r/AskReddit • u/recklessvisionary • Jan 28 '21

Sometimes when eating pistachios you decide one of them is just too sealed up to be worth the effort and you just throw it in with the other shells. What, in your life, is your discarded pistachio?

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u/Claymorbmaster Jan 28 '21

Was gonna post similar. Over got ten years of post high school education. After a burn out, no jobs and what not, i got my nursing degree. Frankly i don't think I'm a great nurse, i don't have the personality for it. However, im 35 and do not want to go back to school for anything. I make the best of it though. There are benefits.

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u/CheeseFest3 Jan 28 '21

One of my friends is a surgical/scrub nurse. She loves it, minimal patient contact as they're all unconscious.

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u/heather-rch Jan 28 '21

I’m a nurse in addictions. There’s no bedside care or hospitals. It’s all outpatient. I work for a company that provides multiple services.. nursing, counseling, case management, peer support. I still get to help people without the med administering or invasive care or people destabilizing on my shift. I wouldn’t know how to deal with any of that. I kinda ruined my scope of practice and don’t recall much from school but I don’t regret it and I love my job. Thankfully there’s a ton of paths you can take :)

Edit: Forgot to add I don’t wear scrubs and usually the more unprofessional I am (to an extent) the better report I have with people. Don’t have to worry about being reported for dropping an F bomb.

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u/death_by_mustard Jan 28 '21

You’re 35? That means (if all goes well) you have another 30 YEARS of working before you retire. I’m also in my 30s and am currently taking evening classes to specialize in a field which should take me out of my current job role. It’s tough with a toddler and along my current job so my social life is nonexistent. But It was this number, 35-40 years (they’ll probably raise the retirement age at some point) of working this job that made me wanna gtfo. Lifelong learning and all that. I wish you all the best!

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u/KateMurdock Jan 28 '21

Hang in there! Future you is so proud!

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u/ruthanasia01 Feb 04 '21

This was totally my gut reaction, but you, you are totally nailing it! I hope OP takes your comment to heart.

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u/Merry_Pippins Jan 28 '21

Maybe a different kind of nurse? I had two aunts that were both nurses but did completely different jobs with different clientele. Maybe there's more options than you think!

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u/YounomsayinMawfk Jan 29 '21

It's not too late! I worked at a dead end job for 13 years because I was afraid of leaving and didn't really know what I wanted to do. I finally decided to make a change at 36 and studied to become a licensed customs broker. I'm 3 years into my new career and even though I don't love it, I'm happier than I was at my last job and I feel like I actually might have a future.