50 years is an excellent age to change your field of activity. But not everyone thinks so. But it is precisely at this time that there are the most opportunities for learning something new. And you need to use it effectively. Mastering a new area gives new advantages, brings positive emotions into your life, and opens up hitherto unknown facets of this world.
Competencies and age
It is believed that the older a person is, the more experienced and intelligent he is, the more he has mastered the profession in full and more successfully. However, studies have shown that the level of knowledge and skills of a particular individual does not always depend on age. In certain areas, this statement remains true - painting, sculpture, art (including martial arts), music, but provided that the person spent most of his time on improvement and developed regularly.
In other areas the situation is different - the peak of excellence occurs in the period from 30 to 40 years, when people are fully involved in their projects and do not devote enough time to personnel management. After passing the 40-year mark, most of them become managers, leaving their professional careers.
Some people aged 30-35 open their own company or find an alternative to working in an enterprise - they become freelancers. This forces them to spend time improving their knowledge in the field of marketing, business organization, etc. Professional growth slows down, and with it the speed of achieving success.
In a number of professions, the peak of competence occurs at the age of 25-35 years and remains at the same level. One of them is a software developer. There are frequent changes in tools and technologies in this area. In those professions where changes occur rarely, the peak of competence falls at the age of 40-50 years.
Now, when the market is rapidly developing, new technologies are being created, a lot of people aged 45 to 50 have become hostages of circumstances. Over the years of their professional activity, they have worked in different positions, but some of them are to a certain extent outdated. Former employees think that they are still professionals in their field, but they are mistaken because they no longer meet the requirements of the modern market due to the lack of necessary knowledge.
What way out of this situation should I look for? Learn a new profession! Those whose age has exceeded 45 years must discover new opportunities for themselves and master modern professions in order to become competitive or completely change their field of activity, avoiding professional burnout.
Why undergo training?
One way or another, it is beneficial for you. If you are unable to compete with new specialists whose professional qualifications are higher, your only option is to continue working, doing simple things and being in constant fear that sooner or later you will be laid off. Few people want such a development of events at 45-50 years old because of the subsequent difficulties that will arise in life.
What benefits does training offer?
The first thing that deserves attention is the higher rate of learning new skills and subjects at an older age. Unlike young people, who find it difficult to master complex competencies, you have a trump card in your hands in the form of the ability to operate with categories, a large store of knowledge, and the ability to find connections between concepts. If you stay on this path, your erudition will continue to grow rapidly, resulting in you becoming a first-class, indispensable employee.
The second positive point is the shorter training period. Since it takes a young specialist more than one year to enter the profession and begin to understand its intricacies, you will master additional material in a matter of months. One of the reasons why older people do not want to study is the fear that it will take a lot of time and effort. But that's not true. You already have a baggage of invaluable knowledge. And understanding something new will not be difficult.
The third reason to spend time learning is to gain a better perspective of new opportunities. Although novice specialists quickly master modern technologies, they do not have an understanding of the essence of the problems and life knowledge. From the height of your experience, you will see new opportunities much more often.
The positive impact of gaining knowledge on your health
Starting to master new material, you somehow force your body to mobilize strength:
- You are training your memory. The need to remember a certain amount of information has a positive effect on your mental activity;
- You are preventing the occurrence of age-related diseases. One of them is dementia;
- You make life diverse, finding new meanings in it. Mastering another profession means meeting and communicating with people, vivid emotions, new countries.
Give up the routine. At 50 everything is just beginning! Walk this path again, feel like a student. New knowledge will not harm you, but will only bring benefit and additional self-confidence.
Which subject should I master?
There are 2 rules that must be followed:
- Study what brings you pleasure;
- Understand the prospects of the chosen direction for 5-10 years ahead.
You've probably wanted to learn something for a long time. So take the courses and achieve your goal! Sometimes it makes sense to master an industry that you have never encountered in your life. Read more specialized literature, perhaps you will discover something interesting.
When choosing a career, first understand the role you want to play in the future. Decide exactly what experience you want to gain and to what level you want to climb on the ladder of success.
As for the prospects of the chosen direction, conduct research - familiarize yourself with the degree of market development, read expert opinions. Remember that it will take you about a year and a half to master the skills and adapt to the field. After this, you will experience professional and financial growth for 4-6 years. At the next stage of development, it would be wise to become a manager and open your own business. And if you want, you can change direction again and go through this interesting, eventful path again...
