Career pivot
Anyone "baristafire" from an extreme career to a perfectly respectable career? This would normally be called a career pivot except for the circumstance. I'm an executive director at a fortune 500 company. I would have preferred to stay 2-3 levels lower for a lot longer but I've absorbed and carried the responsibility so I can't really go back. I'm considering becoming a physical therapist. But I've had 20 years of scientific training and practice, plus the presentation skills, conflict resolution skills, leadership skills etc honed by years in a politically spicy corporate environment. I'm taking pre-reqs at a community college and they offered me a merit scholarship since I was doing so well with grades. I was like... You don't understand, I'm qualified to teach courses like this - I don't need and can't take this scholarship. Then I scored 97% on the GRE, which is just a reflection of reading comprehension relentlessly honed by my work. Basically... I'm starting to feel like an overqualified asshole in the real world. Like I'm taking up a spot for someone who really needed this opportunity or I'm play acting at school. I'm trying to remind myself that I only have one life. I'm not obligated to do the hardest thing I'm capable of. I have permission to pursue a midlife calling. Anyone navigate something similar?