Anyone else working in education and just so done with it all? Been in the field since 2010 and I just don’t think I can continue doing this every day. I have absolutely no idea on how or where to even start after investing so much of myself into a career that I’m no longer passionate about. It’s not even the students, it’s the incompetent leadership and administration, the office gossip and politics, the power struggles and superiority complexes, the convoluted chain of command where I have to answer to everyone under the sun and someone is inevitably unhappy with me, a lack of support when I need it and constant “big brother” supervision when I don’t; just feeling so exhausted with no hope for the future. On top of all that, with my salary and time broken down, I’m essentially making $20 an hour after 12 years with unpaid vacations and days off; the same local starting rate of pay for many fast food and retail store chains. I’m living paycheck to paycheck, no savings of any sort, struggling to just make ends meet, living with my parents at 34 because I can’t afford an apartment with the entirety of monthly income, and I just can’t do it anymore. Thanks for listening, just needed to vent.