I recently quit my old job, it was some boring phone-line thing, the pay wasn't great but not as bad as some jobs (above minimum wage, but not by a huge amount), it's not the worst job in the world but definitely not something I'm great at.
However, I've been working on starting a freelance job for a while now, essentially I'm doing amateur photography. It's got inconsistent working hours, mainly as it's completely random when I'll be contacted, might be a few times a week, might be once every 2 weeks. But the tradeoff there is the money I get, which is around £120-£150 an hour! Honestly, this is pretty cheap for a freelance photographer though, looking at professional work such as wedding photography, they'd earn at least 3-5 times as much per event. But I'm charging less entirely as I want to go the amateur route, as I figure there's a decent market there.
I've had a couple clients so far, and from the looks of my schedule I have a few more lined up this week. It's nice to finally be working for myself and doing something I enjoy and I know I'm good at. Plus it means I get to start putting some really good cash into my savings.