Sorry I’ve been so serious as of late. My world got rocked — which isn’t exactly a bad thing. Lord knows, we all need to be shoved out of our comfort zones. But I’ll get back to my old snarky self soon. Promise.
In the meantime, thanks for humoring me. I’m deciding who I am going to be when I grow up.
you will get back into your zone. It will all come together in God’s time!!! not our time.
“I’m deciding who I am going to be when I grow up.”
When you figure it out, let me know how you figured it out. What with you being older than me and all, I will look to your superior expertise in this mission so that when (if?) I ever decide to grow up, I can decide what I want to be. /sarcasm
Isn’t there a statistic about our generation having 2 or 3 true careers in a lifetime? I have heard that the early 40’s are a time of change-whether voluntary or not, I can’t remember. I have been a nurse for fifteen years now. A good, solid career choice for the most part-especially when all the doom and gloom comes up about over half of our current nurses retiring in the next ten years because they are baby boomers. Well, my reality check is that not everyone can afford to retire, and many of those nurses will be working in the hospital when they meet their Maker.
Do I REALLY want to be a nurse for 30 more years? The thought gives me heartburn. I love patient care-don’t get me wrong. My current job is really, really better than 12 hours on the floor pushing pills and flipping patients. I can make a difference; but AM I? When I became a nurse, I felt like I was really being pushed by something greater than myself. Since my mother’s passing, my passion for nursing has faded. Was I meant to be a nurse to ultimately care for her? (I really wish birth certificates came with an answer key for life’s little questions…) If my purpose was to care for her, then what am I supposed to do now? I have been told I am a great teacher, but seriously, to me, teaching is as much as a calling as is nursing; and teaching does not appeal to me, unless I am teaching a patient or their family member self-care.
Passion is the key. Find what you are passionate about, and find a way to use that passion to make a living. The saying about really loving what you do means you will never ‘work’ a day in your life comes to mind. When you find what you are meant to do, you know it as sure as the Sun rises in the North.
IMHO Marshall, you have done so well up to this point, why grow up now?!! lol