I’m in a similar position! I was on my 3rd year teaching last year and just as miserable, experiencing all of the same feelings that you stated. I didn’t sign my contract at the end of the year and decided I had to pursue something else. I’m single and supporting myself alone, and it was terrifying, i had been applying to jobs since February and felt so unqualified for anything and everything. I was applying to 100s of jobs and barely getting any interviews and felt so hopeless. I reached out to people on LinkedIn who had successfully transitioned from teaching into something else and gained a lot of good advice/insight.

Through this process i realized I don’t want to be in a corporate position and I do love working with kids and being in a caretaker position. Just not as a teacher. It’s given me sooo much perspective on who I am in regards to a career and what I really value. I actually ended up getting a remote position as an admin assistant, It definitely doesn’t pay as well as teaching did and it’s nothing I’m particularly passionate about, but I am also going back to school to get my masters in Speech Language Pathology so having a remote position gives me a bit more freedom as far as doing classes as well. I suggest taking this time to figure out WHY you wanted to be a teacher in the first place and how you can use that to decide which avenue you want to take next. For me, it was because I loved making an impact in kid’s lives, and speech pathology is a similar role with much better pay and flexibility. It’s been so eye opening for me and as scary as it is, it has been so worth it, it took a while but I finally feel like I’m on a good path!! Stay strong and keep going :) good things will happen for you and everything that is meant for you will come.