u/Double-Pianist-2028

I'm 33 and I'm totally lost with what to with my life. I've had a non linear career as I didn't go to college. I have experience with customer service, particularly in a front desk/administrative environment, but I also have experience being creative with canva designs and social media management. I've woked so many jobs and lived so many lives.

In January I was fired from a toxic job and now it's May and I'm so lost and what I want to be doing. I was doing front desk for a dentist office, I'm currently doing front desk at a chiropractor. I want out of front desk, customer service is draining me.

I feel like I have a lot of various experience and a lot of skills, just not for the jobs I want? I'd love to work for some sort of marketing agency, my low confidence tells me I don't have enough experience though. Do I need to take some courses? Is there a path I'm not seeing? Any advice on how to figure out how to move forward?

So growing up I loved writing. English was my favorite class and creative writing projects were always met with encouragement from my teachers. I LOVED. a journal (still do) and dreamed of writing for Cosmo one day or writing novels. But then my parents told me "writers don't make money" and went through my personal journals... so I sort of stopped writing :/

That said, I'm in my 30s now and I'm ready to explore that side of me again, and I want to start through Substack! My favorite substacks are those that have a great niche and design combo (like Feeling! Magazine or Internet Bedroom). I'm a mediocre designer and love that aspect of Substack as well.

All this to say... I have no idea what the fck to write about 😀 HOW do I even write? Should I take a class? This is my first ever reddit post, I'm sure I'm not the first to ask this but idk how to really dig for answers lol halp