The result of thinking too much
First of all I better say that I have not read my friends page in too long and I can't face the thought of going back all that way to catch up. If I've missed anything important I'm sure you'll let me know.
I've been doing a lot of thinking lately.
It all links in with the change in career that I have embraced fully now, I've applied for a job in psychiatry for February and intend on applying for a run through training post for August 2007. I have been really exhilarated by the time I've been spending working in psychiatry and I look forward to starting work properly. On that matter I'd appreciate prayers for a job for February for me.
The really big matter however that I think I've tentatively come to a decision about is whether to continue working part time or not. Over the recent past this has been a life saver and a job saver for me, allowing me to get my life back together after a prolonged serious relapse. However now things are better I am finding that I need to be busy and I have too much time on my hands and I am getting really bored. I think I could manage 5 days in a row with the occasional weekend thrown in IF the workload is right. I know that psychiatry is generally much lighter than obs and gynae and with that in mind I think I could do it. There's much less of a frenetic pace in psychiatry compared with a labour ward or A&E, you don't get people collapsing in front of you like happened to me on Monday and I wouldn't have to do any surgery which was never my forte. A bit of ECT now and then would be all, or possibly the odd naltrexone implant. The more I think about it and pray about it the more positive I feel about it. And this is from me who never feels positive about anything. If I did go back to full time it would have the added advantage that I'd be able to afford to live again, payday would be a slightly better prospect knowing that there would be enough money to pay the rent and buy food.
So I think I've virtually decided to go back to full time.
I hope this isn't a silly idea and I'll talk to the deanery about it before I do anything. And yes, continue to pray because I know I'm not fully well yet, not by a long way.
Let's leave it there shall we?
I've been doing a lot of thinking lately.
It all links in with the change in career that I have embraced fully now, I've applied for a job in psychiatry for February and intend on applying for a run through training post for August 2007. I have been really exhilarated by the time I've been spending working in psychiatry and I look forward to starting work properly. On that matter I'd appreciate prayers for a job for February for me.
The really big matter however that I think I've tentatively come to a decision about is whether to continue working part time or not. Over the recent past this has been a life saver and a job saver for me, allowing me to get my life back together after a prolonged serious relapse. However now things are better I am finding that I need to be busy and I have too much time on my hands and I am getting really bored. I think I could manage 5 days in a row with the occasional weekend thrown in IF the workload is right. I know that psychiatry is generally much lighter than obs and gynae and with that in mind I think I could do it. There's much less of a frenetic pace in psychiatry compared with a labour ward or A&E, you don't get people collapsing in front of you like happened to me on Monday and I wouldn't have to do any surgery which was never my forte. A bit of ECT now and then would be all, or possibly the odd naltrexone implant. The more I think about it and pray about it the more positive I feel about it. And this is from me who never feels positive about anything. If I did go back to full time it would have the added advantage that I'd be able to afford to live again, payday would be a slightly better prospect knowing that there would be enough money to pay the rent and buy food.
So I think I've virtually decided to go back to full time.
I hope this isn't a silly idea and I'll talk to the deanery about it before I do anything. And yes, continue to pray because I know I'm not fully well yet, not by a long way.
Let's leave it there shall we?