I know this isn't a new post but hoped my reply might still help

I felt like I was going nowhere with my life... I'm only 25 but all my classmates have long since been to uni and got their degrees and (not) got jobs. I did my two years at collage at 16/17 and got my National Diploma in Animal Care (wasnt ready mentally to do A levels). And was in Part Time work throughout and and Full Time work ever since!
Wasn't exactly going anywhere in the world working in retail, thats for sure, and now I am far better off mentally... I wanted to do something more but the thought of going to Uni terrified me and I couldnt justify it seeing as I still need to work to live?! I knew I wanted to work in the Psychology field, after all... what other area of work will always be in quite so much demand!?
I had wanted to do Psychology at A level but I didnt want to do anything else and I would have had to chose 3 other subjects as well, was so sick of school!
So I settled on Open University!!

I had a chat with them and careers advisers and realised that I want to work as a counsellor, tbh I would love to go back to my old school and work as a counsellor because when I was there, the counsellor was an absolute disgrace and bad me, didnt report it when a friend locked her in the office (she had been warned that she'd left the key in the outside of her door!) after she phoned her parents about something knowing full well my friends parents would beat her senseless for that call. Deserved in in my opinion lol. She was let out at the end of the day a couple of hours later :p
I was told that whilst you dont actually need a degree to become a counsellor (just lots of other qualifications), a degree would give a far better understanding and make me far more employable in the future. So I have embarked on the B07 (now obsolete as they have changed the name and rules slightly) BSc Hons Psychology. Have so far completed 'Y183 - Starting with psychology' Openings Course, nearly completed DD131 - Social Sciences module and have since started DSE141 - Introducing Psychology module.
Overlapping modules was epic bad idea but was only for couple of months but I am also working full time and at this time of year in retail is absolutely exhausting!
I would say I am loving it... I generally do love it except when I have to actually do the work

and definately not with looming deadlines.
Its all actually pretty.... organised! Each module is like its own course, one of my modules as 3 tutor marked essays and 1 essay that is externally marked and a LOT of reading. The other course has 2 tutor marked essays, 1 online quiz and 1 externally marked essay. All very... linear.... essay every month and reading and online tasks inbetween.
I was most scared about dealing with tutor over the phone!! I spoke to my tutor 4 times on the openings course and on my other two courses, i got an initial email and since then, have been in brief email contact with both whenever i had a query! Nothing scarey at all!
Overall, I am proud to be doing the course!! Much easier to do around work! I ought to be doing an hour or two every day but am seriously slacking atm and am working 4-5 hours twice a week on my days off and doing reading on and off during the week when i have time in the evening.
I am also getting financial help through the OU because I earn so little so... may as well keep my job to pay my way and do the work for OU until I can retrain in a new career!