Today caused me to do a lot of thinking about what is going to make me happy. Al's Top 10 presentation made me really think about how I can better myself to achieve greater goals. My long term goal has always been to get my NP. However, I always felt like I had a lot of pressure from my family and other loved ones to get my NP as soon as possible. I felt like everyone was skipping over my goal, which is to become a nurse. I think further education is important, but I came into college knowing that I wanted to be a nurse. Al made a lot of points about doing things for yourself. I have to put myself first. And I need to put my happiness first. I know that one day I am going to go back and get my NP, but for now, I need to focus on the goals I have already set forth for myself and not worry about the pressure to achieve my later goals right now.
Al's presentation was by far the most interesting part of my day. However, we had a very needed resume workshop where I was able to create a professional resume for medical oriented jobs. We also got to meet our Tier IV mentors. While we had great conversations, they were a little confused on what advice to give me and how to guide me because none of them were on the nursing track (which was to be expected). But nonetheless it was still a good time.
Overall, today was very self reflective for me. And I am now feeling better about the paths I have chosen.
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