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Howdy, I mean life is good got a wife, a cat, a place to live, and a job.
However, feel trapped at work and in my State my hometown. It's just blah. Trying to go back to school keep getting rejected. Our State has limited higher education opportunities and they are costly. Add in gotta drive everywhere, deal with traffic, and pay for gas. It eats up a lot of your paycheck that and taxes.
With my crazy 3 shift schedule at work just feel burned out. Job's not bad good people I work with and pay is great. Reason kind of stuck there the pay really helps chip away at my credit card bills. The drive to work 60 to 70 miles 4 to 5 days a week is tiring.
I wouldn't mind live in a lower cost of living State with warmer weather. Everything being expensive is a bummer and the cold weather is a bummer. Just feel drained.
See that's where it dredges. I've tried applying to jobs out of State and to no avail. Probably because I don't live there. So basically have to move to a new State with no job in tow, which isn't a sound idea. The only other opition is obtaining a certificate or license for various jobs; makes it easier to move out of State. However, that's something difficult to do now as I need full time work and work all 3 shifts don't have a set schedule. So going back to school is basically impossible. Then what I want to go back to school for I keep getting rejected for. It's just this vicious cycle. As it continues and grows every little thing irks me and makes my mood more sour.
Why do you keep getting rejected by your chosen program? The fact that "school is expensive" doesn't explain anything.How would you go to school if you don't have a stable shift, anyway? Why don't you have a stable shift? No wonder you're burned out! That is physically stressful. You could be burning out your body's stress reserves.
See that's where it dredges. I've tried applying to jobs out of State and to no avail. Probably because I don't live there. So basically have to move to a new State with no job in tow, which isn't a sound idea. The only other opition is obtaining a certificate or license for various jobs; makes it easier to move out of State. However, that's something difficult to do now as I need full time work and work all 3 shifts don't have a set schedule. So going back to school is basically impossible. Then what I want to go back to school for I keep getting rejected for. It's just this vicious cycle. As it continues and grows every little thing irks me and makes my mood more sour.
My advice is to keep going. Yes, you're stuck but stuck because you have things in place that you cannot give up on. Searching and not finding education is frustrating. Keep searching for an open door among the locked and sealed ones you have found.
I am struggling too. I have no family of my own. No husband, no children, and I keep.getting... older like normal. I too want to return to school to be able to get a higher paying job but...
I moved to go to school but it didn't work out and after SIX looooong years I was finnnnnally able to move back. Now, three years later... still not in school like I thought I would. Still alone, still struggling to find a life worth this struggle.
What I'm doing, trying to enjoy what I do have and keep going to find the answers I need to move ahead. Still, not easy feels hardly doable. Then again, I drove back in a car that kept breaking down and I had no $ to fix. I still made it!
Keep going, appreciate the great things you have and keep reaching for what you want/ need. Best wishes to you!
In 2017, nursing schools turned away more than 56,000 qualified applicants from undergraduate nursing programs. Going back a decade, nursing schools have annually rejected around 30,000 applicants who met admissions requirements, according to the American Association of Colleges of Nursing.
"Some of these applicants graduated high school top of their class with a 3.5 GPA or higher," said Rosseter. "But the competition to get into a nursing school right now is so intense."
Because of the lack of openings, nursing programs across the board -- in community colleges to undergraduate and graduate schools -- are rejecting students in droves.
In 2017, nursing schools turned away more than 56,000 qualified applicants from undergraduate nursing programs. Going back a decade, nursing schools have annually rejected around 30,000 applicants who met admissions requirements, according to the American Association of Colleges of Nursing.
"Some of these applicants graduated high school top of their class with a 3.5 GPA or higher," said Rosseter. "But the competition to get into a nursing school right now is so intense."
Because of the lack of openings, nursing programs across the board -- in community colleges to undergraduate and graduate schools -- are rejecting students in droves.
Thank you. "Because of the lack of openings..." ? Can't they hire more instructors? There's got to be a bigger story, there. It sounds like nursing schools nation-wide need to expand. In view of the aging of the Boomer generation, maybe some federal funds should be designated to support expanding nursing programs? IDK, but it sounds like a serious and very important issue isn't being addressed.
Thank you. "Because of the lack of openings..." ? Can't they hire more instructors? There's got to be a bigger story, there. It sounds like nursing schools nation-wide need to expand. In view of the aging of the Boomer generation, maybe some federal funds should be designated to support expanding nursing programs? IDK, but it sounds like a serious and very important issue isn't being addressed.
Thanks for posting.
It's nothing new. If you notice, it says... "Going back a decade,"
I'd start with the shift work. It's really hard on your overall health and energy. If you got on a set schedule you might feel a lot more up to dealing with some of the other things you listed. Feeling rundown makes everything seem harder to manage.
Howdy, I mean life is good got a wife, a cat, a place to live, and a job.
However, feel trapped at work and in my State my hometown. It's just blah. Trying to go back to school keep getting rejected. Our State has limited higher education opportunities and they are costly. Add in gotta drive everywhere, deal with traffic, and pay for gas. It eats up a lot of your paycheck that and taxes.
With my crazy 3 shift schedule at work just feel burned out. Job's not bad good people I work with and pay is great. Reason kind of stuck there the pay really helps chip away at my credit card bills.
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The drive to work 60 to 70 miles 4 to 5 days a week is tiring.
I wouldn't mind live in a lower cost of living State with warmer weather. Everything being expensive is a bummer and the cold weather is a bummer. Just feel drained.
Wow, a 60-70 mile commute to work 4-5 days a week WOULD be tiring. What about moving closer to your job? Being tired all the time can cause depression. You sound like you are definitely in a slump and a move to a better location might really help.
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