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Wrecked my life

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I broke the mold. I'm a 50 y/o female gaming addict. 20+ year career as a registered nurse down the tubes because of gaming. Any jobs I apply for will call the last hospital I worked at and be told I am not eligible for re-hire. I've been living off my meager savings and it's almost gone. The gaming addiction fed a need in me I think to escape from life. I've been depressed and anxiety-ridden most of my life. It's a pretty dismal place to be in, especially considering I am very intelligent, have always been told I'm beautiful (even at my ripe age) and am creative and fun-loving for the most part. Well...I will not stay in this dismal place. I will climb out of here and live to see a better day. I will grow from this and become a better person for it. I will. I will. I will.

I choose to replace the gaming with a new interest..or rather an old interest revived. That new-agey, touchy-feeling energy of the universe stuff. Yeah, I've gotten into that stuff a bit in the past, and I think there is something to it. Maybe it's desparation to feel better but if it does make me feel better than what harm is that? Specifically, I want to learn massage, Reiki, Craniosacral therapy and other such things. Provide these services to others. Help them feel better. Make myself feel better. Earn a living on my own. And do this work on animals :) Dogs. Yeah. I can see that. Horses lol. I'm rambling and do apologize. I'm in a very strange place today and trying to hang on to some sanity and peace in my mind.
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I am sure that it will not be easy, but I believe that if you put your time and energy into learning things like massage, Reiki, Craniosacral therapy, etc., as you suggest, you will be successful. Your training and experience as a nurse should help you a lot as well. However, as you undoubtedly already know, with your limited savings remaining, you will likely want to start out with only just one or two of those services, at least initially, so that you can start earning money while perhaps learning more about the other services in your spare time. Although you should always try to do something that you enjoy doing, you also need to be concerned about being able to succeed in your business with enough clients and being able to charge them enough. Many cities have free services that can help you, with places like the library (talk to the research librarian there) and the employment office likely being able to help direct you to where to access these services.

I wish you the best of luck in your new endeavour. If you live anywhere near Vancouver, B.C., please send me a private message as I will likely want to try using your services once you are ready.
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Thank you very much for your thoughts and encouragement. I'm taking one day at a time as they say. Ah, I wish I did live near Vancouver, BC. I hear its most beautiful there. I've identified the programs I'd like to obtain training in, but will wait on that until I have a job and get back on my feet.

Hope you are doing well and thanks again for your response. It means a lot to me :)
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