Amidst the growing mood of making changes in my life, I decided to hand in my resignation today. So I wrote an email, with the mandatory 4 week notice period, and sent it off. Do I have another job lined up? Nope. Am I taking up a new profession? Nope. Have I lost my mind? Dont think so…

But I had decided that I have had enough of being dissatisfied, under-paid and over-taxed. Well, to be honest, I should have quit work a long time ago. But I guess starting this current job, where I am ACTUALLY only a typist, was the straw that broke the camel’s back. I dont do any medical work, I dont enjoy being at work, and I felt like I am just wasting my time. So I quit

So now, my grand plan is to count down the days of my four remaining weeks. Then, I am a free agent. Then I am going to do real work, and be paid real money, of what the job is actually worth. I am going to be A LOCUM (gasp!). Unfortunately, I have descended into that deep, dark, immoral world of being a full time locum. And maybe somewhere between being a glorified typist and handing over half my paycheck to help people who dont deserve it, I lost my morals and high ideals somewhere. I am beyond caring. One year of working in the public health system has made me very cynical. Keeping someone in an inpatient psychiatric unit for two weeks just so you could sort out their benefit and government accomodation, just to see them go out and spend their entire benefit on their poison of choice….and then come back into hospital coz they have now fried their brain….Well, I am sorry, but I am over it. Completely over it. If the powers that be have to money to waste on such people, they can afford to pay me twice what I make right now. RMO shortage be damned! I dont care if I am being selfish.