Yesterday, while I was on the train, I decided to do some writing. I found myself trying to explain, on paper, why I was changing careers. Why I was giving up a successful IT career, so that I could start over as a Respiratory Therapist. I've been trying to explain that one to people, and to myself, for quite a while. I think I may even have done a post, or two, on this blog about why I'm changing careers. I figured out something yesterday. I don't really know why I'm changing careers.
Every time I try to explain why I'm changing careers, I can't really explain it properly. Everything I say, or write, seems like a rationalization, justification or defence for what I am doing. The plain simple truth is that, I don't truly know why I'm doing this. For some reason I thought that I actually had to have a good reason. I don't have a good reason and I don't need one.
I'm doing this because I want to and because I can. I don't need to know why and neither does anyone else.
Tuesday, May 27, 2008
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I know how you feel. RT is something I just want to do also. I can't really make a long list of reasons, the excited feeling I get when I think about being an RT is really all the verification I need.
ReplyDeleteAnd when my nurse friends hear what I want to do they say, "Eew! Green snot!" I say "bring it on."
I don't know if I've even been accepted yet, but I'm ready to do this.
Ready, willing and able, no doubt. Good luck on getting accepted.
ReplyDeleteAnd that's what you say: because I want to and I can.
ReplyDeleteI know what you mean. I get caught up in that kind of thing sometimes too. But I usually resent people for even asking. What the hell is up with peopel sometimes?
What I resent is people trying to talk me out of it.
ReplyDeleteThere are some advantages to changing careers and becoming an RT. Perhaps I'll make a list for you some day. It's something I did, and I don't regret it one bit.
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