I always thought I'd be a teacher. Literally all of my family teach or are in education based roles. I used to play teachers non-stop as a kid, did my work experience in a school, did my degree with a view to doing a PGCE afterwards... and then decided to be stupidly stubborn and not be a teacher (because that's what everyone expected me to do and I was apparently experiencing a delayed teenage rebellion....) and got a job in marketing. I have had a very successful career in this field for 15 years. However, I really don't enjoy it - I just do it for the money to be honest. My heart still lies with teaching, and I desperately want to go back in time and shake my idiotic 21 year old self by the shoulders and have not wasted so much time doing something that I'm not passionate about, but I can't. 
DS1 started school in September and it's massively sparked my passion again - helping him with his homework, doing his reading with him, and generally being involved in the school environment again has really focused my mind on what I feel I'm supposed to do for the rest of my working life. I'm on maternity leave with DS2 and know that I can't go back to my marketing job - the thought fills me with total dread. Thinking about being a teacher makes my stomach flip with nervous excitement!
I know that I'm pretty late to it for 2019 entry but I'm going to apply for salaried roles via UCAS. (With two kids needing childcare and a mortgage in London, I can't make it work via any other route). I've filled in most of the application form and selected three courses. On Friday I sent off a load of requests for school experience but I know that this usually closes at the end of May so I know I'm cutting it fine .
I'm sitting here trying to write my personal statement and although I want to write something along the lines of what I've written here (i.e. from the heart) I know that it needs to be more formal and actually explain why I think I'd be good for the job. I've got transferable skills e.g. explaining tricky concepts to non-technical people (my marketing specialism is quite tech-y and niche), patience, confidence, stakeholder communication (parents evening?!) etc, and I'm going to do my best to show how these apply to teaching, But I guess I'm just a bit lost as to what to say to convince someone that I'm a good candidate for a job when there are loads of graduates also after the role, ones who haven't wasted years in a job that isn't teaching.
I don't know what I expect in response to this post really... I think I just needed to write it down to try to make some sense of the jumble of thoughts in my head!