Dear Waves,
Are you mostly ok mood-wise and such?
I hope so.
I wish I had the energy and the means to persue something I love beyond my work. I've seen this a advice for people who don't like their work or don't get much gratification for it -- keep the job, but invest time on weekends and holidays on contributing to what you love. On my weekends I am sleeping and catching up. . . so not ideal for me anyway.
Well, you remember what Ann Launders (Dear Abby?) used to say about going to school later/late-ish in life: you are going to be 50 anyway. Or something like that.
I think I saw that some in the US are predicting a shortage of MDs in the future. There is talk of opening up admissions in medical schools so that we will have the people we need to care for us.
http://www.asahp.org/news.htm
Quote:
Critical Prognosis For The Health Care Workforce
An article by Daniel Rahn and Steven Wartman in the November 2 printed edition of The Chronicle of Higher Education indicates that the United States faces a looming shortage of many types of health-care professionals, including nurses, physicians, dentists, pharmacists, allied-health workers, and public-health workers.
The results will be felt acutely within the next 10 years. Colleges and health-science programs will all be affected by the demographic, technological, and bureaucratic trends driving the pending crisis, but they can also be part of the solution. The growth of the American population and the aging of the baby-boomer generation will continue to increase the demand for health-care services and providers.
The federal Bureau of Labor Statistics also projects that over the next decade, the U.S. will need 3.5 million more workers to meet the increasing demand, in addition to replacements for the two million health-care workers who will leave their positions.
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also
http://www.healthleadersmedia.com/pr...315&parent=103
Anyway, I feel your distress in your struggle about who are and how you earn your living.
You are right about my students / school. Christmas is a approaching -- my second favorite time of the year after summer.
My accupunturist has been the most helpful in reducing anxiety. But it takes more than one visit usually to get benefits.
Be well.
M