I'm kind of feeling weird about this. I'm ditching my college degree in Social Work and looking for work as a cook. My last job was working with elderly in the social work field for over 5 years. I enjoyed working with my clients, but not everything that went on at the office. I really don't want to be behind a desk anymore. I feel weird because I spent so much time and money in my education to become a social worker just to be burnt out with it all.

Since losing my job last summer I've been kind of lost with what I want to do with my life. Do I want to continue with social work? And I think I figured out what I want to do now. While in college I had a wonderful job as a cook. I made doughnuts, baked breads and cooked for a steam table and I LOVED every minute of it. And now I think this is really what I want to. I dropped off an application for a cook at a local factory's kitchen this morning and not 2 hours later they called me for an interview set for monday morning. I want this job so bad. I want to be cooking again. I love being in the kitchen. I just feel weird that I'm throwing away all of the years of education and training as a social work. I just want a job I enjoy being at and doing.

Has anyone else made this hugh career change?? Did everything work out for the better?