Not 100% for your situation and for what you ask for, but maybe some other are also facing that problem and do not know how to move on. So let's expand the view and let me say some words to that. Here some other solutions which are a bit out of the normal thoughts, but still ideas.
- Samurai Designer
- Inventor
- Adventurer (Could also be a priest by not being one)
- Secret agent
- Painter
- Exchange shop (simple and as you have been a trader and may live in a big city, why not)
- Money lender
- Writer and so on.
There are surely more such out of the box ideas and you may even have to lock at them, as maybe some of them would absolutely fit to your dream live. You did not mention what you dream of, so thought I will point on that a bit more.
If you want to open any kind of shop or business, you any way should/must check all over the place you live and the surrounding areas of that place about your idea. In that case you will see/find out if there is/are already such kind of shop/s or businesses around in the area. If so, then analyzes them to find out what they do or not do. So you can place your shop/business specific to that given situation and increase your chance to survive with it.
Example: Just going into food business when there are already many food shops and catering services in your place and near your place would be out of question. Include that mentioned tracking in your search of what you want to do next. If it shows up against your wanted shop, start to sort out for a new idea. The point mentioned from Sir Smart_trade about recession surely also makes a lot of sense to put in that thoughts. Good luck.
- Samurai Designer
- Inventor
- Adventurer (Could also be a priest by not being one)
- Secret agent
- Painter
- Exchange shop (simple and as you have been a trader and may live in a big city, why not)
- Money lender
- Writer and so on.
There are surely more such out of the box ideas and you may even have to lock at them, as maybe some of them would absolutely fit to your dream live. You did not mention what you dream of, so thought I will point on that a bit more.
If you want to open any kind of shop or business, you any way should/must check all over the place you live and the surrounding areas of that place about your idea. In that case you will see/find out if there is/are already such kind of shop/s or businesses around in the area. If so, then analyzes them to find out what they do or not do. So you can place your shop/business specific to that given situation and increase your chance to survive with it.
Example: Just going into food business when there are already many food shops and catering services in your place and near your place would be out of question. Include that mentioned tracking in your search of what you want to do next. If it shows up against your wanted shop, start to sort out for a new idea. The point mentioned from Sir Smart_trade about recession surely also makes a lot of sense to put in that thoughts. Good luck.