Instructions
By the age of 40, a person often manages to make a career, his life becomes orderly and stable. But at the same time, justified reasons may appear that force you to radically change your profession. Such changes can be prompted by deep dissatisfaction with the current job, job reduction, as well as some personal reasons.
If you decide to change your profession in adulthood, try to follow some rules. First, don't make a decision under the influence of a negative moment. Did you quarrel with a colleague? Have you been deprived of your bonus? There is no need to demonstratively slam the door and go into the unknown. Keep your current job until you develop a clear plan of action.
State your desires. It’s great if your skills and abilities allow you to move into a related profession or industry. For example, a manager can start his own business, a musician can teach vocals, a military man can head a security agency, an IT specialist can develop websites. It is much more difficult if you want to radically change your field of activity. In this case, it is important to soberly assess your abilities, skills and strengths.
Start preparing for a new profession. Learn, update your skills, improve your qualifications. It is better to do this while you are still working in your old profession. Go to evening or Sunday retraining courses, trainings, and educate yourself.
Find an opportunity to practice a new profession. Having practical experience when looking for work as an adult is taken for granted. If you don't want to shock new employers, take care of an internship and work at least a little in a new profession.
Stop being afraid. If you are well prepared, you will be a completely competitive specialist, and you should not be afraid to leave your favorite place. Your best bet is that you will spend the rest of your life doing meaningless work and receiving a meager salary.
Be inspired by the positive examples of some famous personalities. Paolo Coelho's first book was published when he was 41 years old. Christian Dior created his own fashion house at the age of 42. Housewife Susan Boyle, at the age of 47, took part in the show “Britain's Got Talent” and became one of the most sought-after and popular singers. Actress Katherine Joosten, who received a prestigious Emmy Award for her role in the TV series Desperate Housewives, worked as a nurse until she was 60 years old. She took acting classes at the age of 42, and then received refusals for more than 10 years after unsuccessful auditions.
However, the older a person gets, the more difficult it is for him to decide to change. And even if the position or profession does not suit him, he may be afraid to change his usual way of life so radically. But change of profession at age– it’s possible. How to start living from scratch When you are already over 40, you will learn from this article how to deal with the fear of change.
The question of changing life orientations has gained enormous popularity in recent years. Why is this happening? We all remember the past decades - economic instability, crisis and social problems forced people to choose the most profitable job. It didn’t matter here whether she liked it or not, because every penny counted. Therefore, people of the mature generation could spend years doing things they didn’t like in order to feed themselves and their loved ones. But now times have changed. Many began to wonder, why not change their professional life, why not choose a job that could truly bring pleasure? Psychologist Elmira Davydova argues that in addition to the opportunity to choose what you love, today there is a real labor market. The Soviet mentality assumed that school graduates had the right to only one choice of profession. That is, students entered the university, immediately determining their entire future destiny. They chose a job for life. A similar situation developed in the 90s. Then people thought only about making a profit, so they went for the most prestigious specialties that would bring a good income. The 1990s saw a decline in the popularity of the humanities. After all, it was impossible to earn money after graduating from the philological, philosophical or psychological faculties. Therefore, these specialties were not prestigious.
But the current situation looks completely different. Many people in adulthood realize that their lives lack, for example, creativity. They just need to add creative aspects to their professional activities. By creativity, Elmira Davydova means not only drawing or writing. This can be any work that allows you to realize your own potential, about which you can say: “I did this myself.” And today people with a lack of creativity in life have a real opportunity to change their professional activities and make a new career. But this path is fraught with many unexpected turns. Existential therapist, coach and business trainer Natalya Tumashkova explains that many people today gravitate towards downshifting. This phenomenon is extremely common among successful and wealthy businessmen. People aged 40-50 left their prestigious positions, choosing quiet or, on the contrary, exotic professions. They buy small ships and sail the seas, travel around the world. Serious bankers may change their field of activity, preferring working with children or writing books to dry numbers.
Although downshifting- This is a fairly common phenomenon; we cannot say that everyone is susceptible to it. Moreover, some people cannot decide change profession after 40 years, even if the change is not so dramatic. They simply do not have the strength and courage to change anything.
There are many reasons for this - it could be a fear of losing a source of income or doubt in choosing a new profession. People don't change anything, but at the same time they remain unhappy in their previous jobs. Elmira Davydova says that there will be difficulties, but these difficulties are worth getting rid of an unloved position and hated obligations. If you really choose what you like, you will feel freedom and tranquility. You will be able to find the missing creativity and become truly happy.
