RSSIs there something wrong with me? please help?
Tuesday, July 20th, 2010
I am 21 years old. I’m currently a nursing student taking my prerequisites and approaching a very grueling nursing program about a year from now . I have this problem and that is most of the times I can’t concentrate on my studies. One of the reason is I have so many interest that I really need along with my studies. First is financial and economic matters specially dealing with Investments like the stock market, mutual funds etc. My plan is to accumulate all the knowledge that I can possibly have through self studies, and when the time that I graduate nursing school and make some good money then I’m pretty well equiped to plunge myself in our complex and dynamic financial world of Investing, while I’m young and also in order to maximize the magic of “Compounding Interest”. I really believe that the earlier you start investing the greater the return of your investments. So pretty much while working as a nurse I’m also a sophisticated investor. Second is I’m working as a call center agent answering detailed questions regarding all the electronic technology products. Pretty much everything from Computer,GPS,radio,HDTV,software,mp3,cam etc. I love technology & I’m also a pretty savvy one with this stuff and actually I Inevitably NEED to be savvy and knowledgeable to answer all my customer’s questions. We all know that the world of technology is very fluid thats why I need to keep up with it, plus the fact that I need to be ahead of my customers knowledge so I can gain their confidence. I’m also an advanced magician but I slow down because I think that I can’t really depend from it financially. I believe that to be a real master in anything you have to take it seriously and pretty much like an obsession. I studied many successful people and they have a common denominator and that is they are passionate on what they do. They’re doing it Morning, afternoon and night everyday. I’m doing this right now but I’m really struggling to balance all my stuff. PLEASE HELP ME. I don’t want to fail my nursing studies but I NEED to learn all this stuff NOW or else I will loose all those time which is equivalent to money. I also feel that by delaying all this investment years of my life that I’m loosing evry penny that supposed to be gaining interest and compounding every year, and I can’t bring back all those wasted time by not doing it pretty soon. I will appreciate all your answers, thank you
Your like me. except you seem like you talk alot. I dont concentrate in class either but i just revise it all. Dont feel like you need to contribute in the class just have a basic understanding of the topic then develop it whiles revising. Buy flash cards and write notes on them and see if listening to music helps whiles revising. Hope everything goes well for you.
I really think you need to talk to a professional counselor. You’re not balancing your life, you’re juggling too many things that will obvious cause you to fail big time. The question becomes, why do you need to fail? Why are you setting yourself up for failure – despite your obvious need for success? This is complicated and can’t be answered on an Internet forum.
You’re right to enjoy being a magician, but not to invest time in it now. You’re right about finances, but the amount of time and energy (and emotional time) you’re committing to this, as a student, is out of proportion to what is realistic in your life right now.
How many hours are you working? Can you cut back on the hours?
You need to talk to a job counselor, or a school counselor or someone! You’re losing sight of the present NOW.
Life is based on NOW moments. If you’re in school for a profession, that is the most important NOW moment. Anything that interferes with that is detrimental.
You seem to be burying your real problem under a lot of mania-like symptoms.
Sorry to be direct, but I sense you are aware that your situation is a bit dire….and you just need someone to kick you in the butt to get you to make the right decision to change your life.
Please take care of yourself,
Zola