Originally posted by: nureat01
Awww *hugs* I totally understand yaar.....honestly I toh am confused to this day about what the hell I'm doing in life....just drifting along and picking whatever seems to be a ''practical" choice even if my heart's not in it *sigh* Life feels like such a farce sometimes....like we're just going through the motions.*sigh* So true! I mean.. Being a doctor is great - I understand the science and the complexity intrigues me.. But do I really want a huge malpractice insurance, 36 hour work days, on-call weekends, hospital politics, lack of simple morals and more money that I know I'll need? Sure it's a prestigious thing, but do I really want it? So I really want to sit there treating people who are dying or are terribly sick? And know that they either were stupid enough to inflict this on themselves or that they are too helpless to get out of it even if they want to? Medicine is a noble profession, sure. But it's just heart breaking and it's the very last straw - I mean, if you're at a point where you need to sit in a hospital then obviously you've missed all the earlier signs..I guess what I really enjoy is teaching - I've been teaching for the past 6 years. To all age groups and I absolutely totally enjoy it. To be able to help and guide someone in living a better life instead of helping them avoid a painful death just seems like a more bright career choice.. But now I've already send the applications for this year and the grad school apps are almost closed anyways.. So I am just not sure if it's too late to rethink. I mean I know what I want to do right now - get a PhD in Organic Chemistry and then teach at a university somewhere.. But I don't know if its "practical" now to change my career path. I've been working for this think for the past 8 years but I've never really wanted it and the stark knowledge of this truth just makes me so confused about what I should do.. *sigh*
ok I didn't mean to depress you more....lol....sorry yaar....I wish I had a clear encouraging answer....but I guess it all works out....you just try to make the best decision according to whatever you can based on current conditions I guess.Nahi yaar! You didn't depress me at all.. I am just confused.. Ulta I should apologize to you for dumping this all on you.. It's just that I'm turning in my secondary apps today and I still don't know if I want this.. I mean I know I don't want this right now, but I don't know if this is just me being all jittery before I start the free fall into med school or this is really me telling myself that I do not want this career.. 😳