Friday, April 28, 2017

Reflective Journal - Week 16

The last week of class......I have been waiting for this day for a long time!!!  Going to school has always been something that I enjoy, but this is the first time I have done school with kids.  This experience helps me appreciate all the years of school I was able to complete before kids.  Combining kids and school is no joke!  But I did it!! YAY!!!!!!!!

This leadership class has good for me.  It has helped me evaluate myself on a regular basis, and reflect upon what kind of leader I am and more importantly what kind of leader I want to be.  I feel that this reflection for me has been good.  It can be easy to become complacent at work...and in a way I feel I have become slightly complacent.  But like I was once told by a certain instructor :)  there is a time and place for everything.  For the last 7 years my focus has been my kids.  Now that my husband and I are done having kids--even though we still need to raise the rascals:), our focus can change slightly.  This for me is taking a step back and thinking what I want out of my career over the next 10 years.  When I graduated I remember being asked, "where do you want to be in 10 years?" and magically I am not that far away from my 10 year mark as a nurse.  Am I where I wanted to be?  Am I ok with where I am in my career?  Luckily my answer to those questions is...YES!

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