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The things I love about MT
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| Due to this "little" hive situation, I've had to resign from my counseling
position for the time being, as I can't wear "suitable" clothing or stop
scratching long enough to get through a session or group.
So I'm back typing full time. After having some upsetting family news that
I think is finally settled, I have my house FINALLY all to myself. I lent
my car to my daughter until Thanksgiving as she is living in Hershey and
they have no mode of transportation.
So here I am in the middle of NO-WHERE on Rt 422 in PA and as Thanksgiving
approaches I was thinking of things I'm thankful for. (Include family,
life, etc and all the usual good stuff...) But then I thought about where I
am right now....
My cupboards are full, even if my bank account is not, so I can eat
nutritious snacks while I work.
I don't have to go out in the cold to go to work.
I'm doing work very similar to what I did starting out and it felt like
"coming home" to transcription.
That burn-out can be erased.
That I can wear "suitable" clothing to do MT in (read lots and lots of loose
nighties!)
That I can stop and talk to a friend in the middle of work, and not feel
isolated.
That I can feed my inner news "junkie".
That I can rest my cold toes inside the fur of a big yellow dog while I
transcribe.
Hot chocolate whenever I want.
Direct Deposit.
I'm kinda liking this....
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| JulieW8 2005-11-19, 10:54 am |
| I'm picturing the dog with a foot pedal planted in his stomach....
On Sat, 19 Nov 2005 10:40:07 -0500, "Griz"
<DearCounselor@comcast.netnet> gave thanks and said:
>Due to this "little" hive situation, I've had to resign from my counseling
>position for the time being, as I can't wear "suitable" clothing or stop
>scratching long enough to get through a session or group.
>
>So I'm back typing full time. After having some upsetting family news that
>I think is finally settled, I have my house FINALLY all to myself. I lent
>my car to my daughter until Thanksgiving as she is living in Hershey and
>they have no mode of transportation.
>
>So here I am in the middle of NO-WHERE on Rt 422 in PA and as Thanksgiving
>approaches I was thinking of things I'm thankful for. (Include family,
>life, etc and all the usual good stuff...) But then I thought about where I
>am right now....
>
>My cupboards are full, even if my bank account is not, so I can eat
>nutritious snacks while I work.
>
>I don't have to go out in the cold to go to work.
>
>I'm doing work very similar to what I did starting out and it felt like
>"coming home" to transcription.
>
>That burn-out can be erased.
>
>That I can wear "suitable" clothing to do MT in (read lots and lots of loose
>nighties!)
>
>That I can stop and talk to a friend in the middle of work, and not feel
>isolated.
>
>That I can feed my inner news "junkie".
>
>That I can rest my cold toes inside the fur of a big yellow dog while I
>transcribe.
>
>Hot chocolate whenever I want.
>
>Direct Deposit.
>
>I'm kinda liking this....
>
>
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> I'm picturing the dog with a foot pedal planted in his stomach....
Pretty close.... he's figured out how to lay his head across it, so that his
furry neck covers it but the muscles are around it... LOL!!
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| Gisele 2005-11-19, 12:52 pm |
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> Due to this "little" hive situation, I've had to resign from my
> counseling
> position for the time being, as I can't wear "suitable" clothing or
> stop
> scratching long enough to get through a session or group.
>
I'm sorry to hear that, hope you will be feeling better soon. In the
meantime, MT is something really handy to know when needed!
Gisele
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Gisele
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| Tallulah 2005-11-20, 12:54 am |
| My dog only lays there when I steal her blanket on cold mornings and
put it over my legs - she gets under the desk and holds my pedal
hostage (we fight over it) until I cave and give her back her blankie.
Good to know burnout is fixable. ;)
Griz wrote:
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> Pretty close.... he's figured out how to lay his head across it, so that his
> furry neck covers it but the muscles are around it... LOL!!
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> meantime, MT is something really handy to know when needed!
AMEN to that! In fact, I have to laugh. I'm getting emails from my
counseling colleagues asking.....
Yep! "Can you teach me to do that?"
NO~! Not ALL burn-out is fixable! LOL!
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| Gisele 2005-11-20, 12:53 pm |
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> AMEN to that! In fact, I have to laugh. I'm getting emails from my
> counseling colleagues asking.....
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> Yep! "Can you teach me to do that?"
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I have a friend who does IT support for a local hospital, and I did not
realize how much she loathed her job until she asked me about what it
takes to go into MT. Hating your present occupation is not really a
qualification for doing this work, you still need the training, still
need to pay your dues, and at this time in her life, I doubt she would
have the patience for it. But this is not something you can tell
people when they think how cool it would be to work from home. I
referred her to the good online training courses, and I bet I never
hear another word about it.
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Gisele
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| Anne Vasquez 2005-11-20, 12:53 pm |
| So many people just don't seem to see beyond the "work at home" thing.
I can't argue that it's a wonderful perk, since I love it myself, but we
all know how much more there is to it than that. I know it doesn't
necessarily apply to people who've gotten into this profession in the
last several years, but how many of us old-timers really thought working
from home would be a reality when we first started transcribing? I'm so
glad to have the good online schools to refer MT hopefuls to these days,
as it seems that they're able to give these folks a much better picture
of what's required than I can and will hopefully weed out those who
really aren't cut out for job.
Gisele wrote:
> I have a friend who does IT support for a local hospital, and I did not
> realize how much she loathed her job until she asked me about what it
> takes to go into MT. Hating your present occupation is not really a
> qualification for doing this work, you still need the training, still
> need to pay your dues, and at this time in her life, I doubt she would
> have the patience for it. But this is not something you can tell
> people when they think how cool it would be to work from home. I
> referred her to the good online training courses, and I bet I never
> hear another word about it.
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