Dear picasso99:

As to your question, My full time teaching job lasted two years and I didn’t go back t full time teaching since. There were different factors contributing to the ending of the job. I was … like you in that I was overwhelmed.

I say like you because the weight of the future overwhelms you, and your position, living with your parents, obscene housing market, being unemployed and without a social life- that makes the future seem very heavy, a lot to handle.

This is why it is important to… simplify things:

You need to move out of your parents’ house. You need to be able to support yourself financially. You need friends. You don’t know if you want to teach and the position in Cambridge- that is a training position that makes sense to take IF you intend to have a future teaching career, correct?

Then I’d say, move to London. Work for the tech company you mentioned. And do this as soon as possible. Don’t think much further into the future.

You need to move out of where you are- move to London.
You need to support yourself financially- work for the tech company in London.
You need friends- you mentioned you have friends in London.

London then?

anita