Insofar as stability exists these days, and I know the job market is beyond screwy at the moment.
I’ve been working as a freelancer in film production for a few years after graduating college a little later than traditionally. It’s on-set work, running crew logistics, really solving any problem that could come up. I mostly enjoy it- something new everyday, I’m not sitting at a desk all day, and you interface with a lot of people- but it’s low paying, you’re tied to 1-2 cities in the US, and what I’m seeing from people further in their careers isn’t great. I don’t love living in NYC.
What do you do for work, did any of you go back to school? I’m casting a pretty wide net- I’d like to learn something “real,” like medicine (nursing) or how to build houses. I’ve done some cursory reading about merchant marine school.
But I’m also good at talking with anyone, a relative mentioned sales as a place to look. Ultimately I’d be happy working a job I semi like if I can enjoy some hobbies like kayaking and have some space and time to play the guitar.