big news!!
i'm not finishing pre-med. as of the near future, i'm not going to med-school. or even applying.
i'm going to finish my psyc degree, and then go to nursing school and get my BSN. which is a bachelor's of science in nursing.
a shock, i know. a big shock to me, if you can imagine.
i realized that i am not going in the direction that i want to be going. i have been going in the direction that i've said i would be going. in 3rd grade i said i was going to be a doctor. and so that's what i have been doing. i guess it might have been easier than stopping and thinking about what i actually want to be doing. i did that a little with my psyc major, but i guess graduation, and job, and being a grown up still seemed so far away, that i didn't feel like i needed to think about it a lot.
but now that graduation is on the horizon (end of next year - i made a 2 year plan the other day!!), i actually need to start thinking about what is going to make me happy.
being a doctor would make me happy. but all the stress of being a doctor might not make me so happy. having patient contact would make me happy. worrying about ochem (meds) on a daily basis would not make me so happy.
so for now, this is what i am doing. and i am relieved. and i am excited. and i know that i have a whole nother year (which adds up to a 6 year undegrad), but just knowing what is coming has definitely helped me gain back a positive outlook!
the end.
Good for you - I think a lot of people don't realize what they're getting into when they start medschool. There's a lot of pressure and stress once you become a doctor - legal issues, paperwork, bureaucracy. Sometimes you have to make impossible decisions.
ReplyDeletethe best part is that it is *your* decision.
Nurses do a lot of good in the world. Good luck!