Burnout
I’m in my 50s and have been working in ECE all of my working life and I’m seriously starting to question whether I can keep this up until retirement. I love working with families/whānau and children/tamariki but finding the workload,overstimulation emotional demands and expectations a bit too much. I do a four day week but emotionally exhausted:(
I’m beginning to look into other pathways (admin, library work, ICT/computing courses, community roles etc.) but it’s honestly daunting trying to imagine starting over at this stage of life.
Has anyone transitioned out of ECE later in life?
What fields did your skills transfer into successfully?
Lol preferably no driving for work unless to and from and no money handling
I’d really appreciate hearing real experiences or advice from others who’ve been through it.