WHY I LOVE MY JOBS

WHY I LOVE MY JOBS

Like I mentioned in a previous blog, I have two jobs that I love very much. I consider myself very lucky to find myself at such a young age, doing things that I've only dreamed about. I mean, me, a 19 year old from a little town in Utah, working on a behavioral health unit and working my way up in the same company I started my journey. I have always had such a passion for psychology and the human mind. I love trying to decode why someone does the things that they do and why they think the way they think. I got this passion from my mother, she took a few classes in college based around psychology and criminology. She also loved watching shows like Criminal Minds and CSI which instilled in me from a very young age, a love for the mind, criminology and the neutrality side of psych (I used to want to be a criminal profiler).

Once I became a CNA, I started working at an Assisted Living Facility and completely fell in love. I loved it all, I loved working with the elderly, I loved hearing their stories and sharing amazing moments with the residents and the staff. I always have considered myself more of an old soul so I think I fit in quite nicely. I worked there for a few months and them became a MedTech, which is a CNA who is given the permission to pass medications to the residents by the Director of Nursing. Once I was medtech for quite some time I got the feeling out of  the blue that I needed to check the job website for one of the hospital companies here in Utah and low and behold, I found the job.

I looked on the website and there it was, "Psych Tech" in one of the best behavioral health units in Utah. I had the feeling to apply, then I quickly dismissed it because I was comfortable at my job. It was stable, I loved (most) of my co-workers and I loved my residents. It was home. It was all I'd ever known in the medical field. I was scared of what was out there. After a few days of sleeping on it, talking it over with my family and S.O. I decided to apply because there was no harm in that. A few days later, I got the call that they wanted to interview me. 

I had only interviewed once before (at the ALF) and my lord, was it easy! I believe they were so desperate and in need of CNAs at the assisted living facility because they hired me on the spot! Either that or I was just such a damn good interviewer! Regardless, I was preparing for my interview, nervous as heck. I didn't know what I was doing. I interviewed and I was certain that I bombed it, and not the good, Bomb.com type of way. I waited and waited and waited some more and finally. I got the call.

The call that changed my life for the better and that shook me down to my core. They told me that I got the job I had been wanting for so long. I did it. I cried. A lot. I tried to remember all of the things she was telling me on the phone, I wrote down notes, tears streaming down my face. She could tell that I was overjoyed and kept congratulating me. I called my family, my S.O. my friends. I posted to facebook, I was elated. I went to the orientation day and I was the happiest I could be.

I started my new job in the new year (this January was my 1 year anniversary) and I could not wait! My first day was nerve wracking, I had absolutely no idea what to expect but, I was never more ready to start a new journey. My nerves? Were shot down when I found out the amazing, supportive, bad ass, cool, intelligent, wise (and every other positive adjective) people that I got to work with! My co-workers are by far the MOST outstanding human beings I've ever had the pleasure of working with. I don't think people believe how serous I am when I say that my co-workers are the best. I feel like the most lucky girl in the world and I feel like I hit the jackpot! I mean, my goodness! I get to work with amazing nurses, techs, psychiatrist and social workers!

Now, my current job at the ALF, I could go on and on about for days. I love this ALF with all my heart. It's where I started, its where I grew and learned as an individual and with one of my best friends alongside me, us both being CNAs and rocking it, and now I work with my sister which is more amazing than you could imagine! I also, have the pleasure of working with one of the best bosses ever! I'm talking, we read each others minds sometimes amazing. I have the honor of being her assistant and we both have the same visions with almost everything which makes things easier and way more fun than I ever thought! I get to be a supervisor over the CNAs/Medtechs and as difficult as that can be, it is so rewarding and fun! 

As I said earlier, I feel like THE most lucky girl in the world to where I can love BOTH of my jobs. I feel so grateful that I am able to work both of them and I don't plan of leaving either one of them any time soon! As always.

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