Free Write

i think i want to pursue a masters for all the wrong reasons. Why?
1. I see it as a way out of this job i do not enjoy.
2. I want to take a break from working.
3. I want to move back to CA. ( i can't believe that I am actually admiting it)

But then I look back at the goals that I set for myself before I started this job and I think I do want to pursue a masters for the right reasons. Because there is so much to learn in the field of nutrition (such a cliche response). I admire those who stay in clinical dietetics because I don't think I am cut out to do it long term. I prefer to focus on preventing someone from getting to the point where their chronic disease has caused them to be hospitalized. I enjoy an environment where nutrition is of first priority. The hospital was a wonderful place to learn but what i realized is that a. a patient just wants to get better and leave (which i do not blame them) , nutrition/ eating healthy is the last thing on their mind (at least for most patients), b. sometimes patients think that because I am from the nutritoin department, I am responsible for cooking unpalatable hospital food. c. Sometimes my recommendations are not taken into consideration or i have a feeling my notes are not being read...

*sigh*
im trying to write this personal statement and formulating why i want to go to grad school and why they should pick me is difficult especially when i dont think i really stand out. Until this personal statement is finished this blog is going to serve as free writes to get my writing juices flowing