Transforming a Way of Life

Reader Contribution by Pamela
Published on January 22, 2015
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Last January, I made the decision to look a little closer at my priorities. It seemed I was working all the time but just getting by financially. Eventually, I ended up with three jobs and still felt like I was barely making it.

After an injury (which I actually healed from much faster than anticipated), I decided that there had to be more to life than working jobs that I’m not happy in.

I quit the two part-time positions but have continued on with my full-time job. I am a registered nurse. There really isn’t anything wrong with being a nurse. It’s a noble profession. We care for people at their most vulnerable moments. I enjoy taking care of, and interacting with, people and, we as nurses all want what’s best for our patients. But after 29 years, and as the circumstances in my own life change, I see things differently than I did when I was a young nurse looking at health care as a career full of promise and security.

Actually, there really is security in nursing. People are always going to be ill and need healing. But, as I get older – I’m 51 and counting – my priorities are changing.

I have aging parents who require my assistance more than they once did. I have grandchildren who are growing up too quickly. I have daughters I would like to have more mother/daughter time with. Last, but definitely not least, I have My Tom, and neither one of us is getting any younger. Time with the people I care about can never be replaced.

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