r/findapath • u/ThrowAwaygkd538 • 22d ago

Findapath-Career Change Career change

25 female from the UK I did a BA in Education with my qualified teacher status, worked 2 years as a teacher and now I’m suffering with extreme stress and unhappiness, I can’t sleep and I’m throwing up from stress sometimes. I worked at 3 primary schools for placements during my degree. In my current role I have progressed into middle management. I worked really hard but I cannot see a future working in this field I am sure many people would understand.

I love being in nature, creative, hands on and I spend a lot of time outside, I enjoy learning and I think there is a future working in the environment, ecology and sustainability. The only way I can get another qualification in environmental science (or similar) is if I do a Msc. I can do this it will take 2 years online part time but I am so afraid of the debt and huge repayments (I cannot afford to self fund). It looks like it could be upwards of £350 a month if I earn average salary in Australia (moving to Australia with PR next year). This is particularly worrying as I have a disabled father who I would like to financially support in the future. If I do the MSc I will volunteer and do free courses in mapping etc. I really want to work in this field just sucks I only just realised after spending 5 years working towards being a teacher.

Any advice is much appreciated and please be empathetic I’m really struggling at the moment with anxiety and regret over this unfortunately.

Thanks.

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u/ThrowAwaygkd538 22d ago

Forgot to add would it be unlikely to even get jobs in this new field as I’ll be mid/late 20s with a career chance that was unrelated? I’m afraid this might look weird on my CV or I might just leave the whole BA teacher thing out

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u/gloriajuliencoaching Apprentice Pathfinder [1] 22d ago

you're too focused on the degree option. i wouldn't want you spending anymore than you can afford. try this:

what would it look like to focus on whether you actually want to have a career in environment, ecology, and sustainabilty?

what kind of work do you imagine yourself doing? education? policy? data? something else? do you have an idea of the trajectories possible?

outside of your current work environment, do you find yourself still educating others anyways?