I have been contemplating this for a long time, and I am trying to find a possible way to do this.
I work as a Administrative Assistant and currently going to school parttime to complete my pre-reqs. As it looks I will apply to Seminole Community College Nursing Evening/weekend nursing program in January 2010.
Honestly, everyday it's a problem going to work, I hate it, it's a total waste of my time, even thought it's paying the bills. I am burnt out and can't possible see me doing this for 3 more years. It's boring, non productive and I'm fed up with fetching coffee, lunch and stroking egos.
I want to go to school fulltime and this way I can complete my pre-reqs by summer 2009 and apply to all programs, day and evening and I can increase my chances of getting in one of them. If I continue this route I can only handle 2 classer per semester due to my work schedule and being a single mother of a very active 16 year old and I only have the option of applying to the weekend/evening program which starts once a year. Most importantly, this is making me very very depressed. The people at my job are okay but I am at my breaking point. I have been feeling this way for the last 2 years. That is why I did some soul searching and decided to purse nursing this past summer, however, it's really beginning to take a toll on my self esteem. It's time to move on:banghead:
If I quit, how will I support myself:
I have a mortgage, carnote, 1 credit card payment and the other misc, insurance, cell phone, water/electric, food.
I was thinking, maybe i could apply for state assistance but I am not sure if it will cover my expenses. I am already receiving financial aid for partime classes so I should receive more with no income and full time classes. I won't be eligible for unemployment if I quit and I don't have any savings.
Does anybody know if Florida state will give you assistance if you own a home?
Does anyone have any suggestions how I can pull this off, I don't mind cutting back and being frugal, heck I do it now. I am not a big spender I just need my mortage, carnote, water/electric and insurance paid I can do without the rest. I will cut off the cable if needed.
Any suggestions will be helpful. I am willing to make the sacrifice for a couple of years. I just can't do this admin thing any longer!
Wow...first of all, congrats on doing some self-assessment and having the courage to begin the process of upheaval to find your happiness. I am switching careers at hardly 30, and know how long, frightening and difficult of a process it can be to change your whole world as you know it and take that chance.
That being said, you have to be smart about this. Respectfully, you have a job that pays the bills and affords you at least some time to go to school. I'm not sure what it is about your job that is damaging your self esteem, but I'm surprised to read that you haven't experienced some lift to now see the job as a means to an end: this job (and paycheck) will support you and your child as you chase your dream. True - it may take an extra year, but perhaps there is a night or weekend class you can take, or possibly an online class, to satiate this feeling of time slipping away. You have a purpose now - something to work toward...
but that dream may slip away too if you mismanage your steps trying to get there. Mentioning that you don't have savings is a red flag to me that perhaps things are sufficiently tight overall; I wouldn't suggest quitting and rolling the dice without another job lined up, at the least. With no savings, if you were to quit and have difficult making ends meet or find another well-paying job, it's easy to get behind on that car note and mortgage...
and this market is NOT forgiving, not one inch. Jobs are hard to find, credit is difficult to obtain, and the housing market hasn't even hit bottom. More so, you have a child still at home who is relying on you! I know it might feel like forever, but you have to make some decisions about what's worth it to you -
stability and realizing this dream...
or instability and possibly having the dream, (and the car, home and other obligations), be jeopardized.
Why do you want to be a nurse? Because your job sucks and you need a change? Wrong answer. If your heart isn't 100% into it, you shouldn't do it. Not only for your own sake, but for those who want to be a nurse more than anything; give them a chance to get into school.
Why do you want to be a nurse? Because your job sucks and you need a change? Wrong answer. If your heart isn't 100% into it, you shouldn't do it. Not only for your own sake, but for those who want to be a nurse more than anything; give them a chance to get into school.
We all have different reasons for wanting to become a nurse and hers are no more or less valid than some one who feels it's there "calling."
To the OP: if you earn an offer of a seat in nursing school, take it and then work your keister off to become the best nurse you can be.
amarilla, RN
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Wow...first of all, congrats on doing some self-assessment and having the courage to begin the process of upheaval to find your happiness. I am switching careers at hardly 30, and know how long, frightening and difficult of a process it can be to change your whole world as you know it and take that chance.
That being said, you have to be smart about this. Respectfully, you have a job that pays the bills and affords you at least some time to go to school. I'm not sure what it is about your job that is damaging your self esteem, but I'm surprised to read that you haven't experienced some lift to now see the job as a means to an end: this job (and paycheck) will support you and your child as you chase your dream. True - it may take an extra year, but perhaps there is a night or weekend class you can take, or possibly an online class, to satiate this feeling of time slipping away. You have a purpose now - something to work toward...
but that dream may slip away too if you mismanage your steps trying to get there. Mentioning that you don't have savings is a red flag to me that perhaps things are sufficiently tight overall; I wouldn't suggest quitting and rolling the dice without another job lined up, at the least. With no savings, if you were to quit and have difficult making ends meet or find another well-paying job, it's easy to get behind on that car note and mortgage...
and this market is NOT forgiving, not one inch. Jobs are hard to find, credit is difficult to obtain, and the housing market hasn't even hit bottom. More so, you have a child still at home who is relying on you! I know it might feel like forever, but you have to make some decisions about what's worth it to you -
stability and realizing this dream...
or instability and possibly having the dream, (and the car, home and other obligations), be jeopardized.
Best,
Southern