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Create a shortlist and go talk to some professionals first to see what their career is really like - the good, the bad and the ugly. Then you can work out what you're prepared to sacrifice to get there.
GL. I also don't know what I want to do when I grow up.
If you want to do medicine I see you more as a traditional practitioner. There used to be a really in-depth Chinese medicine course somewhere in Fortitude valley.
If you are interesting in counselling and medicine, and you have a strong knowledge of NICU's etc, could you be a counsellor/support officer for mothers and fathers of Prem's providing the mental and emotional support that they need to help them travel the NICU rollercoaster.
They would also be receptive of your knowledge and understanding as you have travelled the road before and you always come across as being able to portray true empathy and understanding, which can often be lost in these environments with all the technical jargon and day to day of NICU life.
I think natural/complimentary medicine would be a good fit, but I don't see anything wrong with you going into traditional medicine, after all, you already know what that would mean.
While you'd make a lovely counsellor I would worry that you might find yourself being drained from the constant reminders of difficulties. Something positive, where you can make a difference but still have plenty of yourself left for you and the kids.
Why don't you try volunteering for something you are enthusiastic about and see if inspiration takes hold?
I don't know if it differs from Unis but when i was doing my social work degree you have to complete 2 pracs, each a semester long, full time hours which meant that i couldn't work while doing them. A lot of people found it hard because you can't really live off the student centrelink payments, unless they've gone up a lot since i was studying! (just something to look in to before you start the degree)
I've also done a year of psychology... and comparing the two.... psychology is less person focuseed, more theoretical, more clinical. I found social work more humanistic.
But if you have any issues you haven't dealt with, going in to these feilds is incredibly hard. You need to protect yourself emotionally. I found it so painful, because i couldn't just leave the things i saw behind me, i took it home every day and it made me miserable. You are constantly confronted with the bad in the world, and it brings up your own issues tenfold. Yes its rewarding to help people, but also frustrating because its completely under funded in the government sector and so much red tape. But that being said if you work as a private counsellor (mine has a social work degree) it can be flexible because you can work from home, earn good money.
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Something positive, where you can make a difference but still have plenty of yourself left for you and the kids.
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