Should I drop out

[xtsukiyox]

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So here is my advice. Think about something you could do 40 hours a week for money, every week for the next 30 years. Ok, did you not just throw up in your mouth? Ok, write that one down on the list of possibilities. Balancing a career with money concerns, interests, life...it is hard. But a lot of people manage.

Have you considered a 2nd career touring high schools & junior colleges?

 

[lorain]

Don't listen to the 'find your passion' line as it was presented. It is important to have passion in your life---this could be a hobby, your church, some other organization, mountain climbing...or maybe your work. But come on? Do you think everyone driving a UPS truck or checking out your groceries is passionate about their jobs? When did people get such a skewed idea of what it means to find joy and satisfaction. I mean, seriously, if you are passionate about your job you would do it for free. (don't get me wrong---hooray for the folks that have managed to to make passion profitable) I would never do my job for free, but I like to backpack for free. I like to even PAY to travel. But I would never do my job for free. I like my career, I want to stay up to date and do a good job. So I wonder if you need to reevaluate what is reasonable to achieve in your life. And also the things you love might actually lose some of the glow when you are tacking your bills to something you once loved as a 40 a week job. So here is my advice. Think about something you could do 40 hours a week for money, every week for the next 30 years. Ok, did you not just throw up in your mouth? Ok, write that one down on the list of possibilities. Balancing a career with money concerns, interests, life...it is hard. But a lot of people manage. What did people you go to high school end up doing?

thats exactly why people need to explore all avenues to see what they like, or dis-like the LEAST....you are gonna be spending so much of your day, it should be acceptable to some extent.....the difference between a grocery cashier and us is the education and skills learned in school and rotations: you should be able to use that in some capacity that is acceptable to you

and there are people who "love" their job, see pilots....sure they start of making peanuts, sure they have to wake up at 4 am or be gone for 15 days, but at the end of the day, they all love their job (or else most of them wouldnt be working with those conditions)

there are pharmacists who enjoy their job, you just have to find it (and now its harder due saturation, but still doable)

 

[Don Quichotte]

Working at mills, other blue collar jobs. I guess what i've realized is that im not happy in pharmacy school and not passionate about working in retail and have a hard time coping with the current market and future of pharmacy. More importantly i can't see myself doing this long term, i've seen burned out pharmacists and ive realized thats not who i want to be. I'd rather take a pay cut and get to interact with patients more closely. I'm thinking about going into the millitary and getting experince in healthcare and then applying to PA or NP school. its hard walking away when i have a good internship and am starting my second year, but given the future of pharmacy and oppurtunity cost and my lack of passion for it, i think its the right choice.

Well it sounds like a plan---and walking out after one year in is way better than getting out after 4 years and being trapped by the debt.

 

[Don Quichotte]

Have you considered a 2nd career touring high schools & junior colleges?

Well Pre-Pharm, I make more as a pharmacist.