I think I was successful as a TA which I worked as for 2 years, but sadly the salary was very low (16/17k).
I was fired from a shop job when I was a teenager for making mistakes with the till etc.
I had 2 café/waitressing jobs where I wasn't fired, but a lot of criticism, especially from one who told me it seemed like I was regressing instead of progressing.
I was a teacher and that's what I trained in, but I was put on a support plan and quit before it went to formal capability.
I was a TEFL teacher abroad for a couple of years and I did really well with that I thought, but it was zero hours contracts sadly.
I got a TEFL job here but had a few classes taken off me, if just one student was unhappy, irrespective of the other 9, the lessons would be given to another teacher.
I've established teaching isn't for me, I seem to lack the energy it requires.
I work now in care but there's a lot of feeling of am I actually good at this, do I actually enjoy this (it's adults with severe learning difficulties and personal care needs) it's rewarding but can be challenging.
No idea if I'm actually doing well, I do what's asked and I show compassion and care. Never been told that I'm doing a good job.
Feel like I don't actually know what I'm good at. I'm quite logical and I enjoyed that aspect of teaching, but not the behavioural and pastoral issues. I always feel like you need a big personality in teaching, and many of them seem very confident.
Maybe I am a bit lazy too, but I've sometimes wondered if I am on the autistic spectrum.
I would just like a low pressure job, I'm prepared to work full time but I'm not willing to commit my life to a job and give up all my free time. Just want something relatively simple, where I'm independent and not constantly managed. No idea what to do anymore.