Colonel Harlan Sanders didn’t start KFC until he was older than you.
By the time Wolfgang Mozart was my age, he’d been dead 24 years.
i would say sugar daddy but i’m trying to corner that market… being already 47 and going through redundancy at the moment…
My mother went to college for the first time after my father died. She was 45. She got her bachelors in journalism. Later she decided that she’d like to be a counselor and so she got her masters in substance abuse counseling.
Now she works for the agency that administers the substance abuse classes to DUI offenders who are deemed to have a “problem”.
She also has her own business as a key note/motivational speaker with emphasis on the healing powers of humor.
Just pointing out that anything is possible and it’s never too late to start doing something you really love.
If you keep your eyes and ears and mind open to new possibilities something is bound to fall into your lap.
I dunno.
When you find out, lemme know–I am 43 and gaining…
I would be remiss if I failed to mention my field of actuarial science, which I entered at age 43. You can start at any age because all people care about is if you can pass exams, not if you have degrees (although some sort of college degree is de facto required) or decades of experience. The exams are a lot of work, though, and require a good math background.
Interesting, I’ve found a LARGE website devoted to this career.
I’m going to investigate every “actual” suggestion that I get in this thread so if there are more let me know. On the more creative ones chances are I’ve been there and done that at one time or another over the years…twice on the milf. 
Get your Computer Science degree. Any job that requires that one is easy. All you gotta do is stare at your computer screen and look like you are concentrating on some intricate solution. Real output not required. In about 10 years, you can have my job, I’ll be done with it.
Judging by my own experience, the answer is that you are completely banjaxed at the age of 45 and will never work again.
I have been trying for almost 2 years now to break into archiving, having been made redundant after 10 years as a railway administrator, and I cannot even get an interview for an entry-level job paying a measly £12,000 [UD$21,000] p.a., about a third of what I was getting before I was booted out.
This might be a little bit too “hands on” for you, but it’s not dealing with sick people and you definitely need to be self-motivated. I’m talking about massage therapy, which could mean working in a chiropractor’s office or a health spa or even freelancing, which is where you would earn the most money. A massage table weighs about 30 pounds and folds up nicely to fit inside most cars. You could go to people’s homes or have a small office of your own. In resort areas, including where I live, these people make a lot of money. I took a class years ago,
now it is a much longer program (depending on the state you live in), and there is a national certification. The spa where I get facials and stuff has a massage therapist who must be in his late 60s. You do have to be clean, meaning no convictions for sex/drugs/prostitution. I also like the idea of getting a massage chair and setting up in a mall or airport - involves no disrobing of customers or messy oil, and they generally get $1 per minute with a 10 minute minimum. Another way to do it is go out to business offices for breaks, lunches, etc. and have appointments to give chair massages. Could be hectic, but you can make your own schedule and it’s lucrative.
I decided not to go this route when I was an undergrad - and now, I’m wondering if I made the wrong choice there (well, I know I made the wrong choice somewhere - but perhaps this was the exact mistake).
Do you mind if I ask, what does your day look like?
The day-to-day work is a lot like any typical spreadsheet-monkey job in accounting or finance. You pull data from company databases, build spreadsheet models, and write reports about what you’ve done. Nothing terribly earth-shaking or exciting. The difference is that the modeling tends to be more sophisticated and mathematical than is typical in other businesses, and your calendar revolves around an exam taken every six months.
Depending on what kind of shape you’re in you could be a a gigolo. An escort for hire for wattled old ladies, and busy, lonely executrices.
Selling each romance?
I’d feel so sad and lonely.
You said you’re creative. Graphic Arts is a tree with many branches.
My son worked for a company the does most of the print ads for movies, as in the big posters outside the theaters.
With a graphics degree you could do design consulting, computer aided drafting, display design, architectual drawings, advertising, magazine layout. The possibilites are near endless.
Good luck. 
Taking x-rays. Not much sickness. Radiography I think it’s called. Though you may have to give an enema or two from what I hear.
I’d love to go into it, I’m in IT now and hate it. You can have my job in 10 years too.
Interesting link! I didn’t realize they had such a female-friendly philosophy. I’m not wattled nor executrix, but I can see the appeal…
I can’t do it.
I worked in a hospital once and used to go talk to my buddy that was an x-ray tech. The horror :eek: :eek:
A couple of things I remember:
We are standing behind a big glass window and can look into the x-ray room. We are chatting about music as they wheel in a totally nude guy they are jamming stuff into, pulling stuff out of and pumping the hell our of his chest. (a guess here) in these cases the film must be in the gurney because he did not have to go into the room. ??
They step our and he clicks a few shots, they go back in pumping the hell out of him but whatever…I think the guy is dead/dying right now. My buddy never even noticed, just kept on talking. I tried to play it off but in order to be unphased I know this must be normal for him.
Next time we are talking and he does have to go into the room. He goes in and starts twisting on some kids broken arm and the kid is freaking out screaming and what not. He comes back out, snaps the shot, goes back in for more twisting, and comes back out like it’s nothing. I’m a fairly “cold” person but damn!
I’ve been present for embalming as well and uhm…no thanks. Same thing the guy is chatting like nothing strange is going on while he sticks his hand in the dead guys mouth and pulls his chin up to shave him. :eek:
Me: Dude you have your hand in his mouth doesn’t that ever eek you out.
Him: Not really the only time I get freaked is once in a while when I work on a little kid or baby. :eek: :eek: :eek: :eek: :eek: :eek:
I’ve seen even worse than this, always trying to pretend it does not bother me but it does.
Also, I considered physical therapy once after a PT helped me out until I started talking to the people in the dept. when I learned that they have to put burn victims in a whirlpool and peel skin off… I was outta there.
I have serious respect for people that can do these jobs and if I could I would do one of them. The money is good, there are plenty of jobs, they go 24/7 so scheduling should be wide open…I’ve thought about it and like I said if there was any way I would do it. The Houston med center is HUGE too so they have a bazillion jobs…no can do it. :mad:
Facilities Management or Construction Management. More and more universities are offering this curriculum. Facilities people are in high demand, and large companies pay large salaries (I’m presently making about $110K/yr for a moderately-sized responsibility). It’s rarely boring, and it transitions easily to starting your own property management firm.
How about becoming a stockbroker? Even if it turned out that you hated it, you’d gain very valuable skills and most likely get in on some investment opportunities. I had a friend who was a stock broker for about ten years and then he retired to try to make it as a songwriter in Nashville.
AARP offers a list of recommended employer for retirees/ baby boomers.
Here is a link that might help you out.
http://www.aarp.org/research/press-center/presscurrentnews/a2003-10-13-futureemployment.html
Good Luck!