Re: Struggling with transition
Hey Lola,
It's esunada
. I saw your tread. I'm on this website way too much, mostly because I don't have television and partly to get away from my homework
. Obviously, I'm not a nurse yet, but I know how you're feeling. I worry a lot if I made the right decision and whether it will work out, but when I wipe away all those "what ifs", then I know I took the right path. And plus, we can rarely be 100% sure of anything, we can only strive and hope for the best.
You'll definitely get used to the schedule. I have friends who are nurses that still run half marathons/marathons among other things. It'll be hard though to work, do school, and train for marathons, but it's doable if you keep a schedule! I completed the Twin Cities marathon last year, running only 3 times a week (two long runs); I think a lot of people overwork themselves when they train everyday. Plus running will make you feel less exhausted when you come home from work. Honestly though, I haven't been running lately, but my point is that it is doable if it's important to you. To me running is not a priority right now.
Also, you don't have to be a full-time nurse, most aren't. Most work 64hr work weeks and you could do yoga part-time, too! And there are so many different areas of nursing.
As far as seeing your husband, maybe you can have a date night each week where you do something different! THen you have something to look forward to each week. Sometimes quality time can trump quantity.
As far as quitting the whole nursing thing, if you really feel like it's not what you want to do, then don;t be afriad to quit. I know it sounds like the total opposite of what most people tell you, but I have experience. I went to law school straight out of college thinking it was what I wanted but I realized I went in for the wrong reasons and did little research before I started school. A lot of people go into law school feeling the same way, but stick with it just because they invested so much time, effort, and money into it and worry about what other people will think if they dropout. But they come out of law school hating their job with way more debt than if they had quit working lots of hours to make up for it. I quit after a semester knowing that it was not what I wanted to do. It's like the Afghanistan War - keep investing, more deaths, more money, and eventually we'll win the losing battle, right? Hehe, sorry, that was a little too political.
Anyways, from the sounds of what you wrote though, nursing is still for you. You can job shadow to make sure, do informationals, etc. You seem like you would be a great nurse! Butwhatever decision you make, life goes on. We can't regret, because any decision we make will have both positive and negative conseques that we deal with when we get there.
Sorry, I've been meaning to do the coffee thing, but with school, 2 volunteer gigs, and waitressing, and living on a budget, I've been pretty bad about that kind of stuff. It will happen though!
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