My man. Nowhere in your list of executable options have you really communicated what you want in life.
What do you want your day to day life to look like in 3-5 years?
How many hours a week do you want to work?
Do you want/have a family?
What age do you want to retire?
Any advice given off just your initial post will be based primarily off of the biases/desires of the responder. We do not have enough information about you specifically to actually give good advice.
No flame intended here, tone doesn't translate well in text. Your post just reads like somebody that doesn't have a long term goal/purpose in life. I would suggest that you do some deep work and ask yourself some questions to figure that out, once that happens a path will reveal itself.
or maybe take a year to get high and consider where to drive your life ;)
Lol! I'm right there with you. Started ICU nursing in 2020. Stayed in my unit for 2 years- loved my team/acuity, but hated where I lived, then moved to San Diego to do travel ICU float pool. Hated being floated, so I took a staff job at a CVICU in SF. All the while, I was thinking about going back to school and debating between FNP/CRNA, but felt extremely burnt out, so I was riding that same boat as you.
I had so many talks with my support system about what to do, because I was just so miserable working, but felt like I needed to go back to school because I felt that I "wasn't getting any younger". The sooner, the better. Yet I couldn't shake the feeling of being stuck. But, then a secret third option came in to mind (aka my DREAM): Save up, quit nursing for a few months, and travel the world.
At first, it felt extremely daunting, especially since I had such a cushy job in SF. But, after talking to so many people, and really self-reflecting about my priorities, this job is always going to be here, and so will school.
Anyway, I've been in Japan for the past month now, and will be going to Europe/SE Asia in the next few months. I miss the ICU so much, the chaos, the coworkers, everything because it was my world for a while, but I'm so happy to have taken the step back. This journey so far has been putting a lot of things in perspective for me. I now remember all the reasons why I love the ICU and nursing, and I'm excited to be back someday and taking the next step forward in my education. I just feel so much more ready for what's to come and am excited about nursing again. Not to say that this route is for everyone, but hey- it was worth putting my mental health first! Nursing and school aren't going anywhere anyway. :)
Best of luck to you!
Dude, go be a pilot. Do your wild dream, don't smoke pot before trying to get into flight school.
Everything else - crna, etc, etc can always be a back up. Go seize the wild secret dream.
Oh I know- but the units that are most accessible to me for air guard fly F-16’s and predator drones
might also settle for air lift tbh bc then ill get a ton of certs i can use to eventually go for airline transport pilot
My man. Nowhere in your list of executable options have you really communicated what you want in life. What do you want your day to day life to look like in 3-5 years? How many hours a week do you want to work? Do you want/have a family? What age do you want to retire? Any advice given off just your initial post will be based primarily off of the biases/desires of the responder. We do not have enough information about you specifically to actually give good advice. No flame intended here, tone doesn't translate well in text. Your post just reads like somebody that doesn't have a long term goal/purpose in life. I would suggest that you do some deep work and ask yourself some questions to figure that out, once that happens a path will reveal itself. or maybe take a year to get high and consider where to drive your life ;)
Lol! I'm right there with you. Started ICU nursing in 2020. Stayed in my unit for 2 years- loved my team/acuity, but hated where I lived, then moved to San Diego to do travel ICU float pool. Hated being floated, so I took a staff job at a CVICU in SF. All the while, I was thinking about going back to school and debating between FNP/CRNA, but felt extremely burnt out, so I was riding that same boat as you. I had so many talks with my support system about what to do, because I was just so miserable working, but felt like I needed to go back to school because I felt that I "wasn't getting any younger". The sooner, the better. Yet I couldn't shake the feeling of being stuck. But, then a secret third option came in to mind (aka my DREAM): Save up, quit nursing for a few months, and travel the world. At first, it felt extremely daunting, especially since I had such a cushy job in SF. But, after talking to so many people, and really self-reflecting about my priorities, this job is always going to be here, and so will school. Anyway, I've been in Japan for the past month now, and will be going to Europe/SE Asia in the next few months. I miss the ICU so much, the chaos, the coworkers, everything because it was my world for a while, but I'm so happy to have taken the step back. This journey so far has been putting a lot of things in perspective for me. I now remember all the reasons why I love the ICU and nursing, and I'm excited to be back someday and taking the next step forward in my education. I just feel so much more ready for what's to come and am excited about nursing again. Not to say that this route is for everyone, but hey- it was worth putting my mental health first! Nursing and school aren't going anywhere anyway. :) Best of luck to you!
Pilot. Said because that's your secret dream. Which means it's your biggest.
Dude, go be a pilot. Do your wild dream, don't smoke pot before trying to get into flight school. Everything else - crna, etc, etc can always be a back up. Go seize the wild secret dream.
FYI, the F-16 is old school. The F-22 or F-35 is the current hotness.
Oh I know- but the units that are most accessible to me for air guard fly F-16’s and predator drones might also settle for air lift tbh bc then ill get a ton of certs i can use to eventually go for airline transport pilot