SLP Love

Sometimes you need to step outside of where you are and what you're doing and think about whether it's right for you. I was at the same job for the first 3 years of my career after getting my degree. I loved my students and couldn't open my mind to think about the setting and whether it was the right place for me. I had a lot of warning signs that it was time to get out before things became intolerable. I have not been updating this website since that moment. But now, I have two new jobs and I've realized something. I was in the wrong setting those three years. It didn't matter that I loved those kids. That was not the place for me. When I questioned whether I made the right decision becoming an SLP, I waived it off because I figured if I had, too bad. But I walked away from my new Saturday job last week thinking to myself, I love being an SLP...I was born to be an SLP! And then I remembered that not too long ago, I wondered whether it was a mistake. I am so grateful for the unfortunate things that happened at my first job to force me to be flexible and look elsewhere. Change is hard, but change is good. And I've learned. If it doesn't make you happy, tweak it! You don't need to desert it but you DO need to tweak it until it does make you happy! Merry Christmas. :)

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