I am glad you posted about this. I have been thinking a lot about my future in daycare lately too,and what my plans are. Truth is, when I opened my daycare I saw everything through rose colored glasses and thought I would do this for a very long time (10-15 years?) . It's been about 2 years now and I'm done. My daughter still has 11/2 years to go before she starts school so I am really debating if I should stick it out until then or just put her in preschool/ daycare and find a job. But I have nothing to go back to...I have no post secondary education and never had a job I liked. In fact I quit a few jobs within a few weeks/ months. I am pretty picky I guess. I also REALLY like working for myself, actually I know I am meant to be self employed but I feel like I need to find a passion like you said. So I know how you feel!