Changing profession in adulthood, stage No. 1: awareness
To understand whether you need to decide on serious changes in your career, you should pay attention to your condition. Elmira Davydova offers several symptoms that indicate the need to change something, do something with your life:
- you are bored at work;
- you do not see further prospects for growth, it seems to you that you have already achieved everything in this area;
- you do not read literature in your specialty;
- you began to notice that while working you are often distracted by extraneous thoughts;
- your health has deteriorated, you are tormented by neuroses and panic attacks, you cannot get out of depression on your own;
- Every day you struggle to go to work.
These symptoms may be related to fatigue or... In order not to get confused and not leave your position prematurely, it is necessary to accurately determine the causes of symptoms. Try an experiment - take a long-term vacation. Your work responsibilities shouldn't distract you, so it's better to go somewhere else. It is also worth paying attention to the place of work. You may have chosen the right profession, but the atmosphere in the office, relationships with colleagues or superiors are negatively affecting your work potential. If a long vacation or change of company did not bring positive changes, then you need to move on to the next stage.
Changing profession at age, stage No. 2: fighting fears
Changing profession after 40 years- This is a serious step. The later a person realizes that something needs to be changed in life, the more difficult it will be for him to take this step. And this is natural, because in your field you have already achieved some success, you have become a professional, but here you need to feel like a beginner again. For many adults, the need to join a new team, where they will be perceived as young interns, is a cause of fear and... Often, management also raises concerns, as they may refuse to give a job to a mature person without experience. However, if you really made this decision, then you need to go to the end, not to pay attention to the fear of being a beginner again.
Natalya Tumashkova is sure that fear and anxiety are caused by the uncertainty that accompanies any change. To understand why fear is based, you need to ask yourself about it. What are you really afraid of when considering global change? And think about whether these are really the things to be afraid of.
Moreover:
- Changing your profession is not the first time you try or discover something new. There were probably other cases. Remember all your fears, understand what helped you cope with them.
- life is full of positive examples of changing occupations. There may be such people among your friends. Pay attention to their experience.
- focus on your relatives. Remember the difficult and controversial moments in their lives. After all, they coped with everything, which means you can too.
- Positive experiences can be gleaned from biopics and books. Watch, read and be inspired by the example of great people.
- It is worth remembering the “burnout” stage. If you burn out at your current job, you will never be able to return to it - you will only feel disgust.
When a career change is NOT necessary
Although following a dream is a good thing, and advice is showered on a person from all sides to move forward, each situation must be approached with a healthy dose of realism. Not all professions can be mastered in adulthood. Becoming a pilot or acting in the theater will be quite difficult. But Elmira Davydova says that in this situation you shouldn’t give up. You don't have to become a professional actor you can make it out of your dreams. In the life of any person there should be a place not only for work, but also for hobbies. This way you can add creativity to your life without making drastic changes. Moreover, realize the real reasons for your worries and depression. It is possible that they lie not in work, but in other areas. Often people of mature age are faced with personal problems. In this situation, help should be sought from a psychotherapist.
You shouldn’t act to your detriment by rapidly changing your life to the detriment of comfort. You need to move towards the goal gradually. First, take a course and start learning the basics of your favorite profession. Gradually you will become “your own” in this area, acquire valuable connections and new acquaintances. The integration process will be painless. Moreover, you may realize that this is not your favorite thing at all. Then it will be much easier to return to the original one.
Changing profession at age, stage No. 3: choosing a new profession
It seems that there is nothing difficult about choosing a new profession. After all, we get the opportunity to make all our dreams come true. However, not everything is as simple as it seems. Many people are faced with the problem of choice. Then you should definitely contact a career consultant or career guidance specialist.
Elmira Davydova is the founder and director of the career guidance center “ProfGid”. Therefore, she often came across people who needed help choosing a profession. She says that most often people come with a ready-made topic that arouses their interest, with which they would like to connect their future life. Then she helps to make the dream concrete. But 40% of people discover something new when they come to see Elmira Davydova.
The career guidance method was created to help people find a suitable profession. For this purpose, various tests and surveys have been developed to learn more about a person’s intentions and interests. Some get along well with other people, some are creative, some are great craftsmen. Each person, according to experts, has his own corridor of desires and a corridor of possibilities. The place where they intersect is a person’s true calling.
Before you cross the threshold of a career guidance specialist, you need to think carefully about what you are coming there with. Remember your life, your teenage years. Did you feel happy and fulfilled? If yes, then you need to realize why you gave up this feeling?
