u/Enough-Farmer-5280

Soooooo much has happened in a year, it feels like a fever dream. I graduated May 2025 and had a job lined up right after graduation. To make a long story short, I hated it and it made me question my career choice. Horrid management, being forced to go to day shift, cliqueish staff, low pay, the dread of clocking in, having to give myself motivational speeches to go into work. My mental health deteriorated so badly, that even my mom was encouraging me to quit because she noticed how different I was. She said my light was gone and I didn’t even look like myself😅 Needless to say, I quit that residency after a month and took a hiatus until November. In the meantime, I just continued working my cushy part time job that I had during school.

In December, I officially started back working as a nurse. Unfortunately ended up hating this job also. It was completely unsafe, horrid management still, and ofc still underpaid. Like yall, I was pregnant and miscarried at work and STILL had to stay on the floor. They didn’t care at all. BUT I loved my coworkers here and the pretty much unlimited overtime. So I stuck it out until my good friend quit. She was a motivating factor in why I stayed longer than I should have, so after she left I just couldn’t do it anymore.

Now, I’m at my 3rd nursing job since graduating and I’ve finally hit the jackpot. It is super chill, I’m not scared or looking over my shoulder wondering if a patient is going to assault me or my coworkers and I’m being paid fairly finally. I went from $32/hr to $46/hr!! Leadership is still lacking but gosh I’m in such a better space than I was in before. Like when I clock out i actually still have energy, I don’t leave work with migraines, or questioning my life decisions. I actually like being a nurse now.

I guess I said all this to say…. It truly does get greater later… and also, QUIT THAT DAMN JOB🤣

To start, I’m an RN that works night shift and I work 6 days a week. I am so sleep deprived from all of the calls from the loan officers, my agent, etc. I have not had more than 4 hours of sleep in 4-5 days due to the constant interruptions. I finally made it to the closing table, but of course I had to go to work so I wasn’t able to even go visit my new home until the next morning… and mind you, I honestly have not been there since I walked through it a second time with my inspector🫣 (big mistake on my part, but Ya live and ya learn). So I get off of work in the AM and go to my home, so excited. Everything seemed OKAY, but I was a little thrown off by the random bugs I was seeing, as when I was there it was dang near spotless. But i finally learned where the random critters came from… I walked by the back door and unfortunately, someone tried to break in & did so much damage to the door and frame of it, so the critters were coming in from the gaps in the broken door. I’m so glad the door was able to hold on and they weren’t able to get in even with the damage they caused! I’m sure they were after the new appliances in the home that the seller put in. But Lucky for me, ADT was at my door within 15 minutes of my discovery and installed all the equipment that they could. Sadly though, My cameras aren’t up due to them needing wifi and guess what, my wifi equipment showed as delivered but of course was not on my porch LOL. So I had to call my servicer to ship another out. But guys, I’m so proud of myself, I got my door replaced and frame repaired the same day miraculously, wifi equipment is expected to come today so the ADT guys can come back and complete their job, l got almost all of my utilities set up, and i just purchased my bedroom set. All of this, without shedding a tear. I’m so proud of myself for keeping my cool. Because today was truly A DAY, Like I really went through alll of that on maybe 3 hours of sleep. BUT LIKE MAYA ANGELOU STILL I RISE!!!