Why I became a nurse and not a doctor? dun...dun...dun My greatest dream on Gods given earth was/is to become an OB/GYN. I want/wanted to be a pioneer woman, save the world by delivering babies and providing open access to womens health. This was my dream years ago and is still my dream to this date, kinda. I live under the idea of hard work, resilience, time management and belief in God, you can do anything. I had this crazy idea, I would be an awesome mom of a big family, a doctor saving the world, graduate of some arabic/islamic studies course, teach Arabic to converts school owner/teacher, and trust me there was more. I believed it and I argued for it, dreams are meant to be crushed to figure out if you really want them. So my psycho dreams were crushed multiple times with, this is impossible. To me, it was possible, doing everything is possible. Being this super woman is/was possible and then I contacted my advisor to inform her that I was now wanting to go to nursing school. Was I giving up on my dreams or accessing my dreams through other means? 1. Every woman wants to be a great mom. It may sound sappy but I want to be that mom who is always there, always for every single child, the cliche kinda soccer/football mom, I will be that crazy lady with stickers, buttons, or wears those giant bow things during home games, etc. All of this takes time, effort and being there. 2. Although I want to save the world from the womens health perspective, I want to do other things as well, I want to become mega proficient in Quranic Arabic, I want to speak at least 5+ languages before I die, I want to teach, I want to invest in a business, I want to do so many other things that are not necessarily in the field of medicine. Although I believe in multitasking, some dreams take you away from others. 3. I need a career that I am committed to but it is not my life, I can get away for a while and become completely immersed when I want; I need this type of career in order to accomplish my dreams of motherhood and other goals outside of medicine. I said that I would never be a nurse, I am a nurse and I am loving it. I chose nursing because I stopped thinking about this one dream and started thinking about what I want from my life, my whole life. I stopped thinking about other peoples ideas of success and created my own. I wanted to be a doctor because I wanted to help people, as a nurse I help people every day. I wanted to open the access to womens health, I can do that as a nurse and even more as a nurse practitioner. I wanted to be a resource for women who do not have the means of accessing resources, I can do that as a nurse/nurse practitioner. I want to deliver babies especially for women who would rather have a female, I can do that as a nurse midwife. And I truly believe, if I somehow get the opportunity, my life leads me to places I have not yet imagined, I would go back to school and attain the title of MD but right now, I like where I am sitting. So were my dreams crushed? I would like to think rerouted. My reasons for sharing: stop thinking about other peoples ideas of success and create your own.
Posted on: Tue, 02 Sep 2014 06:57:05 +0000
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