Feeling Stuck + Need Advice (i Will Not Promote)
Hey everyone -
I’m feeling extremely stuck in my life and not in an ideal living situation. I’m in the final two years of my doctoral degree (clinical, not PhD) and I landed my dream job seeing patients remotely at a clinic 2 days/week.
Despite getting into my dream grad program and landing this job, I’m just not happy and don’t feel like I’m making enough progress. I’m also making very very little money as my clinical practice builds at a glacial pace.
I know what my end goals are for my business and life - running a retail shop and little farm where I teach classes - but I have no idea how to get there. I have 1000 business ideas to help me get there and just end up paralyzed and making no progress at all. That’s what it feels like anyways.
I have social media, website, podcast, and invested thousands in product to start the retail side of things. But I am struggling with burnout and knowing what to do with my time.
Do I focus on getting the retail ball rolling with a farmer’s market booth? Do I rent a retail brick & mortar? Do I sell online? Do I focus on teaching classes at local spots? Do I start leasing land at a local farm and start growing my own materials? Do I get a second job working for a business doing what I want to do and teaching on my particular subject? Do I just stick to school and clinic for now and wait to graduate for the rest?
I literally can’t do it all. I just don’t know what the BEST next move is going forward. I have so little $$ in my bank account as a 31F it’s embarrassing. I am very unhappy in my living situation, so I’d like to get more funds to have more financial and literal freedom. But I don’t know if I’m taking on too much.
What would you do in my boat? Has anyone had success with career mentors or advisors? I’m not interested in coaching for various reasons. I also have faculty in school, the clinic owner, and a couple others who are doing what I hope to one day, that I could talk to for advice. I’m not sure how to approach them though.
I’ll probably also post this in a couple other threads to get various perspectives. Thank you so much!!
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