I’m 45 and I’ve been an admin my entire adult life, but lately, I’ve been feeling this strange urge to go back to school for something completely different. The stability of the admin world is great, but the thought of doing expense reports for another 20 years makes me want to scream. Is it too late to pivot into something like UX design or HR, or should I just be grateful for the steady paycheck?

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It's never too late! I went back at 38 myself. It was hard doing that and still working full time but I have no regrets.

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Follow your soul…
if you’ve got the money & the ability to go back to college then do it.

I was a complex civil litigation paralegal for years. There’s a few good and nice attorneys out there and there’s a hell of a lot of ego- maniac attorneys out there that are mean as hell to their staffers.

It was one of those that caused me to have a stress illness, where my doctor finally had to say you’ve got to change careers

I do love litigation and I didn’t want to leave it just because of my love for law.

But I had no choice they destroyed my health …
don’t let that happen to you.

I went back to college and became a naturopathic doctor et al

opened wellness & anti-aging clinics
for 16 years … they were tops.
I became a vocational college instructor
And was granted my own vocational college in the state of Colorado
and the list goes on.

Follow your heart… follow your soul…
and go for it … TikTok…. ‼️

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I said go for it. You only live once why be miserable? You can still work this job while you’re in school figuring out what you want to do.

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At 45, it's never too late to make a pivot. Look at it this way, do you want to be 65, hating your job and your life and having people trying to push you out the door because they see you as "too old?" NOW is the time to make that change. Trust me, I'm 65 and I'm having a tough time even finding another job. A steady check is good, but not when it's a trap and keeps you stuck.

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