Objective Introspection?
Just looked in the mirror, laughing as I thought, "I'm a mature student".
Firstly, this must mean I've come back to university. Secondly, it means I'm not a kid anymore. Therefore, it must also mean I've come back university as an adult.
So there I stood in front of the bathroom mirror, mouth full of toothpaste, clutching my sides in mirth.
I think it was partly hysterical.
Do you ever get those moments when, for some reason, you seem to step out of your own life and view it as an observer? I think I've been having a few of those today. On the way to placement this afternoon, as the bus swung right at the traffic lights and an enormous and very grey looking hospital loomed into view, it suddenly struck me that this is the working environment I've chosen, even striven, to work in for possibly for the rest of my career. It was one of those "what am I doing?" moments.
But I think they're healthy. It's a chance to take stock.
Firstly, this must mean I've come back to university. Secondly, it means I'm not a kid anymore. Therefore, it must also mean I've come back university as an adult.
So there I stood in front of the bathroom mirror, mouth full of toothpaste, clutching my sides in mirth.
I think it was partly hysterical.
Do you ever get those moments when, for some reason, you seem to step out of your own life and view it as an observer? I think I've been having a few of those today. On the way to placement this afternoon, as the bus swung right at the traffic lights and an enormous and very grey looking hospital loomed into view, it suddenly struck me that this is the working environment I've chosen, even striven, to work in for possibly for the rest of my career. It was one of those "what am I doing?" moments.
But I think they're healthy. It's a chance to take stock.
posted by Michael at 12:51 am
2 Comments:
I had the same when I got my job. On my first shift wearing my uniform I was walking through the hospital thinking "Oh my goodness, people are going to think I actually work here!"
I like those moments, they wake you up.
Its weird isn't it.. that they put people with real callings into a profession in really nasty looking buildings! Teachers, doctors, baggage handlers..
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