At what age or point in life is it too late to change careers?

I just turned 30, and I麓m feeling... old. I麓m afraid that my life has passed me by.



Right now, I麓m studying to be an EFL (English as a Foreign Language) teacher. This is something that I have always wanted to do, and I麓m looking forward to it.



However, I don麓t think that teaching EFL is meant to be the career that I do until I麓m 80. I chose this because I got to the point in life where I had to choose SOMETHING, or choose inertia. I just keep having this nagging, gut feeling that there is some perfect profession that was made in Heaven for me to do... but I have no idea what it is. Furthermore, if I were to have a family, I would need something more lucrative to support them. EFL is something I麓m excited about but it doesnt exactly pay a six figure salary.



I麓m scared that, whatever it is, that it麓s no longer open to me because I麓m too old. I麓m so scared it麓s passed me by.



Furthermore I never got married or had children and I麓m scared that if I were to change professions at my age or older, that it would be too late to have children by the time I got established in it. I麓m scared that I麓m running out of time to have children and a career. On the other hand, if I were to have children, I am scared that the door to changing careers would be closed.



Am I right in thinking this way? What professions are no longer open to someone my age? If I were to have children, would it be too late to change careers?



I麓ve already graduated college and I was teaching Spanish in North Carolina, but it was hell. In North Carolina, they treat teachers horribly. I did a teaching practice in Mexico and loved it. When I麓m certified to teach EFL, it would be awesome if I could stay in Spain and teach here (I realize how difficult that is for an American), or go back to Mexico.



I don麓t think I ever WILL get married, and I麓m not ready to. The thought of being tied down and staying in one place drives me crazy. But I do worry that my chance has passed me by and I am scared that one day I麓ll be old and alone, look back, and regret it.At what age or point in life is it too late to change careers?
One friend of mine got married at the age of 57, one year before she retired from being a public school teacher. %26quot;...Per AMA article found on google, in 2004 Clarence Nicodemus (D.O.) graduated from an Osteopathic Medical school program at the tender age of 61. Great article in which he claims that retirement is the period in one's life when he or she can and should do what they always wanted to do; so for Dr. Nicodemus it was becoming a doctor. Good one on him...%26quot; Another friend taught for 18 year, was a principal for 12, a superintendent for 18 and then decided to retire and get her Ed. D. She then went back and taught at the university for 12 years.



People who think they are too old are right, they are, and then they die ... the young at heart just keep on going.



Being old is like fine wine ... the longer it is in the bottle the more value it has ...At what age or point in life is it too late to change careers?
You're never too old to change your career. If something else attracts you and you think you could find happiness doing it, go for it. Life is short.

If you are suppose to get married, you'll meet him when you least expect it. it never happens when you are looking.At what age or point in life is it too late to change careers?
your never to old to change a career that you went to college for, i am 45 and just finishing a tech school on computer repair..but it still intend to get a AS in it later and then go a far as I can go