SLP or no SLP?

In my last post I mentioned how I began looking into Speech-Language Pathology as a career.  What excited me about it is that it uses linguistics, it is a position that would command a lot of respect, and it helps people.  However, after job shadowing three different SLPs in three different contexts, I have decided that it's not the career for me.  At least not right now.  I kept being reminded of how similar it is to teaching ESL - using props, lesson planning, trying to "trick" the person into learning by playing games.  Not that there's anything wrong with it, but it's just not for me.  I tried to stretch myself and see myself doing that and having fun, but it is so draining.  Your career is supposed to give you life, not just be something you can tolerate.  Especially having gone to school for so many years!

I know that this turn of events could be due to my job offer at C.  It could be that I was genuinely interested in becoming an SLP but that the idea of working in such a different environment clashed so much that it turned me off.  Or maybe the SLP discovery project was something to keep me occupied while I was waiting to hear back from C.  Who knows?  But, I feel like this is good timing.  I now have a job with C, which will probably pull me back to documentation and translation where I was already leaning to begin with.  For now, I am happy to be in that environment again and plan to be there for a few years.  Only God knows how the next steps of His plan will unfold.  But at this point, I finally find myself not being anxious for the future.  That is so rare for me.  So, I will try to hold on to this feeling and stay content where God has put me.  But, the moment He tells me to move on, I will be ready.

Thanks for reading!