<prompt> Human: Good day, so as the title says Im having a personal financial dilemma and I need some advice from the faceless ether of the intenet. I am a hairdresser in the UK, Im self employed and make a bit over minium wage. My wife is expecting our first child, she works and makes a decent bit more than me but she has a history of depression and while she is better than great at the moment I can see some difficult days ahead for her. I am keen on being a stay at home Dad but really dont think Ill be able to make that happen. So in short Im going to have a real hard time supporting my family on the money I make. I have a few options and I really dont know what to do.A Get a new job in a different field.Now on paper I have my hairdressing qualifications and the inherent customer service skills. Plus some random qualifications from college not university Maths with statistics, Critical Thinking, Psychology and Sociology. Every boss Ive ever had said I should be doing something thats not hairdressing.I can turn my hand to pretty much anything eg when I was a manager at another salon my boss asked me to pull some numbers out of the computer system for him. I did so and with the data and a quick search online I produced some growth predictions for the next year and identified quiet periods along with suggested sales and sale prices that could help pick up business in those time. My bosses jaw dropped as he only want the monthly figures.Ive sold ideas for greeting cards which pays poorly, Ive taught myself some programming which I actually enjoyed but was becoming a job as opposed to a hobby, Ive fixed pluming, electrics, cars, my sister thinks I should do something with design software after she has seen some of the things Ive made in Photoshop, at one point I took some classes then worked as an amateur photographer on the side, I teach martial arts, my wife thinks I should pay video games for money and she want joking lol.This list could go on for a long time.The problem is that I dont actually know what I want to do, its one of the reasons I became a hairdresser because I just fell into it.B Take my Self Employment to the next level.One of the reasons I want to leave my job is because of the inherent instability versus the amount of money I make.If I were to break out on my own then I could perform services in peoples houses and potentially make a lot more money. I currently pay my Boss over 1000 a month to rent my chair in his salon. Now this has its benefits in terms of client attraction and coverage in case I go off sick. Ill have to get a car and a lot of equipment, go to the bank for a loan etc. It does provide nice perks in terms of working hours and such but if I were to break a leg for example Id be totally screwed. Its like a high risk high reward option.C pretend its not happening for as long as possible and see what happensYes this isnt an option but its sooo tempting.Now I really dont want to do long commutes into London or work super crazy hours basically what my Dad did. Saying that I would commute into London and do crazy hours for good money if only for a few years so I could do investments and stuff from home after.Thanks for reading and hopfully your enlightening comments.a bit of an update Firstly thanks to anyone who gave any advice on this or just an up vote. It was really nice to hear a variety of opinions and suggestions, its really REALLY helped. Ive had a twitch in my eye that has actually gone away.My plan is to kinda do both options. I am going to do mobile hairdressing but provide more of a premium service, while at the same time do some courses in coding. This way Ive got more than one rod in the fire and if one doesnt work out Ive got the other to fall back on. I can also keep my hours flexible to help my wife at home when the baby gets here and if she wants to go back to work sooner rather than later Ive got that cover as well. Thanks again everyone.  <response>: Now I really dont want to do long commutes into London or work super crazy hours basically what my Dad did. I bet you dad didnt really want to do that either, and youre going to find that as fathers we sometimes have to do things we really dont want to do for the sake of our families.You dont say what your level of education is, but I agree with another poster and strongly suggest that you go to university for a degree. 