For the longest time I felt that I knew what I wanted when it came to my reasons for entering the nursing profession. I wanted to graduate school, take the NCLEX, put my time in at the ICU and throw myself into anesthesiology (where I could be an independent practitioner, as well as financially successful). Lately, I've been contemplating my core ideology and scrutinizing it with a keen inner eye. Needless to say, the jury is still out. Nonetheless, I find this introspection is still successful even if it hasn't produced any fruit as of late.
My quandary has always been this: what is the more practical option for me? Can I, somehow, find that middle ground between professional and personal success within my chosen career? First, permit me to provide some definitions. "Professional success" is success in which I am at the top of my game, dedicated and earning my maximum income while providing superior care. "Personal success" is success where I can still have the life I've dreamed of (traveling, family, photography, remaining a consummate foodie) and not letting my life ultimately succumb to the thing I dread the most --- my career becoming my job.
I have been trying to find a way to balance my desire to work as a nurse and, also, to travel. Whilst I haven't given up on the idea that I can still pursue anesthesiology, I have decided to take the time to investigate some volunteering opportunities over breaks in the countries I'm most desirous to visit (Philippines, practically most of Latin America). Perhaps the reason why I'm not having any break through is because I'm trying to coast and am not pushing myself or testing my abilities.
I expect 2012 to be a new year for me....
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