Early Starts
I don't like early starts unless it's a glorious sunny morning in May or June, not a cloud in the sky, birdsong in the air, and I'm going on holiday. That kind of early start is fine.
Of course, since I started swimming in the early mornings I have had lots of early starts and I have to say that I don't like those either, especially the moment when I get out of bed. But it's worth it in the end.
But on Thursday morning I have to be on the 6.25am train from Leeds to Manchester and that's just ridiculous.
Entirely my own fault, of course - I accepted the job, which is as a roleplayer for medical students, and I knew straight away what time I'd need to be in Manchester and it is eight o'clock in the morning which is a time of ridiculous earliness, especially on a cold, dark winter's morning.
But I know what I'm like - - and I like to set myself these challenges. Can I get up, get there on time, do the work as well as I possibly can, come home again?
I still think I'm a twenty-five-year-old having an adventure. When I've done the job, I hope I'll feel a sense of achievement, and that this will keep the exhaustion at bay for a while.
Of course, since I started swimming in the early mornings I have had lots of early starts and I have to say that I don't like those either, especially the moment when I get out of bed. But it's worth it in the end.
But on Thursday morning I have to be on the 6.25am train from Leeds to Manchester and that's just ridiculous.
Entirely my own fault, of course - I accepted the job, which is as a roleplayer for medical students, and I knew straight away what time I'd need to be in Manchester and it is eight o'clock in the morning which is a time of ridiculous earliness, especially on a cold, dark winter's morning.
But I know what I'm like - - and I like to set myself these challenges. Can I get up, get there on time, do the work as well as I possibly can, come home again?
I still think I'm a twenty-five-year-old having an adventure. When I've done the job, I hope I'll feel a sense of achievement, and that this will keep the exhaustion at bay for a while.
posted by Daphne at 8:53 pm
5 Comments:
I recently did two days of simulated patient work for GP trainees in Croydon. It wasn't a particularly early start on either day but the job was a challenge and I was amazed by how I didn't feel absolutely exhausted by the time I had driven home at end of the second day.
The sense of achievement brings satisfaction which will greatly offset your early start and hard work. Sleep well before and I am sure you will after secure in the glow of a job well done.
Keep thinking like a 25-year-old, Daphne... it's what keeps us ahead of encroaching middle/old age.
Lucy
If they ask you to roleplay the part of a raving lunatic it should come naturally enough.
Ruth - yes, if it goes well it always brings great satisfaction!
Lucy - yes, you're right of course - I just must be careful not to push it too hard!
YP - I have indeed played a raving lunatic (someone with the condition called mania) for Mental Health training on more than one occasion. It did come quite naturally. What point are you making, by the way?!
The dreadfully early start - a sure sign of madness. Wasn't Peter Sutcliffe a lorry driver?
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