Blog. Yes it’s cliche but it’s step 1 of many different paths. You can decide where to go after a year or two of consistent writing. You could
- write a book or ten
- become a speaker (TED talks, conferences, universities, etc)
- become hands on in one or more of those fields (not sure what that looks like but it came to mind)
- get a PhD and become a professor, after your children are older etc
- create a new field of study synthesizing several of your interests
Caveat: I haven’t done any of this, or anything like it. These are just ideas I had after reading your post. They may all suck. But I think blogging is the first step in many paths. It creates a perception of authority for yourself, where previously the only way to do that was to get a PhD or similar. (Some have no right to this perception of authority and they abuse it; they just blog a lot and convince some, but such is life.) Anyway, you can leverage this perception of authority to do any of the things I mentioned above, and more besides. If you’re 40 right now, you can squeeze in 2 full careers before you’re 80 if you want to go broad.
I think blogging is great way to connect various hobbies and start turning them into possible careers. Even if no one reads your blog, you will something to look back at.
One thing I suggest is to never start over your blog. I did many times and wish I hadn't. Not because of SEO penalties but because those deleted posts were snapshots of my mind at those stages in my life. They could be great for you or your kids to read in the future.
- write a book or ten
- become a speaker (TED talks, conferences, universities, etc)
- become hands on in one or more of those fields (not sure what that looks like but it came to mind)
- get a PhD and become a professor, after your children are older etc
- create a new field of study synthesizing several of your interests
Caveat: I haven’t done any of this, or anything like it. These are just ideas I had after reading your post. They may all suck. But I think blogging is the first step in many paths. It creates a perception of authority for yourself, where previously the only way to do that was to get a PhD or similar. (Some have no right to this perception of authority and they abuse it; they just blog a lot and convince some, but such is life.) Anyway, you can leverage this perception of authority to do any of the things I mentioned above, and more besides. If you’re 40 right now, you can squeeze in 2 full careers before you’re 80 if you want to go broad.