Professional Providers

[Blackcat31]

BC, I don't feel you are conceited at all, but I think as providers move along and experience so much that we become confident in our practices....so YES, we become GOOD at it. Also, my brother tells me I am a TYPE A personality, too. He says this carries good qualities because I can get things done and done right but he also says the bad quality is that most TYPE A personalities are so high strung and full of adrenilin that we die early of stroke or heart attack I told him THANKS FOR THE INFO BUDDY!

...funny you said that as my SIL (an RN at a woman's clinic) and I just had a convo about this...

We were discussing sleep and how beneficial it is, especially as we age (I HATE sleep and get very little..by choice...) so we started talking about women and their specific health issues...

Especially high strung, Type A women. We rarely put our needs first and sometimes don't even notice when there is something wrong....

However, because of my DH's medical issues (he's a Type 1 diabetic) we are both very health conscious so we both get full yearly physicals and monitor our blood pressure as well as cholesterol levels etc....

Thankfully, I do not appear near death any time soon... I rarely drink and I don't smoke or do anything else considered "unhealthy" so hopefully all this adrenalin just carries me happily into the end.... smiling all the way!!!

[Annalee]

...funny you said that as my SIL (an RN at a woman's clinic) and I just had a convo about this...

We were discussing sleep and how beneficial it is, especially as we age (I HATE sleep and get very little..by choice...) so we started talking about women and their specific health issues...

Especially high strung, Type A women. We rarely put our needs first and sometimes don't even notice when there is something wrong....

However, because of my DH's medical issues (he's a Type 1 diabetic) we are both very health conscious so we both get full yearly physicals and monitor our blood pressure as well as cholesterol levels etc....

Thankfully, I do not appear near death any time soon... I rarely drink and I don't smoke or do anything else considered "unhealthy" so hopefully all this adrenalin just carries me happily into the end.... smiling all the way!!!

I have never touched alcohol or cigarettes but I really like caffeine products. But try to walk 30 - 45 minutes a day on treadmill or outside.

[Controlled Chaos]

I was wondering why you choose to be a provider for many years?
I am entering my 4th year - but plan this to by my career for at least another 10 year (until my youngest is in middle school, then maybe go back to teaching middle school...we'll see)

I chose to start home daycare when I realized my teaching salary equaled 2 in daycare and I was pregnant with #2.

Perks

I get to be home. I can keep up with the laundry, dishes, regular maintenace pretty easily when I am home to do a little here and there. I love being outside, so I can go out when I want. I love children and always have worked in education or childcare in some way. I like being with my dog all day. I like being able to start dinner during nap. I like being my own boss. I am another type A over here

Can it be lucrative in the long run? what about retirement money? Health insurance...

I make more doing this than I did teaching and that is with 2 of my kids still counting towards ratios, in 6 months I will have one more spot and in 2.5 years I will be making around $50,000 a year after taxes. I am 30years old and starting a ROTH IRA this week actually to save for retirement. Thanks to the Affordable Care Act health insurance isn't so much a hurdle anymore

Hope this helps

[Heidi]

(I replied in bold above too)

I have learned to find the joy in my job but I am also one of those people that can find the positives in anything so....

I stay because I make great money and to be totally honest, I am not a good employee.... I am the oldest of 6 kids.... as my mother always said... I was born bossy so I function best when I am in charge.

I am highly motivated (Type A personality) and get flustered by others that drag their feet or don't roll up their sleeves and do what needs to be done so I highly doubt I would be a good employee and I would probably not be a good co-worker either.

Oh, and according to my DH I stay in this field because I am short and I need to work with others who are shorter than I am.

Just the same, except I'm def. NOT a Type A. I like what I do most days, I adore the children I have, but I didn't get into it because I "love children". I got into it because I loved MY children, and found it was a good balance. I left for a while (10 years), but realized that even though my kids young teens, they still needed someone at home at the end of a school day. So, 5 years ago, I came back.

I'm also a terrible employee. I always seem to think I'm smarter than the bosses.... Seriously, I can't handle office politics at all and so, I voted MYSELF off the island.

[momofapreschooler]

RE: I was born bossy so I function best when I am in charge.

RE: I was born bossy so I function best when I am in charge.

This is not a negative. That just means you have good leadership skills.

[Blackcat31]

RE: I was born bossy so I function best when I am in charge.

This is not a negative. That just means you have good leadership skills.