u/Shadowphoenix9511

Background info first - I currently work as a pharmacy tech making ~$24/hr, married to a spouse making somewhat over $100K (it's nursing adjacent, but her field is specific enough that I don't wanna divulge it). So money isn't *super* important honestly; we already own a place and are fairly comfortable, but more is always better. I've also legitimately failed or withdrawn out of a bachelor's degree a double digit number of times, so my belief in being able to finish a full degree is effectively none.

I'm capable of basically anything physically demanding, with the note that I can't stand for an entire shift due to plantar fasciitis. Outside of that, though, there's not a physical demand within a job I couldn't handle. My current thoughts are as follows:

• Finish my accounting degree - Objectively the best option. By far the highest paying, gives the most stability, and doesn't rely on my staying physically healthy. However, I honestly severely doubt my ability to finish a degree at this point, and I don't think I'd be happy working within an office all day
• PTA School - From a finance perspective, not ideal; a bump from $24ish/hr to $30/hr would be nice, but not move mountains nice. I do think it's a role I'd enjoy. Ideally I'd like to work in some sort of sports medicine role, using this to leverage into a coaching role for things such as strongman and powerlifting, but that would be a pure hypothetical at this point.
• Go into a trade - The middle ground, pay's better than PTA, but worse than accounting unless you kill yourself with OT. Also tricky to get into without knowing someone, somewhat (okay extremely) toxic work culture, and probably the most likely to trigger my Plantar Fasciitis, but also very easy to just leave work at work here.

That's where I'm at so far, but very open to any other suggestions.

So when working my last job, the pain from PF was so severe the idea of doing exercises to strengthen and fix the pain wasn't feasible.

I started a new job a few weeks ago, and the pain is much more manageable, but still there. So I'd like to start strengthening whatever I need to to resolve the issue for good. Unfortunately, no idea what to do in regards to fixing PF; any advice would be welcome. Entirely flat footed if that changes anything.