#pharmacyrant

[mochafina]

Too young to own a Pharmacy

Right now I’m in a bit of dilemma on choosing to own a pharmacy or be an underpaid employee in a company/hospital/institution. 

I am now unemployed because I recently graduated from my post-grad studies and it has been a month. I was so used to being busy and not having a lot of free time, and let me just say I’m so not used to this. My parents and I, since last year we have been discussing of putting up a pharmacy in our village which we think was a good location and its now on going for construction but then something got me thinking. Owning a Pharmacy is a big deal! You got your time on your hands, you control everything and you are your boss. There are some perks when you’re the boss obviously! But at an age of 23, I don’t think I’m destined to own or manage a pharmacy just yet. Yes! I would love to, someday maybe in my early 30s but not while I’m still young and I think I need to learn a lot more before I can handle people and manage my own to have a successful pharmacy in the future. Its a growing and evolving profession, I can’t just be drifted away and left behind. I’m still grinding and striving for that fulfillment or satisfaction when I’m practicing my profession, even though we pharmacist don’t to earn much here and get appreciated too, I still need to be exposed more to experiences and events that could help in the future. 

While writing the above paragraph, I thought of a decision. Funny thing is that by blogging it, it helped me decide. Well what about that. :)

I may be backing away from blessing but I think I need to be more patient. 

[natie-me0]

EXAM STRESS

It's around that time of year when students really start to knuckle down and study for the all important end of year exams. Well, only those who want rosy futures will knuckle down while the rest are carefree or nonchalant about this whole business.

As a master's student I guess that it is my own damn fault that I chose to go through such torture each and every year (for the past 7 years including high school). During the year I am nonchalant and get through the work slowly and steadily, taking breaks when holidays roll around and extending them just that extra bit. Now when exam season is upon me, I find myself in that wondrous place of stress and anxiety as I attempt to cram all of the knowledge bestowed upon me by my professors into my brain. Then when this ordeal is over everything I know instantly disappears like a magician's assistant during a performance only to reappear in the darkest corners of my nightmares.

But as a veteran at exams, I have a system. Figure out which exams are first, focus on them and then once its over focus on the next one. This is all well and good if you have exams spaced apart. Not when you have 3 exams back to back and they are the hardest conceptual subjects you've ever taken. That means that sleepless nights and despair are in my immediate future. Thinking about all this is making me want to hurt myself. Oh wait, I already am with my constant head banging about why I chose these subjects.

The only upside that I can see is that if i do well enough, I don't have to repeat this ordeal and can enjoy my summer break. Also at the end of the day, the reason why I chose to do this was so that my future would be better. And I have a lot of interest in the field I am studying.

FYI my chosen field is Pharmacy. That means that I don't stop learning after I finish my degree but keep doing it for the rest of life. This is all thanks to the miracles of science and technology.

So please next time you go to a pharmacist. Be nice and patient. Our heads are filled with information and we are not computers. Give us a bit of time to boot up OK?