I wonder about this a lot. I'm training to be a teacher (I already have a bachelor's degree). But I don't think I'm cut out for it, or any kind of full-time job, or any kind of job where I have to deal with strangers and people who act like assholes just because they can. I've considered being a private tutor, because then I could at least fire my clients. But I don't know how viable that is, and I probably couldn't get health insurance. Stupid extrovert-loving, socialism-fearing society I live in ...

I've also considered writing erotica, since I have a friend who earns money doing that. I really need to just give it a try. I don't know. Sometimes I despair of being self-sufficient. I guess it would be OK if I wanted to be a housewife and my partner were really rich, but no dice on either account.

There are a couple of books people might be interested in (mostly for the US and possibly Canada): Careers for Bookworms & Other Literary Types and _Careers for Introverts & Other Solitary Types _.