People remember you.
For the sake of others, here is more information on john fallot's intentions:
I have resolved conclusively to NOT go that route. In fact, I think I would be remiss to go that route...will give more time volunteering to help others.
Everybody, notice that he didn't post today to /r/Buddhism, where he originally posted this life-coach discussion.
You can judge for yourself why he decided not to post there.
Please explain your change, mister Fallot.
You should've gotten training in an adjacent field, steadily developing discipline, gaining free time through dropping needless energy-drains, doing anything you could that resembles social-work with your freed time, volunteering, all the while having buddhism be your background inspiration.
Do you have any longterm volunteer-posts? What have you built for yourself in the last year in the area of generosity-practice or 'caga' which you well know is a central part of your Theravada tradition:
devoted to charity, open-handed, delighting in generosity, attending to the needy, delighting in the distribution of alms...
Have you been devoted to charity, attending to the needy, and learning to enjoy giving to the homeless? Like every week? Every day?
Please consider that ignoring this is a serious part of the Theravada lay path, affecting job-decisions for people on that path when they ignore caga.
Let momentum build in the arena of directly helping people.
Be patient.