I exam

 This assignment proved to be much more difficult than I thought. I planned to start on Friday, Friday came, and I was off to a great start, then I had a COVID scare which everything proved to be negative. I then attempted the assignment again on Saturday, my first day back at work. I was very intentional with my routine in the morning. I made sure I took the time to have breakfast and a healthy one at that. While eating my breakfast I took the time to call my mom to see what her schedule looked like and to check on the family. Prior to Saturday, all our phone calls had been very routine, just a quick check-up. But on Saturday we both had an allowance in our schedules that allowed us to fully catch up with each other. After my phone call, I took my dog, Bealah on an extra-long walk which I could tell she enjoyed much more than I did. We went back to my apartment, and I decided to do my own form of meditation before going into work for the day, knowing the type of stress I would be under once I arrived.

            I work as a Pharmacy Technician for a large cooperation, and in the pandemic, we are incredibly understaffed. I came in for my shift and for the fourth time in four weeks I am the only technician there. Meaning it’s just myself and a pharmacist. I truly sympathize and care for my patient’s needs, but at times where you’re so overwhelmed and not fully equipped to handle situations like that, you go into autopilot. I found myself slipping away from being intentional and personable with the patients, because as the day went on and we still hadn’t received help, the more frustrated I became. Frustrated knowing some patients had gone days and weeks without key prescriptions due to the lack of support in the pharmacy. Thankfully a regular patient of ours had seen my dismay through my mask and reassured me of myself. I truly appreciated her words of wisdom. After Ms. Carter left, I was able to be personable again with the patients after coming to an understanding with myself knowing that I am giving all I can give to these patients, and their acceptance and appreciation is up to them, and not worth beating myself over.

After ten hours of work, behind a computer, I was more than ready to put all electronics away. I then took my dog out for an even longer walk, and just took in the weather, it was starting to get chilly after a warm afternoon. Bealah and I played and enjoyed nature, while I reflected on my work. After self-reflection and no outside opinion, I concluded it may be time to leave the said job. As much as I love providing care for my patients, the lack of support given by managerial staff makes me work in bad conditions such as working for ten straight hours with no breaks for food or bathroom. This assignment although hard really did help me look into my life from an outside perspective. 

 

 

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