Hello, I didn't realise there was a Mature Students board. So, I'm posting here from AIBU. All feedback welcome. Thank you.
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I'm stuck. I was perceived as having a very successful creative life, but I actually made very little money and had to work alongside it. With parenting, I just felt very burnt out and deflated. I've taken off some time to reevaluate and look at how I want the third act of my life to look like.
I'm drawn to retraining to become a couples therapist. But the training is intense - counsellor qualification, followed by Pdip/MSc, then I can start to look at the couples courses that interest me.
I feel overwhelmed at how long it could take and the money involved. And I'll be late fifties before I start working in this area - if I get any work!
I feel nervous about it. But I keep pulling back from every idea I have about new direction as if I'm overrun by inertia.
But this is a bold and expensive move. I realise people will say go for it, but I'm a realist, and I just wonder if this is a huge amount to take on, given my age, addled brain and not-everending-finances.