I'm a translator, it's what it sounds - quite a dull job. I work at home. Though I do enjoy translating medical documents for some reason but not much anything else. Currently translating a financial document, Good GOD I hate finance stuff with a passion. I love learning languages just for fun, mainly so I could read and understand stuff in that language, it's just something I find very cool, but honestly I don't enjoy the practical application of it, as in translation, much. However, I'm pretty good at it and it pays better than anything else I could possibly do, it's also convenient in many ways. I did study interpreting for a year but had to switch to translation eventually, since although interpreting is more fun, I am unfortunately not cut out for it. I just don't do well at listening (often missing stuff or hearing it wrong), plus I get all anxious, heart hammering in the chest and mess everything up.
There's not much else in my country that I would find remotely interesting to do AND would not get mere cents for it. I certainly have no desire to be an office clerk. I suppose stuff I could seriously enjoy doing may be related to art in some way. E.g. I recently started making wire wrapped jewellery and I think I'm pretty good at stuff like this in general, before that I made some trees and flowers from wire and beads which I actually like more than the regular ones sold in shops, despite that I'm pretty **** self-critical and perfectionist.
P.S. I envy Brian, no that's an exciting occupation
My kung fu instructor is a firefighter too, and boy does he have STORIES to tell.