thoughts on my career
This week has been quite intense so far. I wonder how my life will be like once the externship starts. But this doesn't mean I'm dreading it. Like I said the other day, I'm enjoying being busy and productive.
I spent most of my daytime hours babysitting today. Had 3-hour babysitting in NJ this morning and 3.5 hour in Manhattan this afternoon. Babysitting was pretty uneventful. Just normal stuff, like changing diapers. Babies' feces still gross me out, but I'm getting used to it gradually ;-).
I finally had some time to catch up with Larry this evening. We met at this French cafe/restaurant in Chelsea. The cafe/restaurant was kinda cute, and the food was reasonably priced and delicious. I would definitely go back there!
Even though Larry technically lives in NYC, it's been almost impossible to hang out with him for a long time. Now I think about it, we've been trying to get together for coffee since last October or so.
Anyway, it was great to hang out with him. He's my friend but he's also a mentor to me because he's a successful clinical psychologist. We were talking a lot about excitements AND struggles we go through as an academician (in training, in my case). And, it's great to talk to someone who really understands what I'm going through! He got this awesome grant last winter and he's been traveling all over the world (10 countries) for the last 6 months or so for his training. And he was telling me how exciting it had been but the only drawback was that it had been almost impossible to develop or to get into a relationship (romantic) with anyone for the last 6 months...or even throughout his career. ugh. I was like, "tell me about it." I often feel that as much as it's been great pursuing my dream, I'm also afraid that I'm putting a lot of things in my life on hold and not experiencing what other "normal" people are enjoying. I'm not talking only about relationships but all sorts of stuff, like having a stable life, work-free weekends, etc. I guess what I need is to figure out what I definitely want to have in my life and what I can go without.
I'm getting a bit tired now...but I will definitely write more on this topic later.
I spent most of my daytime hours babysitting today. Had 3-hour babysitting in NJ this morning and 3.5 hour in Manhattan this afternoon. Babysitting was pretty uneventful. Just normal stuff, like changing diapers. Babies' feces still gross me out, but I'm getting used to it gradually ;-).
I finally had some time to catch up with Larry this evening. We met at this French cafe/restaurant in Chelsea. The cafe/restaurant was kinda cute, and the food was reasonably priced and delicious. I would definitely go back there!
Even though Larry technically lives in NYC, it's been almost impossible to hang out with him for a long time. Now I think about it, we've been trying to get together for coffee since last October or so.
Anyway, it was great to hang out with him. He's my friend but he's also a mentor to me because he's a successful clinical psychologist. We were talking a lot about excitements AND struggles we go through as an academician (in training, in my case). And, it's great to talk to someone who really understands what I'm going through! He got this awesome grant last winter and he's been traveling all over the world (10 countries) for the last 6 months or so for his training. And he was telling me how exciting it had been but the only drawback was that it had been almost impossible to develop or to get into a relationship (romantic) with anyone for the last 6 months...or even throughout his career. ugh. I was like, "tell me about it." I often feel that as much as it's been great pursuing my dream, I'm also afraid that I'm putting a lot of things in my life on hold and not experiencing what other "normal" people are enjoying. I'm not talking only about relationships but all sorts of stuff, like having a stable life, work-free weekends, etc. I guess what I need is to figure out what I definitely want to have in my life and what I can go without.
I'm getting a bit tired now...but I will definitely write more on this topic later.
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