You could always specialize in some healthcare support field. Way back when, I thought about becoming a radiologist. It's interesting, it pays well, and you've always got work.

I fully support everyone going back to school if they can manage it, btw! Be the re-entry students (at least that was the term when I was in Grad School Attempt #2) that blow the curve for everyone else!

This is kind of where I'm at. Someone asked me what I'm in Grad School for and I said, "For the hell of it." I don't know what the career repercussions will end up being, but my work is paying for it. I feel like I'd be a fool not to at least try for the Master's. Though at National University (adult-with-career-focused school), youngsters who are on their first trip through are by far the minority (the curve need not fear me).

If I could somehow have an okay standard of living and be a student for the rest of my life I would do it. I loved being in school every time. And I'm probably better at that than any job I've had.

Yes, this. Though probably not beyond a Master's. I don't think I've got a doctorate in me. But to start over at the beginning and study all new stuff? That would be awesome! YEnthusiasmForSchoolMV

Good luck, Jess!

Amy, maybe schedule a meeting with an advisor/counselor at the local community college to find out what you still need? You should still be able to get credit for previous classes, no matter how long ago. Just to see where you are; you might be closer than you realize. (Or not, no pressure! Just suggestion!)

I feel like I've been there several times and managed to either choose poorly or find a way to not really choose so it's still hanging over me that I Don't Know What I Am Doing With My Life.

Yeah, right now I'm at I Know What I DON'T Want To Do, so I'm using that to focus on what's next. I don't want to stay in the role I'm in. There are no roles that I want to do available where I am. Guess I'm gonna have to move.

My neighbor E, who is in nursing school now, considered herself a complete and utter math failure. She discovered that the second time around (and in practical application),she gets it.

She did think the prob&stats prof had made a mistake when she got her first exam back. Because she hadn't missed a problem. It took her (prof) a while to convince E.

So you never know.

Amy- I work at a School of Nursing, and you can probably handle the math! You have to take Statistics, but ours is really geared toward healthcare and how to interpret articles and data and share with your patients.

I would recommend doing a 2 year RN degree at a community college, getting a job, and then completing a BS at a 4 year school (which the hospital will probably pay for). Because the BS is half "arts and sciences" part of the degree, a lot of your undergrad courses will probably transfer (even if they don't if you originally apply to a 4 year school).

I should also be a big girl and actually try to improve my math skills, nursing or no!

There are no roles that I want to do available where I am.

This is me, too. There are more jobs I could get if I were in NYC. Even remote freelance work has changed a lot as publishing has changed, though. And a lot of the copyediting/editing that needs doing now is more business and academic oriented, which is not me.

My strengths are Regency England, meet-cutes, and metaphors for having sex, none of which are in great demand in the wider world, sadly.

I looked at getting a medical coding certificate from a comm college to get my foot in the door with medical careers, but opted to just stay in admin field for a bit. Next job needs to have a position I can grow into.

My strengths are Regency England, meet-cutes, and metaphors for having sex, none of which are in great demand in the wider world, sadly.

I'M looking for someone strong in these fields, but unfortunately, I can pay a mere pittance.

I kind of hate to recommend this book, because the concept of it irritates me so much, but Danica McKellar has a series of books for tween girls that's supposed to explain math in a way that girls can understand. Unfortunately, this largely means making everything into something to do with makeup or friends or boys, but if you can roll your eyes through that, the actual explanations are pretty good. They go through the math from grades 5-8, roughly, which most studies have shown is the point where Americans' math scores tend to plummet.

I'M looking for someone strong in these fields, but unfortunately, I can pay a mere pittance.

My reticule is ready.