text: should i start my own business? i've been cutting hair for 12 years.  it was kind of a gift!  i just picked it up....and have built quite a clientel.  i never went to barber college...despite what others have suggested...just didn't want to wait that long.  plus i'm also a minister and want to go to seminary.   long story short...i recently lost my job!  this makes the 3rd one this year...and i can't seem to keep a job (no more than a few months...even when i do things right!) i'm starting to believe that god may have a desire for me to use this natural gifting of cutting hair.  i had a dream about opening a shop...but just going to school is the deterent, plus i wanted to go to seminary...but recently i found online seminary courses and for my 30th birthday my wife bought me a set of hair clippers.  i'm starting to think either now or never!  i can learn what's necessary to do this business legally and make a lot of money doing it....or i can be bootleg cutting my friends hair on the porch of my apartment for free! it sounds like you already have part of the answer. do your seminary training on line and the next step is to "just do it." get professionally trained (which is a relatively short time) so that you can excel at your obvious gift. just think how far you could go by being licensed and making the professional connections while in school which will undoubtedly further your career.   it seems that you have found your passions in life, most people never discover their true gifts. now all you have to do is act on it and make a commitment and put the fear aside. until you make a concerted effort toward what you really want to do, your life will continue to go in circles and you'll continue to feel unfulfilled and incomplete. believe me i know from experience.  time goes by all too quickly.