Personalities and Self Discovery

As I continue my soul searching quest to find out who I am, what makes me tick and where I am going, I have been studying personality types based on the works of Carl Jung and Isabel Briggs Myers.

There are 16 distinct personality types in the currently most widely-accepted Personality Type model. After much consideration I seem to fit the INFP personality best of all.  The INFP personalities are the Idealists.  Looking further into this to see what careers are suggested for INFP personality types I see that 'Writer' is at the top of the list.  It seems quite far fetched to me that I could actually make a career out of being a writer as I didn't even reach GCSE standard for English at school!  It has given me a goal to work towards though.  I can see myself as a writer.  I will be sitting in my study looking through the window to the hills in the distance, I will have a steaming mug of coffee by my side and a plate of home made biscuits to feed the mind and the belly. With my cat purring contentedly on my lap as I write............  the situation is almost ideal.

The Path Less Travelled?

After twelve years away from the workplace - I am ready to make my return! I am in a position where I can choose which direction to take and which road to take. Do I go back to the kind of work I did before or do I take the path less travelled and choose a completely different career to the one I had before motherhood? That is my dilemma.

I have been racking my brains and doing various online tests to figure out a suitable career for me to follow to no avail.

I have no desire to become an astronaut or deep sea diver or mountain climber although I admire the courage of those that do so. I need to find a job that suits me and my character and which has a degree of job satisfaction.

Judging what you know about me from reading my blog, do you have an insight into my character and what makes me tick? Do you have any suggestions for what career choices I could make?

I would love to read what ideas you come up with, sensible or otherwise!

p.s I still haven't managed to leave this blog alone all summer have I? The pull of the blog is too great!!!

Edited: Thank you so much for all your suggestions so far. I am very encouraged by your comments and look forward to any more conventional or diverse options for careers!