Your momma right now is a radiology resident on her third year. It's okay that she is doing so much work at work. Your momma is a masochist and she doesn't mind. What she minds is that she (along with her other batch mates) is doing most of the work while those ahead of her and those a year behind her are just roaming around the department pretending to be doing something.
I want you to know the value of work. Work with a purpose. Then, you will see how important your everyday tasks are.
It will definitely build your character. If it's not the tasks, it's the people who will make it more difficult than it is. Make it simple by focusing on what you are supposed to do. It would be hard to ignore the unnecessary because they will definitely try to get your attention. But you have to be strong enough to focus on what you should do and block whatever it is that is wasting your oh-so-precious time.
When you're working around people, you have to do your part. Even the menial tasks matter. You might think that they're not that necessary. However, in all kinds of structures, a weak post will topple the rest. You have to do it right. If you make a mistake and you cannot undo it (which is true in most cases), you have to do something right the next. Just remember: FIRST, DO NO HARM. But that doesn't mean doing nothing at all.
However, if your goal during your training (if ever you're going to enter this field) is compromised, then you have to do something. If your goal is earning money and your doing the exact opposite (after giving it a chance and enough time), you have to think of another way to reach the goal.
Today, even my batch mates are not at work. We have all decided that we leave the department alone on their own for now. It would have been better if it was a Monday so they would even feel the workload. I guess people get fed up with people too.
If you have to relieve yourself from the workplace, do it. But you have to come back and do more the next day. A break is not bad. It is actually a big help for you. Freshen up if you have to. It helps you to be more productive after being burnt out.
To make your life easy, you have to love your work. Most people don't have a choice when it comes to what work they will get into. If ever there comes a time that this happens to you, please bear in mind that your work does not define you, you have to define your work. You have to make it good. If it entails a lot of strength and a lot of time, make sure it is worth it.
I love my work because I love my family - you and Papa. I'm supposed to be working for your future but what is actually happening is that I'm working for today. Earning is very hard. And getting by everyday is a miracle. For now, we are poor. I don't know for how long. I truly pray that there will be work for me everyday for you.
By now you understand what work is (somehow). Whenever we say goodbye to you in bed very early in the morning, Papa explains to you that we have to go to work to buy milk, to buy toys, to buy all the things you want and need. Sometimes, you say it yourself. Papa doesn't need to repeat it. You know that work gives what you need. You're smart like that. And so it makes it more easier to leave you because you understand.
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