - self study or another Masters here...

4. Permaculture - Mainly the plant side of things... I guess there is money in this, teaching on Permaculture Design Courses. Just working in nature for a couple of days a week, would be great!

5. Really big scale Permaculture - We have problems with flooding in the UK, and then other climate problems elsewhere, working on solutions for this would appeal. I think I may be repeating what's in number 3.

So I think that's three things...

1. Intellectual/ Political - social inequalities, sus D and policy evaluation. (Seriously, i do enjoy geeking out on this stuff!)
2. Permaaculture - working on planting for the future! (Quite a nice name)
3. Personal/ physical/ spiritual - fitness training as a tap into mental and spiritual well-being

It's not THAT hard!!!

I think I need to start with number one, that's what suits me most, that's what I'm most set up to do, that's gonna yield me the most income.

And I've got the ulterior motive of wanting to move somewhere else in the next couple of years, maybe London, that'd be the place for that sort of thing!

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