Job Satisfaction

Sun Wukong said

English.

Transitioning out of teaching with a humanities degree is next to impossible. There are career coaches that will claim you have a lot of transferable skills but the reality is there is a stigma in the private sector about teaching not being a "real" job and there has been a major outflow of people leaving the profession. Upskilling or going back to school are often the only options.

I'm going back to school in the fall. Its a huge change for me at 41 and not without risks, but I can no longer function like this.

I'm fortunate in the sense that it's just me. No family or spouse or anything. So I can take this risk without impacting anyone else. And worst case scenario I can always reactive my teaching license so I do have a safety net of sorts. But that will be the literal last resort.

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Gotcha, yeah I can see how there's not something that directly translates.

The good news is you're single and don't have any dependants, and you're still relatively young so you can take some time to get things redirected. You could look for a low stress job that pays the bills -- not a career, just a job that you don't take home with you that will allow you to decompress while you decide what you want to do with your next act.

And I know there's a lot of truth in the saying, "no matter where you go, there you are," but Louisiana is, sadly but in all honestly, one of the worst states to live in. If you really want to make a change in your life, go big and find a new place to call home. Seriously, packing everything I owned into a Ford Aspire and moving away was one of the best things I ever did for myself, both financially and mentally.

Know though that your friends on this board want nothing but the best for you, and would very much like to see you happy in life.