Then you should review your skills. Over the course of your life, you have probably accumulated a wide variety of skills and knowledge in different areas. They may be useful to change profession at age. Research the labor market to understand where you can apply your experience. Skills can be acquired additionally. Today there are many courses that will allow you to improve your skills without taking you away from your work responsibilities.
Elmira Davydova advises her clients to look at the list of professions related to their current activities. It is likely that there is something in your close circle that will interest you. It is also not forbidden to turn to “distant” specialties. You can answer 10 questions that will help you understand yourself and decide on a new profession.
- Describe your reasons for being at work. Think about it, if you were doing something else, would the above attitude change? Imagine yourself in the opposite field of activity. Does this cause resonate with you? Write 5 qualities that you would like to see in your job.
- Write on a piece of paper all the professions that you know. Then remove from the list all those that do not attract you. Then cross out the specialties that you cannot master due to age. It is also worth removing professions that you are afraid to master. You can now pay attention to the remaining positions.
- Imagine that you received a huge inheritance (a billion euros). How would your life be in the first year? What 20 things would you do first? So, with a huge inheritance you no longer have to work, what would you devote your time to?
- Write down all the instructions that your parents gave you as a child. Those related to profession, education and career.
- Write at least three people who taught you something in life.
- Remember all your achievements and exploits, how you overcame circumstances. Analyze what experience you have gained.
- Remember all the risky situations and your behavior. How did this risk turn out, what did you gain?
- What are your parents' professions? What have they achieved in their position?
- How often do you act as an organizer? Are you succeeding? Or are you better off being a simple participant?
- Do you see opportunities to change your life in your dreams? Or symbolic reasons for dissatisfaction?
Today, more and more people are thinking about changing their profession, in the words of Dante, “having completed half their earthly path.” Forgetting about a boring office and getting creative, making your favorite hobby your main job is a long-standing dream of many of us. But the older a person gets, the more difficult it is to decide on such a serious step. We talked to our experts about how to get rid of fears and start your career with a clean slate.
Why has the issue of changing profession become so relevant today? “Life has become better, life has become more fun” - the relative stability that replaced long-term economic and social crises has allowed many to stop thinking about every penny they earn and pay attention to what they really want in their professional lives.
“Now there is freedom of choice and, most importantly, a real labor market,” explains psychologist Elmira Davydova. - Those who entered universities 20–30 years ago, until recently, could not even think about changing their career. In Soviet times, a profession was chosen once and for all. And in the 90s, it seemed to everyone that the only way to survive was to work in a kiosk, so we chose more profitable directions. The humanities seemed scary back then, because you couldn’t make money with them, and simply no one went to the faculties of psychology and philology.”
A successful change of profession at any age makes a person freer, more creative, and happier.
Today the situation has changed radically. “A huge number of adults come to me wanting to bring more creativity into their professional activities. Of course, creativity does not always mean writing poetry or drawing pictures, clarifies Elmira Davydova. - This is a kind of activity about which you can say: “I did it myself.”
Thus, for the first time, many had the opportunity to realize their potential and even make a successful career in a new field. And along the way, the most unexpected turns can happen.
“Currently, there is a noticeable trend towards the so-called downshifting,” confirms existential psychotherapist Natalya Tumashkova. - When people who are fully established in their field at the age of 40–50 suddenly suddenly change their field of activity: large businessmen become captains of small boats and take tourists on exotic routes, bankers go into journalism, lawyers go into social work - in general, Diocletian leaves the imperial sinecure and He’s going to plant cabbage.”
However, not everyone is able to find the strength to disrupt the usual course of affairs. Some doubt the advisability of changing their profession, others are afraid of being left without funds - but still feel unhappy at work.
“A successful change of profession at any age makes a person freer, more creative, and happier. When you really do your own thing, it doesn’t become a burden,” says Elmira Davydova. “Therefore, any trials on the way to this state are worth it.”
Stage 1 - awareness
Experts identify very specific symptoms that indicate that your old job is no longer suitable for you. Elmira Davydova lists the main ones:
- You constantly feel bored while working;
- you don’t want to read specialized literature;
- it seems to you that in this area you have already achieved everything possible and there is nowhere to move further;
- you too often find yourself thinking about abstract things at work;
- your health is deteriorating (in severe cases, neuroses and panic attacks occur);
- you don't feel like going to work to the point where you want to cry.
