I’ve lost my passion

Recently I have been finding it hard to find a career that I think I maybe good at. Years ago I did a year of hairdressing, a year of L2 childcare and then two years of L3 childcare, I was so excited to have a career with children. But then all in the same week I finished college, had a job interview, got the job and started the job…which resulted me in having a meltdown and ended up going on sick pay.

Now seven years later I have decided that I would like to try and look for a career. From 2020 - 2022 I started off looking for things do with animals and for months I searched for courses, apprenticeships, internships basically everything but because of my age and because I don’t drive there was no options for me. Next I went to looking to work in bookshops, but again there was no jobs going/I didn’t have the experience. So then I thought about charity work (since I’m literally surrounded by charity shops but shockingly I need references or in some cases a DBS check.

For a while I was really down and didn’t know what to do, I haven’t done childcare in years but I felt it was my only option. My mum said since I was always interested in working with SpLDs (Special Learning Difficulties) children why not be a SEN teachers assistant. So I started having a refresher course on my childcare, and started doing a SpLD 12 week course online.

But recently I have lost my passion for my course. I feel like I can’t be bothered or maybe I’m just fed up Shrug tone1‍♀️but now I feel down again and feel like I can’t do any job like a normal person can do. I’m really lost and I don’t know where I can go from here SobSob x

Parents
  • Sorry to hear you’re feeling so lost. I’m not sure what to advise. I remember being 22, finishing a post grad diploma I hated, resolving I was never  going to work in that field, and then… feeling the weight of the world come off my shoulders as I decided to ask if my part time job in a shop could be full time for a while. Maybe something like that? A retail gig of some kind. Have considered library studies as you’d like to work with books? Or sometimes temp jobs in libraries come up. I hope you connect with something soon, but you’re young as well. Don’t put too much pressure on yourself to know exactly what you want 

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  • Sorry to hear you’re feeling so lost. I’m not sure what to advise. I remember being 22, finishing a post grad diploma I hated, resolving I was never  going to work in that field, and then… feeling the weight of the world come off my shoulders as I decided to ask if my part time job in a shop could be full time for a while. Maybe something like that? A retail gig of some kind. Have considered library studies as you’d like to work with books? Or sometimes temp jobs in libraries come up. I hope you connect with something soon, but you’re young as well. Don’t put too much pressure on yourself to know exactly what you want 

Children
  • Thank you for replying, I guess I am just feeling scared because next year I will be 30.

    I have considered volunteering in a charity shop as I mentioned above saying they need references and/or DBS checks. Working in a shop such as Morrisons or Aldi might not be okay with me, as I don’t loud noise/ bright lights and crowds.

    I have considered working in a library but while researching it says I need a degree to working in a library Pensive . As for library studies if that is in a Uni I have no money for the courses/ uni’s are HUGE Sweat smile and the last time I considered Uni they said if I couldn’t cope with an online course/college course then I won’t cope in Uni (she said it very snarky too and it was before my diagnosis)

    So I’m stuck Sweat smile, thanks for your help though x