I got out of the rat race to write a book and am looking for meaningful work for the decade up to retirement
Twice a week we publish the problems that will feature in a forthcoming Dear Jeremy advice column in the Guardian Money supplement so that readers can offer their own advice and suggestions. We then print the best of your comments alongside Jeremy's own insights. Here is the latest dilemma – what are your thoughts?
Until recently I was a successful 55-year-old professional. I am financially quite comfortable, but I've always despised my work to the extent that a few months ago I resigned to write a book.
The book is now finished and I really ought to get back to work, but I'm determined not to go back to the loathsome drudgery of the rat race. I know I should find a job for which I have a passion; my problem is I've spent decades looking for a passion from which I could make a living and still haven't found one.
Do you have any advice as to where I might get help to find a meaningful role for the last decade of my career? I want to leap out of bed every morning, excited to go to work. I don't need a handsome salary.
Do you need advice on a work issue? For Jeremy's and readers' help, send a brief email to dear.jeremy@theguardian.com. Please note that he is unable to answer questions of a legal nature or reply personally.
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