Quick Note

So in between my attempt to catch up on homework, and do laundry before I have to work all weekend,  I decided to make a note of something.  Mostly for me, but also for any people who know me that happen to follow my ramblings.

So... as I mentioned before I submitted my resignation to the scribe job.  My last day will be the end of September, but I wish it was tomorrow...  ( but that's another story). Most people who I talked to about this job knew how excited I was for the opportunity and how long I tried to get into the program.   So there has to be some WTH... leaving already  are you?

I mentioned I thought about this for a while.  And the question I want to address that I thought myself and that I am sure others would think.

Are you quitting just because you don't want to work?  You just quit a career, and got a taste of not being tied down to a regular job.  Is it just that? Do you just want to be a professional student?  Why did you leave your previous job if you were going to just quit this opportunity? ( maybe not those exact question, but you get the drift)

I would have to say "no".  LOL.  so that answer in itself is so bloated and holds so many extra words/thoughts... I will try and express it coherently.

1. For the most part I don't think any job is really going to make me happy until I am a practicing physician. (even then I don't expect some unimaginable euphoria.  Its going to have its on bumps and bruises, but its a major goal and career, I see myself making the most of)  but back to my point.

I don't think any job I get in the interim is going to be a job I love... or probably even a job I like.   But it needs to be a job that I can get something out of.   
- flexible schedule
- ability to make enough $$ to pay a majority of my bills
- experience improves my ability of applying to med school
- etc.

--- so with the scribe job, for the most part it was about the experience/exposure/connection.   And I think I have squeezed as much as I can out of it, while sacrificing the first 2 on the list above.
--- now with school starting and my lil one getting more busy and costing more money, I have to move toward facilitating the first two.

I am still looking for the right mix of what that is.  I am considering the fact that maybe a traditional steady job may not be the only option.   I may look into a combination of personal assisting, cleaning, baby sitting.   These give me quite a bit of flexibility, and I can manage the income by how much I take on.    When I need more $$ (mostly always) I can try to work more jobs, but when major exams come up, or I am falling behind I can take on less.
--   I am aware this option is pretty hard.
       If I go independent I have more flexibility and I keep more money from the job
       but I don't really have connections and it will take me time to get enough jobs to really pull in $

       If I go through a service, I wont have to worry about getting my name out there, and getting jobs on my own.  However I will have to give a portion of my earnings away,  And I may loose some of my flexibility.

--  I am also still looking at standard jobs.  But I know there will be a major commitment here and a challenge with flexibility.   But if the pay is high enough, maybe its worth the sacrifice.


ok.. so I got side tracked, and lost my train of thought...  :(   bottom line, I am not naïve enough to think I will find some perfect situation that will float me for the next 2 years before I walk into my first med school class ( yes I am owning it, I will be starting medical school in May 2015). 

But even though I know I have to find something,  that does not mean I have to accept just anything.

Now.... 
there is still the part about the experience/application meat  aspect of the scribe job.  
- No I don't assume I learned everything there was, in my 7 - 8 months there.  
But I did have enough of an experience to be able to say my time there was meaningful.  AND it allows me to continue to volunteer at the clinic and possibly any other health related or research related opportunities that come up.  So I will still be adding experience and reflections to my applications.   To be honest. I felt like I done more in my 2 shifts at the clinic than my months at the hospital.

Ok... I have to get back to studying... 

In conclusion...  I am glad I took the Scribe job, I am excited about what is to come up from other areas, and I have to continue to work on finding another source of income, because I have not found the trees that grow the green stuff.