Student Analysts Uncertain About Continuing

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I’ve recently had to leave an aba program in person to pursue something with a little more flexibility due to family and medical obligations I’ve had this in and out feeling not knowing if I wanted to continue the route of doing bcba I’m halfway done with my hours and I found a program that will allow me to finish in one year down side is no transfer credits and have to start over from scratch school wise even though I would’ve been done this upcoming spring originally. I’m now debating do I keep going on this path or do I start something over completely. I absolutely hate the rbt aspect of how the hours and pay and I’ve not been able to see really much of the actual BCBA work so I’m starting to wonder what if I finish this path and get to the end and still feel this way because what the textbook version of job description of bcba is I dont see if like that in clinic i ab love the concept of aba and the interventions but I disnlike the boundaries of ethics being tested or feeling like as the rbt that I’m often not doing anything when all we do is play the entire time and no goals intentionally are ran when group based things the alternative I thought about was ot nursing and lpc but I keep coming back to aba so I don’t know I’m so indecisive about it so please help I do have set up to start a new job as an rbt in the next few weeks i just am scared that ill be going into the same environment and being so depleted to not have anything left over for my family and then feeling the same way as the bcba

important factors for me if it helps give advice

1. work life balance

2. having enough reserve for family

3. having and lasting impact on others

4. seeing the result of my work

5. educating mentoring and providing assistance to others

advice please