Where should I go?

I have come to the realization that the real estate market recovery is going to be much slower than I though. Now, I know that is scary, but for me it is life changing.

I loved to help people with real estate.  Find the deal, figure out a problem, negotiate the best solution for all and get paid for doing it.  In most cases I would help folks find one of the basic needs of life -- shelter! In the best cases, I would help families find homes and investors find profit while providing housing for others in need.  

Now I seem to find myself in a situation that many folks find themselves. I am in a job that actually pays more than it should.  They do this so I will not leave for another challenge.  They do this so that when the bureaucracy and mundane repetitive days become unbearable, I look at my pay check and benefits and thing -- well what else could I do?  

That is where I am today.  What else could I do?  I have other priorities right now, namely my children who will need to go to college in the next few years.   I am sure I can stick it out for them.  But what about after that?  I will be almost 50.  Do you have any idea how hard it is for a 50 year old woman to get a job?  

With all this in mind, I try to keep a positive attitude and look for the good things -- like the fact that I do have a job, even if they are cutting my hours this summer!

I would love to find some passion in my life.  There use to be so much of it, but now there is very little.  It's okay, I know it will all work out, I guess I just wish I knew HOW it would work out and what I can do to help.