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Given these characteristics, what career would be a fit for me

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I love to share things I have learned to others (when with someone at gym I naturally help them with form and or exercise details) and love to maintain a healthy lifestyle (skincare, eating healthy, fitness). I’ve been considering nursing and elementary education. I’m a classroom aide and during this time it’s not as fast paced with 4-6 kids in classroom and im not in classroom as often due to the pandemic ratios.

I received a Safety and Health degree in 2017 and it was the worst direction I made for my personality, I burned out after I got the typical work routine down and it was a chore going to work and uncomfortable confronting workers regarding safety regulations, making spreadsheets, filing, and lot of details to look at that became overwhelming (I started out first week looking at all levels of detail and making detailed reports then i noticed overtime reports became less detailed), however when I did long trainings It felt less like a job. I gave 5 hour forklift classroom training and I was in the moment and able to be creative by drawing or using analogies and mainly become distracted from talking (common feedback from employers:slow down or need more attention to detail).

I worked many different jobs such as receptionist, production laborer, sales associate, cashier, compliance officer, restaraunt pizza maker (was hell when there was a rush and many pizzas to make when their were pizzas in oven cooking, hard to keep track of both)

Ever since I stumbled upon classroom aid at childcare center (before pandemic) time went by so fast I forgot to take breaks, 2 different (morning afternoon) classes would come in and it felt so fast.

Are there any career ideas that may fit what I should be looking for?

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If you enjoy working with children, education certainly seems like it would be a good fit. You might also consider speech-language pathology, occupational therapy, and special education if you like working with smaller groups vs. leading a classroom. Or, what about physical therapy? You could also be a fitness instructor or nutritionist. So many exciting possibilities for you! 😀

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