To ask what I should do?

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I am currently a dog walker & a dog sitter, and I’m about to start my (accredited) dog training course, and I’d like to be a behaviourist in the future.
I am going to launch a cleaning business soon, I’m waiting for my driving license 🙈
I have a dream of opening a dog grooming studio when funds allow.
I want a professional ‘respected’ degree which allows for part time or wfh working, and is actually realistic. Maybe finance?
Just feeling very stuck right now

Why do you want a degree when you have these other business plans? Is it to replace them?

No, I guess I just don’t feel like these business plans are ‘real’, like I need a professional and respectable backing via a degree. I think I will feel a bit like I’m not really doing anything, if I don’t do a degree alongside it.

If long term you want to be a behaviourist it would be worth looking at a degree that qualifies you.for that?
Clinical behaviourist or similar.

I am an accredited dog trainer (career change after kid), and wish I'd started the behaviourist route alot sooner as its alot of study!

What about a business degree?? To help you with your business plans?!

I think those industries are pretty safe. Lots of demand for groomers, so not sure why a back up degree is needed. Unless you want a degree related job and to just do the dog stuff on the side.

I'm a little bit confused. You want to own a dog grooming business and are doing a dog training course but your are actually open along side a cleaning business. Is this cleaning houses or cleaning dogs? I'd stick with the dogs and really try and push forward with that. I know of a few dog groomers that work from home, obviously with adapted rooms or a shed in the garden.

What degree do you want to do. It's a really expensive way of getting a piece of paper that you don't necessarily need to do the sort of things you want to do. Might just be training courses and accreditation you want which can be a lot cheaper and can do as and when funds allow. Lots of careers are valid and successful without forking out for a degree

I am currently a dog walker & a dog sitter, and I’m about to start my (accredited) dog training course, and I’d like to be a behaviourist in the future.

So you are currently working and know what you want to do with your future.

I am going to launch a cleaning business soon, I’m waiting for my driving license 🙈
I have a dream of opening a dog grooming studio when funds allow.

Is the cleaning business like cleaning houses or work places or do you mean cleaning/grooming dogs? If it’s property type of cleaning why would you bother, surely you are best focusing on the goals you already have?

When would you plan to do a degree whilst doing all this work? How would you pay for the degree whilst trying to earn money for current daily living costs plus saving to fund your dog grooming dreams? If you put all your focus on your dog business ideas and funds into that why would you need a degree just because it’s respected? Surely you start a business and try make that successful to earn a living?

You sound like your trying to focus on too many ideas at once which you’ll probably end up taking to much on getting overworked and then fail. Stick to one thing and build from there with things that are relevant to what your doing