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Hello and good morning! I am sorry if this is not the correct place to post this, feel free to move this post if that is the case!
Any way, there are a lot of very smart people here and I hope I can benefit from the collective wisdom of the BY after making this post. Now I will not get into the personal reasons for coming to the following conclusion but I am realizing that I want to make a career move away from teaching. To be honest, the issue is that I am a little scared and more than that, I am unsure of what move to make. What skills displayed in the classroom might be of use in another career? I am pretty open minded as long as it is a lateral move I am making. Or at least, almost lateral. I would love to get into tourism and hospitality as, well you can see my handle, I love to travel, I have a passion for it. I also have an interest in working for non-profits, especially related to helping kids and young adults in navigating cancer treatment and other related issues (patient navigator, etc).
Maybe I just need to hear from other BY posters who have made a career switch (in their 30s or otherwise), especially away from teaching. Perhaps hearing from other people will provide me with some ideas on possible new careers I can look into. I feel overwhelmed to realize I do not want to teach any more but at the same time I feel like it is a huge burden being taken off my shoulders to finally, openly, come to this realization.
I also want to say that I only have a BA and though I would love to further my education, especially in a field related to my interests, I am quite poor so that is not really a possibility at this time. Sadly.
Any way, there are a lot of very smart people here and I hope I can benefit from the collective wisdom of the BY after making this post. Now I will not get into the personal reasons for coming to the following conclusion but I am realizing that I want to make a career move away from teaching. To be honest, the issue is that I am a little scared and more than that, I am unsure of what move to make. What skills displayed in the classroom might be of use in another career? I am pretty open minded as long as it is a lateral move I am making. Or at least, almost lateral. I would love to get into tourism and hospitality as, well you can see my handle, I love to travel, I have a passion for it. I also have an interest in working for non-profits, especially related to helping kids and young adults in navigating cancer treatment and other related issues (patient navigator, etc).
Maybe I just need to hear from other BY posters who have made a career switch (in their 30s or otherwise), especially away from teaching. Perhaps hearing from other people will provide me with some ideas on possible new careers I can look into. I feel overwhelmed to realize I do not want to teach any more but at the same time I feel like it is a huge burden being taken off my shoulders to finally, openly, come to this realization.
I also want to say that I only have a BA and though I would love to further my education, especially in a field related to my interests, I am quite poor so that is not really a possibility at this time. Sadly.
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