can you help direct me in the right career direction?

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I've been doing some research and there is so much info on the internet that it is a little overwhelming. Long story short I'm trying to find a new career and It's been a long time since I've gone to school and when I try and take a career assessment test it just tries to get me to sign up for a school. Does anyone have any idea what career might be good for me??? I have put more information about myself down below

1. I love to help people but I don't like customer service jobs or retail jobs and I'm sensitive when it comes to blood boogers or other bodily functions.

2. I like to work. I currently have two jobs that are completely different from each other. Working every day 7 days a week doesn't bother me but long hours (12+ hours a day) kick me where it hurts. 

3. I'm creative. I love to draw, paint, play music and write short stories.

4. I love the outdoors. I have horses so I'm constantly in the mountains or outside if I'm not working.

5.  I don't want to, nor can I afford to go to school for a long period of time. If I do go to school I want it to be short and quick............for example I wanted to be a windmill technician but after doing more and more research I started to get a little scared and I backed out of the program. (The program would require me to move 6 hours away for 6 months and it didn't guarantee a job) That freaks me out. I have no support system or family if anything were to happen to me, if I don't land a job I'll have no money and I'll be screwed (I've been homeless..........don't want to do it again) so I am trying to find something I can close to town and something I can find a job in pretty easy (I  know right? in this economy?) 

6. I currently work in inventory management and have worked in retail (clothing), waitressing, trail guiding, ski/snowboard technician, customer service, door to door sales, professional performer (circus,) hosting, food service prep, acting and sales rep. 

Anyone have any ideas that can help point me in the right direction?  Thank you so much for your help and your time.

PF · Accepted Answer

If you are not willing to take the risks, than you are not entitled to the rewards. Successful people try more things, and you cannot let fear control your destiny. It's better to have tried and failed than to not have tried at all, because failing to try is the same thing as failure by omission. Moving 6 hours away for 6 months without any guarantee of a job sounds like what your instincts are telling you to do, but you need to decide that for yourself. Famous Quote by Theodore Roosevelt: Far better is it to dare mighty things, even though checkered by failure... than to rank with those poor spirits who neither enjoy nor suffer much, because they live in a gray twilight that knows not victory nor defeat.

can you help direct me in the right career direction?

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