GaiaGoddess
Contributor
After years of figuring out what I want to do, I have finally narrowed it down. I believe it is my life purpose to create online courses. All of these skills have came naturally to me my whole life; reading, editing, writing, researching, collecting information, organizing information, sharing information, etc.
But the problem is, I am not an expert in anything. I have about 20 interests and hobbies and have taken a few online courses myself, read hundreds of books, etc. I have dozens of notebooks just filled with the information I have learned over the years. But I feel like this doesn't make me an expert. I don't have enough of any one subject to create a whole course on it. And since I have so many interests, I have proven that I can't just stick to one subject. I have had a few blogs and websites about various subjects and they haven't worked out and I think the reason why is because what I love to do isn't about the actual subject, it's about the act of researching, learning, collecting information, organizing information and sharing information. So I think the only thing I can do that involves all these (and my skills with grammar) is to create online courses. It is my passion to help people learn, but I want to do it online so I can put out a course and move on to the next one. I don't want to be a school teacher, I want to be the person to take the information that is already out there and format it in an organized way and give it to them so they can learn it in their own time.
I think I could have multiple courses for all the subjects I love, that would give me the variety I need. But I still have the problem of not being an expert in any of these fields. I have never gone to college or gotten any degrees or certificates in any of these fields. I can't feasibly take college courses in all of these subjects just to call myself an expert. I am in my late 40's and want to earn money now, not go into debt with years of education first. What are my options here? Is it good enough to create a course with just the information I have gathered from other experts? Are there any other ways to make this a successful career?
But the problem is, I am not an expert in anything. I have about 20 interests and hobbies and have taken a few online courses myself, read hundreds of books, etc. I have dozens of notebooks just filled with the information I have learned over the years. But I feel like this doesn't make me an expert. I don't have enough of any one subject to create a whole course on it. And since I have so many interests, I have proven that I can't just stick to one subject. I have had a few blogs and websites about various subjects and they haven't worked out and I think the reason why is because what I love to do isn't about the actual subject, it's about the act of researching, learning, collecting information, organizing information and sharing information. So I think the only thing I can do that involves all these (and my skills with grammar) is to create online courses. It is my passion to help people learn, but I want to do it online so I can put out a course and move on to the next one. I don't want to be a school teacher, I want to be the person to take the information that is already out there and format it in an organized way and give it to them so they can learn it in their own time.
I think I could have multiple courses for all the subjects I love, that would give me the variety I need. But I still have the problem of not being an expert in any of these fields. I have never gone to college or gotten any degrees or certificates in any of these fields. I can't feasibly take college courses in all of these subjects just to call myself an expert. I am in my late 40's and want to earn money now, not go into debt with years of education first. What are my options here? Is it good enough to create a course with just the information I have gathered from other experts? Are there any other ways to make this a successful career?
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