What kind of a job can I get?

[brokemom]

I have been a child welfare lawyer for 35 years and I have had it.  I still need to generate some income, but I fear my skills are hard to transfer into anything remunerative.
I am an introvert, considered real estate but it is incompatible with my personality.
I am sick of being stuck in a car traveling hours for meetings and client visits.  I would like some physical activity built into my work.
Any ideas on work I might be able to get hired to do - or entrepreneurial pursuits which don't require huge capital?

[sis]

I have been a child welfare lawyer for 35 years and I have had it.  I still need to generate some income, but I fear my skills are hard to transfer into anything remunerative.
I am an introvert, considered real estate but it is incompatible with my personality.
I am sick of being stuck in a car traveling hours for meetings and client visits.  I would like some physical activity built into my work.
Any ideas on work I might be able to get hired to do - or entrepreneurial pursuits which don't require huge capital?

Grant writer?  Editing of some sort?  You can do a lot of stuff from home at very low cost.  (Though these don't require physical activity).

I'm trying to think of the intersection between physical activity and lawyer :-)  DH is a lawyer and got a standing desk -- that's the most physical aspect of his job.

I mean if you are close to FIRE and don't care much about how much you earn, I know the parks department around here hires seasonal workers to do stuff like gardening and maintaining the parks.

I do private tutoring where I go to students in NYC - that involves walking/mass transit between students, but there's not much of a physical aspect to the job itself.

[Choices]

I have no idea how this actually works, but for brainstorming purposes:

Is there a law school nearby? It sounds like you're good at what you do and have a ton of valuable experience but prefer working one-on-one or alone rather than with large groups. Maybe the school could put you in touch with students who need some tutoring or extra assistance? Maybe the school would even create a position and pay you to do this.

Are you looking to replace your entire income or for more of a hobby?

What are the best parts of your job--the parts you truly love and would miss--and can you figure out how to structure a practice to have more of that and less of the rest?

I'm a physician (and now life coach) and once we had our debt paid off and our annual expenses as low as we could, it gave me the confidence to bargain hard at work. Now I don't work overnights, holidays, or weekends unless I agree in advance as a special favor to a friend. I can also take as much unpaid vacation as I want. I'm not sure how it works in the legal field, but sometimes there are more options if you can think outside the box.

[HappyHoya]

If you're willing to consider getting some additional training, law librarianship is a great career where your JD and experience will be big assets. Depending on the environment and the type of work you do, there can be more physical activity than most desk jobs, even if the work itself isn't actually physical. You'll move around more with collections and technical focused positions than with research-oriented positions. You could also use your legal background to work for a research service like Westlaw or Lexis.