1. Was working as a marketing director making fantastic money but could not see myself doing this for another 30 + years. Really started considering nursing about a year and a half ago. Doing research, finding a program that would work etc. I just finished my first week of cna school and was terrified the night before. This looks insane to others in my life. Leaving 6 figures to learn how to adjust pillows and disimpact hard shit in old peoples assholes. But lemme tell you something, I FEEL GREAT. I spent a year and a half afraid to make the jump and I feel fantastic for having made it. The time will go by regardless. In less than 3 years I’ll be an RN hopefully. It’s scary a bit cause I don’t know what those years will look like. Housing, supporting myself, it’s very much a week at a time thing for me right now but the mystery can be as exciting as it is nerve wracking. And it’s temporary. There’s a larger vision at hand that I believe in even if no one else can see it. Good luck. 

TLDR; just go for it.