As I am preparing to uproot my life in Wisconsin and move half way across the country to Delaware. I can’t help but realize how stressed I’ve been lately.
It doesn’t make sense, I went to school away from home (sure it was only a state away compared to half the country, but still), I’ve lived on my own before. So why is it that I’m getting stressed about this now? Is it because I’m moving so far away? Or does it have more to do with the pressure that I’m getting from my parents and grandparents?
Do our families help or hurt us when we make life changing decisions?
It seems like ever since I accepted the position in Delaware all I’ve gotten from my mom is pressure to keep looking for a nursing job closer to home. She even told me when the Children’s Hospital in Milwaukee posted new positions. I don’t know what’s worse. The stress I feel about moving or knowing that my mom thinks I shouldn’t have taken this position.
(Don’t get me wrong I know she supports me, it just doesn’t always feel like it.)
I also have a semi constant reminder that my grandparents (specifically my grandpa) are worried about me and also think I should have found something a little closer to home. I don’t know what it is about our family. Maybe it’s that no one has ever moved this far away before.
AmeriCorps has a great reputation. I’m excited about the position and about the new skills I’m going to obtain. No I may not specifically be using my nursing skills, but even one of my professors said she thought it would open doors for me.
Yes, I went to college for four years to get a nursing degree, but that doesn’t mean I can’t dabble in other things too. When we leave town does family support leave (or dwindle) too?
