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Does anyone have good methods of fighting burnout? I took a year off between undergrad and grad school to take prereqs and work. I am now finishing up my last two required courses, one of which is totally kicking my ass and making me hate my life.
I've worked at PT clinic for almost two years in a variety of roles, and most days I really like it. In fact, when I started working there I had no intention of going into PT, but I fell in love with it. I've gotten into a great PT program and am really excited to get started, but sometimes I think it'd be easier just to do something in my undergrad major, start making money, and live life, or go to a 1 year grad program for something else I also really like. But that's not really what I want, I don't think. But I feel like there are so many uncertainties with PT right now, between financing it, health care reform, etc., that I'm starting to second guess myself (did I rush into it by taking all these classes in such a short time frame, should I have tried working in the real world first, etc.) I've always been the kind of person with a broad interest/skill set ("jack of all trades, master of none" is kinda the story of my life), and I have the attention span of a fly and hate the idea of being tied down into one specific thing forever. I know that I'll have lots of options with PT, but even so my interests are so narrow (although I know after school that may change and I may find a passion in something I didn't know would interest me).
I know I will love it, because everything has come full circle for me and it always ends up coming back to PT, but I think I'm freaking out because it's becoming real. I'm terrified of getting $100k+ in debt and not really being satisfied, or going a year and then deciding it's not what I want to do and then being $60k in debt for nothing...because that's kinda how it was with undergrad for me (changed majors countless times, had to go an extra year at community college to get the prereqs done) - except at least in undergrad it was my parents' money, not mine
I even went and saw a career counselor at a school I work at, and did an in-depth assessment....of course it listed a PT as one of my top choices, along with some of the other things I really enjoy doing too. That wasn't much help.
Has anyone else been in this position? How did you overcome it? I feel like I'm getting burned out before I even start.
I've worked at PT clinic for almost two years in a variety of roles, and most days I really like it. In fact, when I started working there I had no intention of going into PT, but I fell in love with it. I've gotten into a great PT program and am really excited to get started, but sometimes I think it'd be easier just to do something in my undergrad major, start making money, and live life, or go to a 1 year grad program for something else I also really like. But that's not really what I want, I don't think. But I feel like there are so many uncertainties with PT right now, between financing it, health care reform, etc., that I'm starting to second guess myself (did I rush into it by taking all these classes in such a short time frame, should I have tried working in the real world first, etc.) I've always been the kind of person with a broad interest/skill set ("jack of all trades, master of none" is kinda the story of my life), and I have the attention span of a fly and hate the idea of being tied down into one specific thing forever. I know that I'll have lots of options with PT, but even so my interests are so narrow (although I know after school that may change and I may find a passion in something I didn't know would interest me).
I know I will love it, because everything has come full circle for me and it always ends up coming back to PT, but I think I'm freaking out because it's becoming real. I'm terrified of getting $100k+ in debt and not really being satisfied, or going a year and then deciding it's not what I want to do and then being $60k in debt for nothing...because that's kinda how it was with undergrad for me (changed majors countless times, had to go an extra year at community college to get the prereqs done) - except at least in undergrad it was my parents' money, not mine
I even went and saw a career counselor at a school I work at, and did an in-depth assessment....of course it listed a PT as one of my top choices, along with some of the other things I really enjoy doing too. That wasn't much help.
Has anyone else been in this position? How did you overcome it? I feel like I'm getting burned out before I even start.