Charity work, rubbish pay.
I'm a youth and community project manager and have worked hard all all my career in a very rewarding job, that I'm totally passionate about. However, Ive always worked for registered charities, on absolutely rubbish pay. I've travelled lots but always on an absolute shoe string and usually only for two weeks at a time, ....'mini adventures' if you like. It's kinda worked, but now I'm getting older, I want to travel more and work less, while I still can. Until the mortgage is paid off, I can't presently figure a way to do that. My house is a big part of my pension, so, it's a bit too hard to just sell up and go blow the cash (unless I wanna live on the streets in old age!). However, the way the politics and benefits system of the UK work (especially, if you work hard and you are a home owner), you just get shafted every which way. Feeling burned out and restless. To figure the way out, I'm on a journey, of sorts, I guess, but, not one in which I physically travel? For the first time ever, I've just negotiated some unpaid leave, for my next adventure, maybe, that's a possible way forward?
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