So I Guess That's It?

SO NOW’S A BIG REFLECTION AND LOOK BACK ON WHAT I’VE LEARNED THIS YEAR

As far as college goes, I still don’t have any top picks or first choices in my mind, sad I know.  I have managed to come up with a list of schools that I will be applying to however… I think.  I still have to read up on some a little more, actually a lot more, but that’s all part of the process.  Off the top of my head, I like Washington, Oregon, UCSB, UCLA, Santa Clara, UC Berkeley, USD, Gonzaga, USC, and Wyoming.  Though this year may have taught me a lot about picking schools and opened my eyes a little, I’m still a little bit of a lost cause you might say. So I might as well do as I’ve been doing so far and just wing it.

As far as work goes and what professions I am considering, that also remains a bit unknown.  There’s just so much to do and so little time to do it, and I know I realistically I can’t do it all so eventually I’ll have to narrow it down to something, but I don’t want that to be soon.  I want to have a lot of money and I want to have a lot of fun making money, but that seems hard.  I would love to be a pediatrician, and an architect, and an actuary, and a sports analyst, and much more, but sadly I can’t do it all. All I do is hope that when the time comes, and it sure is coming quick, I decide to do something I love and can see myself doing for a long time, even if I don’t have a single clue what it is now.

And lastly as far as life goes, it just goes…on…and on…and on.  I feel like I’m just going through the motions with everything I do now and I feel that something big has to change. Even after all the memories and experiences from this whole year, both good and bad, I don’t know if I’ve learned anything new.  I’m still stuck at the same place I was when the year began, and I don’t even know if I like it or not.  Now that this school year is pretty much over, I can say that it still left me pretty clueless about everything and what I intend to do or how I intend to do it, whatever it even is.  I go through life day after day not really expecting anything huge to happen or change, but thinking that something, even if it’s a small thing, should be different than it was the day before.  But hey I guess that’s my road block right there.  Maybe I just get so caught up with the little things in life that I lose sight of the big picture…. I don’t know.  I don’t know a lot of things.  But what I do know is that I’m just gonna keep movin’ on, no matter where life takes me (around the world if I’m lucky).  See ya guys (:

Psychiatrist

A psychiatrist is a medical practitioner specializing in the diagnosis and treatment of mental illness.  This is not to be confused with the position of a psychologist.  Though similar, the two are not the same. I personally would much rather be a psychiatrist, simply because I believe it will be more rewarding with the extra years needed. This is an idea that just recently became a possibility, but i know it requires much thought to consider. So here's what I've got for psychiatrists.

Psychiatrists begin their careers in medical school. After earning their MD, they go on to four years of residency training in mental health, typically at a hospital's psychiatric department. Some clients see a psychiatrist exclusively, for both medication and therapy. Others visit a psychiatrists solely for medications, and use other treatment team members for counseling. A common misconception about psychiatrists is that they only treat people with severe mental illness, like schizophrenia or bipolar disorder, diseases for which medication is the mainstay of treatment, leaving psychotherapy to psychologists and patients with less severe problems. Some psychiatric practitioners specialize in helping certain age groups. There are plenty of good colleges for this field. All around the country colleges offer both psychology and psychiatrists like UC Davis and UCSD and Yale. The average annual salary of a psychiatrist is 195,800.

Now this is just a brief summary but unfortunately it is getting late and time is running up and it's spring break.  Again I said this just became a possibility so I don't know too much yet.

Fighting Fire

This time on my blog cycle, I will bring up the profession of becoming a firefighter. This is definitely not the first choice of career that I plan on pursuing, but I know this is something that I can do and can succeed at. I love helping others and am willing to risk my life for them. And this profession doesn't exactly require much education rather than physical training, which isn't exactly my style of job selection, but sometimes you just have to do what feels right.

Being a firefighter is not easy and neither is the process of becoming a firefighter. Competition is fierce and the hiring process can be very grueling and challenging, something many people do not endure or succeed at. More than 70% give up the pursuit of becoming a firefighter and move on to other career choices. There are likely many reasons for this statistic. Perhaps they did not know what they were getting into when they began the process, or they did not adequately prepare themselves.

The great majority of departments are requiring an EMT certification to apply and more than 90% will require this certification after hire. Since most fire departments run upwards of 70% or more emergency medical related responses, it only makes sense for them to require this as a prerequisite; additionally, it is much less training they have to provide you during the recruit academy. Many departments are looking for licensed paramedics; however, before you can usually apply to paramedic school, you must first successfully pass EMT training. Work experience as an EMT on a 9-1-1 ambulance is also extremely beneficial, and often required for many paramedic programs.

I've always admired firefighters and thought of them as great role models and modern day heroes. They risk there lives everyday for complete strangers and work grueling hours in order to protect and serve the communiy. Though becoming a firefighter is quite difficult and doesn't result in the pay that I would much rather hope to have, I believe it would be a fun and rewarding career and will definitely consider it for my future.

Sports Analyst

Alright well seeing as I'm a little pressed for time on this blog cycle because I would love to go to bed early (even though we all know that won’t happen), I apologize in advance if this post seems a bit inadequate and lacks creativity.

But anyways, this time on my blog I will be discussing the possibility of being a sports analyst for a broadcasting station.  Now ideally I don’t want to be that guy that just has like 2 minutes of wrap up sports stories from the channel 2 news at 7 pm.  I think working for espn is pretty much the best I could think of doing, or maybe I could join Bob Costas for the Summer and Winter Olympics on NBC.  That would be chill too.  This is a career that I can honestly say I have not put much thought into thus far and wouldn’t put super high on the top of my list but it is still definitely something to consider.  I love sports.  They are truly my passion.  I’ve grown up playing them, watching them, learning them, and even hearing them on the radio.  They are a part of me that I will never let go of and for this reason I would love to be a sports analyst talking about the hub around the nation (or world).

Now to become a sports analyst, there are specific classes needed to be taken in college.  A sports analyst differs from a sports reporter in that they break down intricate details of the sport they cover to offer detailed insights and, in some cases, opinions. Sports analyst education tends to begin at the bachelor's degree level, with a major or minor in journalism or communications. Master's degree programs are also available in these fields.  So look to be taking classes of this sort if considering this position. Great schools to consider are Kaplan University, Ashford University, and University of Phoenix.

Again sorry this might have been a bad post, but thank you for reading it anyway.  Bye (: