I quit! After 3 years as a retail pharmacist, I have finally freed myself of this hell otherwise known as retail pharmacy. This is my Declaration of Independence! Okay, that was a bit dramatic, although I did cry when I called my manager that I would be putting in my 2 weeks and quitting retail pharmacy. As I reflect on these past three years, there were some good and some bad moments (see here, here, and here), but I will…
It’s been roughly three years since I graduated from pharmacy school and became a pharmacist and figured it was time for an update on my career as a retail pharmacist. Looking through my archives, I’ve written only 3 total updates on my pharmacy career in the three years since I started this blog out of 76 total posts. It’s not that I have nothing to say on my career, but rather, I’ve really come to view my career as a…
2020 is here! And I’m finally ready to go over my 2019 year in review after quite a bit of procrastination. I felt like so many things, yet at the same time nothing happened in 2019. It was really hard to generalize my 2019 into any specific theme, but I did finally settle on one. If I am putting it nicely, 2019 was definitely the Year of Self-Care. To put it bluntly, I can also rename this as the Year…
“I got that summertime, summertime sadness…” is completely stuck in my head and unfortunately it describes my life right now. I feel trapped. And apathetic. And sad. How’s that for a way to begin the summer? But I’m hoping that it gets better. Maybe it’s because it’s been a cloudy and rainy spring these past few months. But summer’s here now and I’ve always been a summer girl. Okay, but let’s backtrack and get to the issue at hand. I…
When I started this blog, I never thought I’d write about my career in pharmacy. It was supposed to be a place for me to document my journey through personal finance and debt repayment. But I realized that my personal finance has a direct correlation to my career choices (both past and future). So I thought, what the heck, my job is half of my life so there was a lot to write on that. However, what I didn’t realize…
I cannot believe how fast 2018 flew by. As I look back on my 2018, I figured why not document the highlights. It’ll be great to look back on this years later to read a quick recap of my personal, financial, and work life in 2018. Before I begin, I like to start by looking back at the goals I made at the beginning of 2018. I started 2018 with $129,149 in student loan debt and in January wrote a list…
Six-figure salary. It’s a dream for a lot of people. It certainly was a dream of mine when I set upon my career path. I grew up in a middle-class family and enjoyed a great childhood. But when my parents separated, the dose of reality hit as I witnessed first-hand how hard my mom had to work to put food on the table so that my brother and I would never be lacking. At 10 years old, I realized just…
I graduated from pharmacy school a year ago and have been a licensed pharmacist for almost 10 months now. I wish I could say all those hours spent studying in pharmacy school and all the debt I incurred was worth it now that I am a practicing pharmacist. But then this post wouldn’t be called Why I Regret Becoming a Pharmacist. Although the thought had been running through my mind and I’ve said it a few times to some friends,…
While the end of the school year may be an exciting time to relax and enjoy a summer vacation, it can also be a stressful time of decision making. This is especially true if you are entering your last year of college and deciding whether you should apply for grad school during your last year or take a gap year before grad school. If you want to go straight to grad school after getting your college degree, you have to…
I did it. I just resigned from my job. It doesn’t make me feel good to do it on Friday the 13th, but I don’t think there is such thing as a good day to resign. I mentioned before that a month since my contract position ended, I was lucky enough to secure a new job. However, the downside was I had to resign from my part-time job. Although I never liked the job and I always had the intention…