Thanks again to all of you for replying. I lost my job in the corporate world where I was making decent pay, 47-50K a year. I extremely dislike the corporate world (I have for awhile now) and want to do something that makes a difference in people's lives. I figure, I can work overtime to help make up for some of the loss of pay upon becoming a CNA. I live in the East Bay of San Francisco, California and while I don't want to become so idyllic and not be able to provide for my wife and soon to come daughter (yeah!), I wonder how plausible this is. Any advice? By idyllic, I mean, can a man work hard at being a CNA-helping others, and still provide for his family in the East Bay of San Francisco? If I like this line of work, I will want to move into becoming an LVN/RN. Any and all advice sincerely welcomed. God bless you all.