Hi,
What I'm about to write may seem abrasive to some, but I will speak how I see the world. I grew up on a dairy farm. I spent 18 years working from 6:00 AM until 10:00 PM all year long....with going to school, etc, etc. Then I graduated high school and my parents retired from farming. So I was out of a way to make an income. I was hoping to still work on the farm until I figured out what I wanted to do with my life and what I was good at. Therefore, I got a job at a feed mill, worked in a factory (2x), worked at a car repair shop, got laid off twice, got a job picking rocks to eat, got a couple of summer jobs stacking hay in the barn, and so much more. I know what hard work is like. I know what not having a single dollar in the checking account feels like.
So one day I got a job at a hospital. I just randomly applied for job with not expecting a phone call....I had nothing in my resume that related to working with people or in the health care setting. I was literally shocked that I got called in for an interview. So I went in for the interview and was hired a couple of weeks later. When I left that job to move for school, I asked my boss why she hired me. She said, "well, I could tell you were a hard worker. I've hired enough "city" dwellers over the past several years who leave the job because it is hard work. I had a feeling that you wouldn't mind working hard." She was right! I was the only person out of the whole department that loved the job! Everyone else just bitched left and right about how bad their life is and how they hate their job. It turns out that I LOVED working in a hospital setting.
So I spent over three years working that hospital position and tried to figure out if I wanted to do bench research or become a doctor. When I went to college, I did basic research and did stuff at a hospital. I wanted to be in the hospital when I was in the lab!!!!!!!!!!!!! When I did the volunteer stuff and shadowing stuff in the hospitals, almost everyone was bitching about this and that and here I was, a little meaningless nobody that loved the envrionment (remember, I already knew about the paper work, how mean patients can be and ignore adivce, doctors complaining about this and that). Guess what? The bitching and complaining occured in all three hospitals/clinics I"ve been at. I've only met a couple of doctors that actually love what they do.
Having to work hard, work long hours, etc, is new to A LOT of people when they are done with schooling. Most people have never worked a full eight hour shift until after college. I've been doing that for a good 23 years now (before, during and after college). NOT working all day bothers the crap out of me. I once asked my supervisor when I was purging patient charts if I could come in at 6:00 AM on a Saturday morning to get the B's done. She gave me a really weird look and asked me why I would want to get up early on a Saturday morning for and why I would even think about coming in on the weekend for when this is only a volunteer thing. I simply said, "this won't get done if nobody does it." She wouldn't let me get the work done. By the time I got to the C's, she told me to leave the volunteership so others had a chance to do this in the future. This was two years ago already and I know they are not even done with the D's yet....lol, lol, lol.
About medicine, it wouldn't be so bad if the medical school debt wasn't so huge.
Everyone tells me that I'm the hardest working person and the nicest and happiest person they have ever met. How many people do you know that would work a third-shift night auditor position to pay for school? Most people would work at a coffee shop part-time during the day and ask mom and dad to help pay the rent/school.
My neighbors hate their life! Most of my relatives hate their life. Most people that I met in college hate their life (small liberal arts college). Most people that I went to college with bitched about how bad the party scene was. Me, I just went to the library, went to work, watched sports and enjoyed myself and just ignored their bitching.
I always see people complaining about how boring Iowa is. Its like, WTF people, can't you just enjoy what nature gives us and be happy for once?
sure you won't make a lot of money, but so what. I'm working at building at Internet based business and my goal is to simply pay myself a salary of $25,000 a year and keep the rest in another account to keep the money in the company.
I'm in Atlanta too. We should discuss the possibility of my body waxing foundation as a lucrative addition to the hair institute!
