Amen. The more you avoid your fear (at least in my case) the greater the anxiety the next time. I would put off something that I fear )I have this panic about going to my internal med doc for my physical & keep cancelling it & rescheduling it for a month later thinking surely I'll be able to do it then--WRONG--my anxiety is even worse then. But I have all these physical health issues that need to be addressed. My therapist finally made arrangements to go with me.

But also as far as the prestige or whatever of the job, I have a friend who is a school bus driver. She was a nurse & absolutely couldn't deal with the stress of that job, but thought everyone would look down on her for being a bus driver. Know what? Her co-workers are the nicest, very well-educated people (smart enough to know that you get paid well for working very few hours & have the summer off!) & she enjoys the children so she is very happy.

Go for it!!--Suzy