For some reason I was thinking about Spinal Tap, at the end, when the guy says he would sell hats if he wasn't a musician.
So if you weren't a nurse, what would you have become?
If I was being serious, probably a social worker, because when I went back to school, I was debating between social work and nursing.
If I was being whimsical, I'd be an astronaut. Even though I think I'm too tall, and know I'm too out of shape and don't have the science and engineering brain for it. But it's a fun thought!
I would like to be a social worker. I know it can be just as stressful, however, it seems very interesting and diverse. But, my true passion is dogs. I would love to be a dog trainer. I can't think of anything better than being surrounded by dogs all day, lol.
Psychologist, Psychiatrist, Freelance Writer, Theologist, Philosopher, Lawyer, Social WorkerNun in a convent- I'm not Catholic but if I don't fall in love and get married by the time I retire from my field, I might do it and travel that way
Nomadic wanderer/Pilgrim- Traveling the world and talking to strangers for spiritual insight
Psychic/Tarot Reader- I'd dive deeper into this skill and do that as a way to travel...
#1 Every time I see those guys on the travel channel that get paid to travel the world and document it, I know,, that's what I would rather be doing than anything else. I guess that's whimsical coz it will never happen.
#2 Which I am really, seriously, but not too carefully considering. Save up a bunch of $ by doing double for a year then give it all up and go to some remote beach locale and open up a bar with some food bar offerings. And maybe a small guest house/hostel.
I could invite all my fellow stressed out AN members to visit for a week and decompress.
I would be a flight attendant! Or a travel agent. Or maybe a flight attendant until I was older or wanted to settle down, then use my experience to be a travel agent.
But, since I'm just now finishing my nursing degree, I'll just have to settle with travel nursing!
What I really want is for someone to pay me to stay home in my pjs all day, but I haven't found anyone who is willing yet.
I did that for 2.5 years and made more money than I ever have in any of my other working years. It's called being a freelance copywriter. Jammies, in my home office, four hours a day, if even that. Then, my contract got terminated. Oh, well. All good things come to an end, don't they?
I can't imagine what I would do otherwise because this is my "what would you do if you weren't a..." job. Second career person here.
Maybe a teacher, which was my second choice when I decided to change paths.
For realsies, librarian, mortician or high school English or History teacher. All I considered at one point (and fantasize about now after a really bad day), and still would if I had enough money to do nothing but go to school for several more years.
For fun? I was totally going to be a rock star when I was a teenager, and I'd like to think that if my crippling stage fright hadn't nipped that idea in the bud, I would have been great.
pinknursepower, BSN
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Preschool Teacher. thats what i went to school for