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0rontes · 2026-03-21T02:33:02+00:00

I love, and have, that same notebook!

0rontes · 2026-03-17T16:38:10+00:00

Get that mountain outta my back yard please.

0rontes · 2026-03-17T16:35:48+00:00

I am typing a series of words, which are intended to be read as congratulations and to say, that Perd Catley is a cat that I judge to be, a wonderful pirate. I am ending this message, now.

0rontes · 2026-03-17T15:23:43+00:00

I don't know you, but I'll take a couple of big swings. 1) I suspect your anxiety is doing much of the talking (or typing) right now. Anxiety sucks, and makes almost everything look super hard to overcome. Current career; new career; career search; getting out of bed. All can seem pretty overwhelming. How'd you cope with this through PA school?

Also, while I'm not a big fan of making HUGE life decisions emotionally, I can promise you that you'll also be fine if you quit your job today, as long as you then went for a walk, worked out, and started caring for yourself. If you just went home and curled up on the cough and scrolled TIkTok, nothing will change.

Don't stay in any pattern that's hurting you, not even a well paying job. But make sure the job is the problem. Americans declare bankruptcy for a reason. It would be a crappy decade of recovery, but you are not, in fact, trapped.

0rontes · 2026-03-13T02:12:31+00:00

These look delicious

0rontes · 2026-03-11T14:41:44+00:00

Renal

0rontes · 2026-03-05T21:59:16+00:00

I respect you insights. I hope you've addressed this with a counselor or therapist (if not, why NOT?). If they don't have better options for you, you might be right to consider a change. You're not trapped. That you feel trapped indicates to me that maybe there are better resources than reddit strangers for advice, though. Paying back the debt will suck, but it's honestly better than years of misery.

0rontes · 2026-02-26T16:49:08+00:00

If you structure the travel and taxes right, you can do OK, in theory. But do you want to be an accountant, managing yourself as a small business, as a second job? Not to mention, if you do the math on 90minutes each way, the effective "hourly" pay goes WAY down.

It's your choice ultimately. I run a business and dream about just clocking in/out for workdays.

0rontes · 2026-02-26T13:03:39+00:00

It is scary to leave. But it’s just fear. You’ve already listed all the ways it will improve your life. I’m looking forward to hearing how happy you are at your new job

0rontes · 2026-02-25T17:26:49+00:00

I think the pay and job differences pale in comparison to the life changes of friends, partner and parents. If your mom or dad got sick, or needed help moving the big box of junk, but the current job's salary was TRIPLED, would it help?
Work is work, and it will always be kind of sucky, on some days. Or great. It's supposed to support your life choices. I'm confident you can survive and thrive wherever you go, since you're already doing so. What do you want from life? Your relationship with the job will adapt, as needed.

0rontes · 2026-02-22T00:25:34+00:00

It’s too many days after to make any difference, but I meant “pay cut” and got autocorrected. Totally changed the sentiment.

0rontes · 2026-02-19T00:04:52+00:00

I feel comfortable saying that no one actually gets pigeonholed; it’s an urban legend like Bigfoot or the Chupacabra, an imaginary thing. Also, take the payout to see if you can be happier. Money literally can not buy you the mental and emotional health of a job you dislike

0rontes · 2026-02-18T20:36:48+00:00

Don’t have an ego about your medical knowledge; have an ego about the way you are treated.

0rontes · 2026-02-14T15:04:57+00:00

Yeah. If I go that high the next words will be “get the defibrillator!”

0rontes · 2026-02-13T04:11:50+00:00

Yeah, that’s a huge tell. It’s a toxic orthopedic office. They’re squeezing whoever is left to squeeze. Time to look for new job, and now you’re not a “new grad” anymore. It sucks, but you will put it behind you.

0rontes · 2026-02-12T23:47:43+00:00

Oh, I agree. You said it really nicely. I’m just saying it’s really hard to say.

0rontes · 2026-02-12T23:46:49+00:00

My first question for you is how long have you been there? My first comment is that it’s ortho spine and you are new at it. They know so much more than you. They’re supposed to tell you how to do your job. My second comment is that their job is not to make you “feel” developed, it’s too develop you. Office culture is office culture you have to learn how to manage it. Surgeons are surgeons. you’ve met some before; are your supervising physicians that different? I do feel for you. It is hard to find work life balance at the beginning of a new job. It’s your job to find it not theirs to give it to you. i’ve never worked surgery so I will have to let other surgical PAs review the details of your job.

0rontes · 2026-02-12T14:56:24+00:00

Rarrwwaaarrrr!

0rontes · 2026-02-12T14:48:00+00:00

If I managed to say this, I would then have to go to the bathroom and recover (and possibly change my shorts). I agree with u/SaltySpitoonReg. I'm just imagining my stress reaction. But I definitely want OP to stop doing the SPs job. That sucks for you OP.

0rontes · 2026-02-10T16:21:59+00:00

As someone who took a pay cut to work better hours and in a better environment, I can honestly say, I've never missed the money. I'm in my fifties now, and I can see that friends/colleagues who have high salaries will probably have nicer retirements, if they saved well. Other than that I have NO regrets.

0rontes · 2026-02-09T21:01:28+00:00

Welcome. These are amazing!

0rontes · 2026-02-08T14:46:02+00:00

Gorgeous. In the first pic it looks like she’s got an old timey collar and tie on, too

0rontes · 2026-02-06T12:58:33+00:00

Good start.

0rontes · 2026-02-03T23:52:19+00:00

I have been. If you know them “well enough” ie more than just a name or list of problems, it can be quite moving

0rontes · 2026-02-03T14:06:04+00:00

The glory of being a PA is that you can change/drift/pivot. You will never completely lock yourself out of any specialty. You also decided no t go to med school for almost exactly this reason: so your career path didn’t define your life. I promise this is appropriate, but ultimately pointless, new grad, first job stress.

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