So, we've been thinking a lot lately about ~the future~, and that it doesn't really look like it's going to entail living in Europe beyond probably a year or two -- maybe four at the absolute most
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from your likes/dislikes, it does sound a bit more like you're a little more cut out for midwifery? (and the way that word is said is SO AWESOME.) a bit random, but have you ever seen 'one born every minute'?
you are ridiculously intelligent and i have absolutely no doubt at all that if you really wanted to do something, you would absolutely succeed. <33
No, I haven't seen it. It's a...tv show, right? I should try to track it down!
I watched that 'Worst Place to Be a...' series earlier and they covered midwifery in, um, somewhere in remote Africa, and it was kinda amazing tho.
My best mate's mum is a midwife, so I think I will corner her when I go home next month and see whether she thinks I'd manage it. S'not like I can just do some work experience and test drive the job first!
I just wanna do something with my life that means I can buy nice things for my wifey :) And I'm kinda restless being a desk monkey.
ETA: Wait, I totally meant to add THANKS FOR BELIEVING IN ME, you doll <3
yes, it's a documentary! I'm not really a ~baby person~ but I found it really inspirational and beautiful. Some of the episodes are on youtube!
Oh wow. Yeah, that sounds really interesting. Have you worked in a hospital before? Maybe there's some way you can, like, test drive the atmosphere at least...? I know nothing at all about hospitals, haha.
I think that having a nice life and being able to spoil the people you love is like... idk, the most attainable ideal. I reckon I'd get restless doing desk monkey things too so I definitely understand the urge for something more practical!
OF COURSE I BELIEVE IN YOU. YOU'RE RIDICULOUSLY INTELLIGENT AND AMAZING. <3
I've never spent much time in a hospital, to be honest. Literally like three visits when my mum was sick, and an ER trip with my wristcutting best mate once, that's all. I've never broken a bone or anything! They don't creep me out, but I'm also a bit morbidly curious about such things, I guess. The careers advice software they have in schools? Told me my number one job should be Funeral Director, lol! (Which I was totally okay with... :\)
I should try to volunteer as like a trolley pusher or something in a hospital, to see what ward life is like and whether I could really handle being around needy patients day in day out. That's quite I good idea. Thanks for suggesting! <3
The hours are long but I think it would be an amazing job! I love my midwives in my birth centre. There's a few different areas you cam work in. Some places are midwife-led, others work with OBs, there's birth centers (none independent here yet sadly) or there's private home-birth midwives.
I think witnessing that moment when a parent meets their baby for the first time would be amazing.
You could look into doula training if you didn't feel sure about committing to a course straight away. Being a doula is a good pathway into the scene as is nursing.
I think the long hours wouldn't feel so long coz you're kept busy? I mean, doing a science-y job in a lab wouldn't be that different from a desk job, in the end, so I think that's why I'm inclined towards a more on-your-feet thing...
I didn't even know what a doula was until just now! :) That would definitely be an interesting and less money-hungry way to give the scene a go.
Though I think I'm kinda drawn to the clinical side more because I know I'm not the sort of person who always knows exactly the right thing to say. I'm rubbish at that sometimes! But maybe I could learn :)
(When I mentioned this to the wifey, she immediately asked whether I wasn't a bit too "blunt" to working in a caring profession! ;))
Definitely something I need to research a lot more first.
I think if you love a job long hours can be worth it. And nursing in general is really flexible with hours once you're experienced I think. I don't know heaps about how it all works
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the missus says all midwives are crackers. which, y'know, not necessarily a bad thing :D generally, work would be interesting and you'd get all the exciting 'new life, baww!' moments. maybe studying part time would be an idea? keep from overloading the study side of things? i think you'd be really good at it.
that being said...i think you'd be pretty badass in forensics :D
What about your woman? How many zany objects did she remove from people's butts last Saturday night, huh?! ;p ED nursing [she is a nurse, isn't she?] must be pretty crackers too!
Nobody seems to offer part time for these courses (I guess they're already sought after enough), tho the Open Uni has a 'Human Health' bridging unit through UniSA that I might do while we're still living here. To see whether it holds my attention :) I never did human biol in school...
Haha, forensics - everybody's 90s career choice!! I did consider joining the police force a couple years ago, but I think they'd realise from the psych test that I'm only there for the grisly murders!! ;p
Lord knows if the wifey had let me, I'd have joined the Navy yonks ago. (Oops, am now considering defence force sponsorship for a nursing degree and then becoming an Army medic. YOU COULD ALL CALL ME LIEUTENANT!)