Of course, these feelings can also be caused by extreme fatigue. Therefore, before you quit your job and go on a free creative voyage, try to experiment - go on a long-term vacation, creating all the conditions for yourself to have a good rest.
In addition, pay attention to your relationships with colleagues and superiors - perhaps the problem lies not in the profession as a whole, but in your place of work. And only if after rest and a change of team your condition has not returned to normal, you should move on to the next stage.
Stage 2 - cope with fears
The later the realization comes that it’s time to change your life, the more difficult it is to take this step. For an already established professional in adulthood, the transition to beginner status can be extremely painful.
“For a long time I could not decide to return to medicine 25 years after graduating from university,” Anna, 49 years old, shares her experience. “I imagined how experienced doctors would look at me with irony, as if I were a girl.” Of course, I was worried that they wouldn’t hire me at that age! But all these fears turned out to be in vain - the main thing is to really want and achieve your goal.”
“Any change always involves some uncertainty, which gives rise to anxiety,” comments Natalya Tumashkova. - Therefore, first, admit to yourself that you are scared, and try to understand: what are you afraid of most? Only the “named” fear can be correlated with reality, to see “is the devil really that scary.”
When NOT to change profession
Whatever our dreams, it is always better to look at the situation realistically. Not every job can be mastered in adulthood, and if, after celebrating your 50th birthday, you want to become a professional theater actor or pilot, you should think twice about this decision.
“In the end, it’s not necessary to turn a dream into a profession,” says Elmira Davydova. - Life is not limited to work. Fill the activities you conduct with creative content, and realize your passions as a hobby. Often the cause of depression and depression is not work, but something else. This may be a personal or age-related crisis, and then you will need advice not from a career guidance specialist, but from a psychotherapist.”
How to deal with the fear of change?
- remember your successful experience of change - how you started something, did something for the first time, how scary it was at the beginning and what helped you cope with the task;
- collect positive examples from the lives of friends and acquaintances;
- remember your relatives - they have faced a lot of changes, and they coped with them; Find inspiration by reading biographies of famous and successful people (for example, the book "Sailor in the Saddle", written by Irving Stone about the life of Jack London);
- remember that the most dangerous thing is “burnout” in the profession. Once you reach this stage of disgust with your own work, you will never be able to return to it.
“The only way to cope with your fears is not to chop off the branch on which you are sitting with an ax,” says Elmira Davydova. - You need to act gradually, drop by drop: take courses or make what you want to do your hobby. Gradually absorb the new environment, make acquaintances, study specialized literature.”
After all, in the process of learning a new thing, it may turn out that this is not at all what we need.
Stage 3 - decide on a new profession
For some, this part of the journey may seem the easiest - finally there is an opportunity to realize your childhood dreams, find a use for hidden talents, and turn your favorite hobby into your life’s work. But for many the question is “where to go?” seems like an insurmountable obstacle. Then a career guidance specialist can help you find a new calling.
“In 60% of cases, my clients already have a specific topic or area that interests them. Then we just have to specify the desire. In the remaining 40%, people learn something fundamentally new in my office,” says Elmira Davydova.
The main goal of the career guidance method is to identify which profession is suitable for this particular person. There are many different surveys and tests for this.
“I’m trying to understand how a person interacts with people, whether he likes to do things with his hands, what he has an inclination for,” continues Elmira Davydova. - You need to find the right object and the right action with this object. Each of us has a corridor of desires and a corridor of possibilities. And in the place where they intersect, a person finds his calling.”
Before visiting a specialist, it is important to do your homework. To do this, ask yourself a few questions: “Where and when did I feel happy and fulfilled?” Give yourself a “tour” through your childhood and youth memories: “Where did I experience the feeling that I want to experience now while working? And why did I ever give this up?”
“The next step is to take inventory of your own resources,” advises Natalya Tumashkova. “All the skills and abilities that have accumulated over the years of life can be used as keys to mastering a new business.”
It is necessary to carry out work to study the labor market: what can you do, what can you apply your abilities and experience to? Which of your friends is ready to join or perhaps invite you to work?
In addition, today there are many courses and types of additional education that can be combined with your main job.
“I usually recommend that people look for something close to the area where they are now,” notes Elmira Davydova. - We often do not notice the opportunities that lie in our field of activity. And only when the resources in the immediate circle are exhausted can one go into “outer space.”
Think: what would you spend your time on if you no longer had to work for money?
Just for such a case, the psychologist has compiled a list of questions, by answering which you can find a new business in your life.
