Now, I know that some people say that they've always known what they
wanted to do and went straight for it without straying away from their
path, but what about the people - like me - who originally either
weren't too sure about where they wanted to go and what they wanted to
do with their life? I can only speak for myself here of course, but
becoming a nurse has only been a recent ambition of mine. Before that I
wanted to be a forensic scientist, and then a teacher. I had my heart
set on being a teacher ... and then I went to college and studied
psychology and that was the day it changed forever. I didn't at that
time of course know immediately that I wanted to become a Mental Health
Nurse, but that was the first step on the pathway towards where I am
today, waiting to start my training. It was actually one of my tutors in
college who suggested to me that instead of doing Law (which was
another phase I went through, thankfully one which didn't last long)
that I take a look into Mental Health Nursing - If I'm honest I didn't
really know it was such a thing. I went home and did a little bit of
research, and I made my decision, that was what I wanted to do with my
life. I was going to become a Mental Health Nurse.
I've been watching a new program that some of you might be familiar with
'Educating Yorkshire' and it's stirred up a few things that I forgot
ever existed, my old ambition of becoming a teacher. I know enough to
know that I don't at this time in my life, want to change my mind and
change what I'm studying at University, but it just goes to show that
some things never really leave you; old dreams, memories and ambitions. I
100% in my heart want to become a Mental Health Nurse, but maybe one
day, if I ever need a change in career then that's something I could
look into. But if I am really honest, the place in my heart that nursing
has doesn't leave much room for anything else, and teaching is pretty
much a memory and it's interesting to see how I've changed over the past
couple of years.
I would love to hear about anyone elses previous ambitions - if any, I
would also love to hear about whether you knew you would always want to
be part of the profession that you are now, whatever that may be.
Thanks for reading!
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