ED is thoroughly enjoyable for me, at least :D i get all the best stories. recently, she's removed an orange, a schooner glass and a 12 inch vibrator with DD batteries that went all the way in. fascinating business, this. i'm really curious about the logistics of the schooner glass, especially since it went in rim first. amazing
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Sadly, my fluency is in Scandinavian languages. So, not generally useful outside of Scandinavia :\
But the idea of learning another language as career development obviously takes my fancy, so it would definitely be cool if I did end up in a nurse-y job.
Yeah, we're probably coming back. I mean, we're back in Aus in October for a one month visit and then back to London, but we're starting to talk more seriously about not staying too much longer. I'm not ready to go just yet, because I'm still having fun seeing so many bands and stuff, but we're just living so hand-to-mouth here that it's all a bit tiring. I thought when I came here I'd get to volunteer at amazing film festivals in my spare time or something, but really in our spare time we're just working more because it's so expensive to survive! Not exactly the life I had planned.
How's uni going for you? You still at it, pretty close to done now?
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you are ridiculously intelligent and i have absolutely no doubt at all that if you really wanted to do something, you would absolutely succeed. <33
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I watched that 'Worst Place to Be a...' series earlier and they covered midwifery in, um, somewhere in remote Africa, and it was kinda amazing tho.
My best mate's mum is a midwife, so I think I will corner her when I go home next month and see whether she thinks I'd manage it. S'not like I can just do some work experience and test drive the job first!
I just wanna do something with my life that means I can buy nice things for my wifey :) And I'm kinda restless being a desk monkey.
ETA: Wait, I totally meant to add THANKS FOR BELIEVING IN ME, you doll <3
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Oh wow. Yeah, that sounds really interesting. Have you worked in a hospital before? Maybe there's some way you can, like, test drive the atmosphere at least...? I know nothing at all about hospitals, haha.
I think that having a nice life and being able to spoil the people you love is like... idk, the most attainable ideal. I reckon I'd get restless doing desk monkey things too so I definitely understand the urge for something more practical!
OF COURSE I BELIEVE IN YOU. YOU'RE RIDICULOUSLY INTELLIGENT AND AMAZING. <3
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I've never spent much time in a hospital, to be honest. Literally like three visits when my mum was sick, and an ER trip with my wristcutting best mate once, that's all. I've never broken a bone or anything! They don't creep me out, but I'm also a bit morbidly curious about such things, I guess. The careers advice software they have in schools? Told me my number one job should be Funeral Director, lol! (Which I was totally okay with... :\)
I should try to volunteer as like a trolley pusher or something in a hospital, to see what ward life is like and whether I could really handle being around needy patients day in day out. That's quite I good idea. Thanks for suggesting! <3
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I think witnessing that moment when a parent meets their baby for the first time would be amazing.
You could look into doula training if you didn't feel sure about committing to a course straight away. Being a doula is a good pathway into the scene as is nursing.
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I didn't even know what a doula was until just now! :) That would definitely be an interesting and less money-hungry way to give the scene a go.
Though I think I'm kinda drawn to the clinical side more because I know I'm not the sort of person who always knows exactly the right thing to say. I'm rubbish at that sometimes! But maybe I could learn :)
(When I mentioned this to the wifey, she immediately asked whether I wasn't a bit too "blunt" to working in a caring profession! ;))
Definitely something I need to research a lot more first.
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that being said...i think you'd be pretty badass in forensics :D
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What about your woman? How many zany objects did she remove from people's butts last Saturday night, huh?! ;p ED nursing [she is a nurse, isn't she?] must be pretty crackers too!
Nobody seems to offer part time for these courses (I guess they're already sought after enough), tho the Open Uni has a 'Human Health' bridging unit through UniSA that I might do while we're still living here. To see whether it holds my attention :) I never did human biol in school...
Haha, forensics - everybody's 90s career choice!! I did consider joining the police force a couple years ago, but I think they'd realise from the psych test that I'm only there for the grisly murders!! ;p
Lord knows if the wifey had let me, I'd have joined the Navy yonks ago. (Oops, am now considering defence force sponsorship for a nursing degree and then becoming an Army medic. YOU COULD ALL CALL ME LIEUTENANT!)
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But the idea of learning another language as career development obviously takes my fancy, so it would definitely be cool if I did end up in a nurse-y job.
Yeah, we're probably coming back. I mean, we're back in Aus in October for a one month visit and then back to London, but we're starting to talk more seriously about not staying too much longer. I'm not ready to go just yet, because I'm still having fun seeing so many bands and stuff, but we're just living so hand-to-mouth here that it's all a bit tiring. I thought when I came here I'd get to volunteer at amazing film festivals in my spare time or something, but really in our spare time we're just working more because it's so expensive to survive! Not exactly the life I had planned.
How's uni going for you? You still at it, pretty close to done now?
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