Hi, I have been a sahp for 8 years now. Previous to this I had a good but short lived career. I was also two exams away from becoming a Charterholder in my field. Shortly after I left, I realised that I never wanted to return. I then spent about 2-3 years of the 8 years attempting to complete the exams. I kept failing because I realised that this isn't what I wanted to do but kept taking the exams because I had already invested 7 years into Studying and degrees and felt pressured to see it through.
It took me another 5 years (had dc) where I explored other Fields. I spoke to a few career counsellors who left me feeling more confused.
After 8 years of back and forth, I started looking into the ACCA and felt it was just what I was looking for. So I am 3 exams down.
BUT I am almost 40, with an 8 year gap in employment. Even worse is that I had 3 of those years without any dc. I would only be looking to for employment possibly in 2 years as we would possibly we relocating back to the UK and youngest dc is only 1. So I would be older then, with even more years out of employment. Is it even worth going down this route of ACCA? I lost myself for a really long time and attempting to get back on track. Any advice welcome.
Sorry about the long post.