Married to a pharmacist... avoid. Pay isn't Nearly as good as claims, atrocious work environment (you're expected to out-perform robots if doing retail, have the bureaucracy everyone abhors if you stay clinical), and the market is flat out FLOODED with someone else willing to do your job for less, because they can't get a job. On-call 24/7, under constant risk of being sued for a mistake made by anyone from a nurse who gets a detail wrong, to a Dr who flat out doesn't give a fuck (all of them, zero exceptions), to a minimum wage tech who reads/fills/labels wrong ~ the Pharmacist is always named in the lawsuit. Never-mind the 4 years cost of the school. It is a shitty career if you value mental health and a quality life. You know what she's doing now? Dabbling in making jewelry, doing ceramics and this will be year one of trying to sell cut flowers. Things she enjoys doing for herself anyway that can be some income (she makes enough to cover all costs right now.) There's some warning there from myself though, I was a motorcycle nut, 2-wheels only for a decade, roadracing addiction, and thought to make turning wrenches my career. In under 2 years I was so completely burned out that I didn't even own a motorcycle anymore, it's been 18 years now and I miss the passion I had, but it's salted earth. So pick something you like, but NOT your passion. If you're risk tolerant, you'll make more money doing risky things (underwater welding, lineman doing tower work, etc...) ~ if you're smart enough to recognize that a quality life isn't dependent on "bought things", you can easily have a solid life without risk or doing things you find appalling. I understand that there's an absolute dearth of watch repairmen, they essentially set their own hours and rates (one 80y/o I know charges nearly $300 hour, doesn't need the money, has knowledge from 6 decades that others don't). Given your lingo, sounds like you might be in the UK... don't they offer free land for operating a small-holding? Basically homesteading, that way 100% of your labor is an investment in your life. How about a farrier, shoeing horses is apparently a Very physical job with a short-ish career (about 25 years) but the pay makes up for it. I know a guy who is paid to travel, he works boats (as in privately owned sailing vessels) for a living and helps with both transporting them from point to point and as crew when the owners want to use them. He's been doing that for nearly a decade now, was some sort of office cubie worker before that. I look at those examples and they all have a common thread, supporting the hobby of rich fucks. What else do those 1%'s do with their ill-gotten gains in the name of "fun", and how can you weasel your way into doing the dirty/complicated work they won't to do themselves? Shit, like cars? How about auto detailing, or photography?