Can a job be too easy?

 Can a job be too easy?  It seems like a simple question, but I'm honestly have to answer it and all the sub questions that come with it.  What exactly defines 'easy' when it comes to a job.  Is it better to have a difficult job or an easy one?  Is it okay to be around people that complain about how difficult their easy job is?  Let's dig into this because its all relevant.  

Update July 30, 2022

 I'll get more into the job in another post, but figured I'd get an 'update' out of the way just to catch up on a lot of little subjects.  

The New Job

On June 13, 2022 I started my first real new job as a registered nurse.  I no longer work for the department of corrections and now work for the department of health and human services.  I'm still in orientation, and will probably still be in orientation for another couple weeks at least, but I think I've been there long enough to open up and talk about it now. 

Update May 30, 2022

 There should be a lot to talk about since February, but honestly January feels like several days ago.  And several years ago.  Both at the same time.  So lets try to figure out and remember all the stuff that's happened.  Oh, and I got a new job! 

Light Thoughts

I re-read my last post and.... boy, that might have been the nadir.  The low point.  The end of the line.  While it didn't exactly get better starting two months ago, we did start to hire nurses right around then.  And that little glimmer of hope was enough to see, both in my own actions and in the eyes of the nurses I supervise.  To date, we have two RNs and one LPN out of orientation with three more RNs in orientation.  That's enough to cut down the overtime by about half.   

There might be light at the end of this tunnel yet.  

Dark Thoughts

I'm feeling low.  Very low.  I knew that work was going to catch up as there's just no way to keep a smile on your face with everything exploding around you.  One step forward and two steps back?  Yeah.  For two years.  We're more than 'a few steps back' now.  I can't imagine seeing 'even' now, let alone see it on the horizon.  This is going to be life for the foreseeable future.... and dear Goddess, I don't know if I can take it. 

Update February 13, 2022

A good friend reached out on Discord to say hey and see how I was doing.   She mentioned reading my 'Work and Nursing' post and that inspired me to go back and read it as that must have been months ago.  Nope.  7 weeks.  Work had come to dominate my life.  My daily and weekly routines are so far off that I sometimes don't know what day it is until I look at a calendar.  You'll probably see that as a pattern in this update.  

2021 wasn't any better

I guess 2021 was better than 2020, but we're not talking about major differences here.  2021 sucked.  2020 just sucked a little more.  

Work and Nursing

This isn't going to be easy to write.  When I generally go down a path like this, looking at options of how the near future of my life will go, I tend to make a change.  And I'm not sure I want to make a change.  

Update December 25, 2021

It's been awhile for an update.  While that would normally mean a longer post, I think this will be short and just hit the updates.  If I want to write more, I can always add it in a later post.  Here we go!  

By the way, before I get this started,  I actually wrote the above words on November 28th, 2021.  I only got a couple paragraphs in so the post can still move forward (it's jus an update and now I need to update an extra month worth), but I still find it frightening just how busy I've become.