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Just thinking
Aug. 13th, 2023 01:58 pmYou know what I think? I think that maybe I spend too much time in my own head. Thankfully, next week that should be changing for a good chunk of my schedule. I start training in-person at my new job, and while I'm there, I'm pretty sure that I'll be too busy to think about my own mind so much.
I'm excited to start in-person training, especially because I'll be getting more hours to help me with paying bills. And once I have actual caseloads at my job, maybe I'll even be able to get full-time hours, at least until I start my internship next year. Speaking of my internship, I still need to reach out to different agencies to see if I can do my internship with them. I want to do social work that is medical in nature or involves working with seniors. Then, once I obtain my MSW degree, I'll hopefully be able to get employed in a variety of different places and be able to pay off my student loans and other bills. My family says I should try to work with the county as a social worker, and I think I might do that if I can't find work elsewhere. In any case, having an MSW will open a lot of doors for me since you usually need a Master's degree to get any work that pays decently.
But in any case, I think I'm going to be a lot happier once I start at my job because I'll actually be doing good work to benefit other people. In the end, I think that's what I truly want out of life. Heck, wanting to improve the world (or even just my own community) is why I went into social work in the first place. It's not easy work, for certain, but it still allows me to impact the lives of others in my community and, by extension, other lives they may come into contact with down the road.
I'm excited to start in-person training, especially because I'll be getting more hours to help me with paying bills. And once I have actual caseloads at my job, maybe I'll even be able to get full-time hours, at least until I start my internship next year. Speaking of my internship, I still need to reach out to different agencies to see if I can do my internship with them. I want to do social work that is medical in nature or involves working with seniors. Then, once I obtain my MSW degree, I'll hopefully be able to get employed in a variety of different places and be able to pay off my student loans and other bills. My family says I should try to work with the county as a social worker, and I think I might do that if I can't find work elsewhere. In any case, having an MSW will open a lot of doors for me since you usually need a Master's degree to get any work that pays decently.
But in any case, I think I'm going to be a lot happier once I start at my job because I'll actually be doing good work to benefit other people. In the end, I think that's what I truly want out of life. Heck, wanting to improve the world (or even just my own community) is why I went into social work in the first place. It's not easy work, for certain, but it still allows me to impact the lives of others in my community and, by extension, other lives they may come into contact with down the road.
