It is 4.30am on a Saturday morning. I am at work. Wicked.
Pro's of being a doctor:
Pro's of being a doctor:
- Fulfilling when you make someone feel better
- Great job security
- Good salary
- Excellent job to travel with
- Mentally stimulating (some of the time at least)
And some of the con's:
- Constant background stress level
- Crap hours
- Being stuck in an inefficient stretched-to-the-limit machine (a.k.a. "NHS")
- Gradually becoming more cynical by the week
- Trying to balance work and (diminishing) life
A good friend reminded me last week that the grass is always greener on the other side. The latest solution is to break life down into a series of short-term goals, and not get too bogged down thinking about the future. It is working to some extent.
But none of this makes up for working a week of nights. F*ck that.
1 comment:
Just to put a further downer on you - I did the travelling bit thinking it would be great experience. on return the buggers decided that my experience wasn't relevant and as I now had non standard nursing qualifications, i.e. they'd never heard of them, I could only get junior grade posts again. Nothing so insular as the nursing community. Hope doctors are a bit more outward looking :-)
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