1. If you are bored at work, write down five reasons why you feel bored. Imagine yourself doing something exactly the opposite. Do you like it? What do you feel? Write down five qualities that should be present in your job.
2. Write down the professions you know on a sheet of paper. Do a subtraction: subtract all the jobs you don't like. From the remaining ones, subtract those that are not available to you due to age. From the remainder, subtract those that interest you, but are scary to start. Consider the remainder.
3. Think about it, what would you do if you inherited a billion euros? Schedule your life for one year (twenty important things you would do) after receiving this money. And what would you spend your time on if you no longer had to work for money?
4. Write down what your parents programmed you to do (about money, education, career, people around you).
5. Who are your real teachers (name three people who, be it harshly or unwittingly, taught you something in life).
6. Remember what feats you accomplished (how you overcame yourself and the circumstances). How has this changed you?
7. Remember your risky actions (physical risk, social, financial), what did it lead to and what did these situations teach you?
8. Who are your parents and your parents' parents by profession? What did they do that was outstanding in their work?
9. Have you ever organized something or someone for any cause? How did you feel in this capacity as an organizer? Or did you prefer to be an ordinary participant?
10. Remember your dreams, which tell you in symbolic form about your dissatisfaction with life. Or ones that show the way.
About the experts
Elmira Davydova – psychologist, founder and director of the career guidance center “ProfGid”
Natalya Tumashkova – existential psychotherapist, coach, business trainer
The older a person gets, the more careful he is; fears and uncertainty hinder him. Is it possible to get a new profession at 40 and is it worth doing? It's never too late to start over.
Causes
I want something different: more active work, other responsibilities, creative tasks. Feeling unfulfilled is a strong motivator to change jobs, but it is not the only reason.
There are situations when work becomes torture. The need to serve the allotted time in the office squeezes out all the physical and moral strength.
5 effective ways
You can change your profession at any age: both after 40 and after 50. The secret of success is not to give up. Young people have just completed their studies at schools or universities, but you have successful experience and the ability to behave in a team. You know what to do and what to avoid in a new place. Let's look at five effective ways to change your profession.
Importance of Education
It's prestigious to have a diploma. It is no less known that no one needs a diploma. The latter opinion arose partly because yesterday's graduates shine with theoretical knowledge, but they have no practice. Older people have both a diploma and experience. It makes sense to look for vacancies in your first specialty, and gaps in knowledge will be filled by courses or self-study.
If you want to change your profession to one that you had only dreamed of before, it makes sense to study at a university. Basic training is a strong basis for changing jobs.
Promising areas
Beauty, sales, real estate - these are areas where anyone can get a job.
- To work in sales, you don’t need experience and your age doesn’t matter. You can get a job selling products, equipment, books, office supplies, clothes. Online shopping is becoming increasingly popular. Sales is a huge field of opportunities for development and career growth.
- Do you want to try yourself in a creative profession? There is always a demand for hairdressers and makeup artists. It is important to gain experience and find clients. This field is very suitable for a woman, but a man can also change his boring office job to become a hairdresser.
- Real estate agency is a promising field for people of any age. It is difficult to master this new profession, so it is better to find courses, get a job at an agency as an intern, or take online training.
- If you are an active person, love to communicate, know the history of your hometown and remember English, it’s time to find out if tourism managers are required.
Starting a business
Entrepreneurship can be undertaken both at 20 and after 40 years of age; it is suitable for both men and women. It will be difficult and uncomfortable for a person who lacks self-confidence. Enter your new activity prepared. First, think about why you are going into business. Formulate a business plan, think carefully about the idea and prepare for a difficult journey. Stress comes with this kind of work and you need to be able to rest from time to time.
Tutoring
Can you play the guitar? Were you a teacher, a painter, an athlete? Why not teach it to others for an appropriate fee. Knowledge is a very valuable commodity, and training brings great profits. Tutoring and preparing schoolchildren for exams is always relevant. Grown men and women also need knowledge. For this job, you only need your experience in the field you want to teach.
Hobby as a source of income
A hobby is an activity for pleasure, and a job is for money. Is it so?
You can find a job that gives you pleasure, or make your favorite hobby bring money.
While you are developing, you should not change your main job. If you're lucky, your hobby can start to bring in a lot of income. What talents do you have? Do you like to knit? Sell your unique knitted items. Do you draw pictures? Why not sell them? Organize master classes, publish your work on the Internet, in blogs, all this will help you find more fans.
Changing your profession at 40 or more years of age is possible, you just need to start.