Thanks very much for the input, all.

Peter, you're right. If I could find the openings I would go for it. I do keep looking...

Mike, I am thinking 'online', somehow: teaching, voiceovers. I already offer hypnotherapy via Skype but nothing happening.

Frage, could be the location but is there really anywhere else to go? I was in London for a few days at the beginning of March and my best friend was there for 2 months recently but nothing on offer. That's how I ended up here in the first place some 8 years ago or so. Maybe, if the government in the UK changes, there might be new opportunities sometime but I think that is a way down the road.

Chris (Sinbad), it may come to that! Meantime, I am getting my flat sorted and then we will see.

FWIW, I have spoken to a local friend of mine (who was an SE for a TV channel here) and he told me that he knows about 20 people who studied courses at the SAE. Only 4 of them are in the SE field. The rest are either doing something else or unemployed. They have experience. So, from what I have learnt, the SAE offer good but pricey courses with next to no likelihood of employment in the field having graduated.

Quite frankly, if I could choose between somebody in their early 20s with the right qualifications and somebody over 50 with experience and qualifications, as an employer I would choose the younger option.

Quran, I do look after my health and I have to take at least 7 pills a day - blood pressure, uric acid, thyroid, etc. I have had 2 major operations in the last 3 or 4 years (so hard physical labour would be a no-no) and have a thyroid problem for the rest of my life. Depression? Yes, I have that but it is not clinical and I have my full mental sanity and faculties!

Meantime, I keep thinking about what I could do

Follow That Dream

Sam
Karaoke King

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Turning that corner again - I have to keep following that dream, no matter what