I'm feeling very confused about what to do in my career. I'm in my late 20s with a degree and master's in Biomedical Science and currently working in the pharmaceutical industry. I strongly dislike it and my mental health has really plummeted because of it. I don't like being in the corporate office environment as I find it stressful to understand.
The happiest job I ever had was a monotonous lab assistant position in the NHS. It was repetitive and monotonous, but I didn't care because I got a lot of motivation knowing I was working for the NHS and that the work I was doing was making a difference for a patient. I spent a lot of time in my childhood visiting an unwell relative in hospital and I think that's always stuck with me. I have also considered applying for medicine and being a physician's associate in the past.
I like children and have considered going into teaching, but I think children's nursing may be a potential career path for me as it combines my interest in medicine and wanting to help others. I can be quite squeamish with adults but not children (not sure why), which is why I'm drawn to children's nursing rather than just nursing.
I don't know whether I'm being ridiculous. I'm mindful that I may have the 'grass is greener' perspective and be just trying to grasp onto anything to get out of my current situation.
Does anyone have any advice?