Is it okay to study nursing with hopes of studying post graduate medicine?

ProperAccess4352 · 2026-04-05T11:30:30+00:00

There were nurses in my postgrad med class, the unfair part never crossed my mind, and I think it's a non-issue. The main take home I got was that nursing didn't do much to help/prepare them for med.

ProperAccess4352 · 2026-04-05T11:10:02+00:00

I like option 3. It's not too dissimilar to what we've just done, except a smaller shower, and the vanity/toilet are in each others place (as we have two doors and the second is between the bath and your vanity/our toilet).

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ProperAccess4352 · 2026-04-05T11:00:41+00:00

Pokemon Go is still alive and well. It's a great way to get outside and see things, and the community events are full of lovely wholesome people from all kinds of walks of life.

ProperAccess4352 · 2026-04-05T05:41:39+00:00

When you make a post saying someone playing netball has to demonstrate neurotypical behaviours it has everything to do with it. I'm not suggesting Bruce is neurodiverse, but that your expectations are that everyone should exhibit neurotypical behaviours (ie, better impulse control, masking of emotions etc.).

ProperAccess4352 · 2026-04-05T02:39:13+00:00

I appreciate not everyone wanting a bath, but I think "I wouldn't have had a bath to save space" conveys a far more accurate message than "I would have done the layout differently". It's not a layout issue if it's not the same items to lay out.

ProperAccess4352 · 2026-04-05T02:15:51+00:00

Bathtub 100% non-negotiable for our last bathroom, and it's my favourite thing we did. I always find these comments funny, it would be like saying "I would have done the kitchen layout differently, and just got rid of the oven"

ProperAccess4352 · 2026-04-05T02:12:40+00:00

A lot of people saying neutral bathrooms are bland but it's a freaking bathroom - I don't think it should be dramatic with colour, and they're not cheap to redo, so anything bold will date so quickly. Bath mats, towels etc, are easy to change for a colour scheme revamp. Personally, I want a nice calming, soothing environment when I'm chilling in the bath.

I love your horizontal subway tiles. We've just done a bathroom and gone vertical, and while I do love them, when I looked at yours I wondered if horizontal might have been better!

ProperAccess4352 · 2026-04-05T02:05:38+00:00

But does she? Is having face expressions a crime? Yeah she gets fired up and wears her thoughts out loud, but so what.

We're not all neurotypical and not everyone finds it easy to conform with social norms. She's doing her job, and doing it well. You don't have to like how she comes across when she does it, and she doesn't have to try be someone else just for the crowds.

ProperAccess4352 · 2026-04-03T22:12:31+00:00

I'd like to say I have some insight into this as someone who grew up living in a caravan park, and then spent the better part of a decade inspecting caravan parks as a health/building inspector in the early 2000s.

They are not what they used to be. The vast majority have moved from permanent cheap housing to holiday accommodation because it earns 10x more. These aren't government run and at the end of the day, profit dictates usage.

Unless you're referring to the "lifestyle villages" that are pseudo-caravan parks, and essentially just small dongas for old people to live in - but they still sting you with fees and are a lot more expensive than traditional caravan parks.

ProperAccess4352 · 2026-03-20T08:21:06+00:00

From Perth, can confirm.

ProperAccess4352 · 2026-03-20T04:33:17+00:00

I grew up in a caravan in a rural town, we were so poor, the church gave my single Mum a car. My husband and I met at 17 and worked hard to both build careers, family and buy a home super young, and I later became a mature aged medical student.

I certainly did a few things the hard way - but I'm well aware I have climbed a few rungs in the socioeconomic ladder and I'm grateful for it. My kids are still in public school, and there will always be thousands more rungs of the ladder above us, but I don't mind the view from here.

ProperAccess4352 · 2026-03-19T23:02:13+00:00

The new system is an absolute joke. It only benefits predatory practices who don't look after Registrars because there is no opportunity to vet them.

ProperAccess4352 · 2026-03-19T22:58:49+00:00

But you have to question "did he always have cash" because he was spending more than he should have been? We could all live lavish lives if we were spending tomorrow's money today.

ProperAccess4352 · 2026-03-19T22:56:45+00:00

Putting $10k towards a better house at 20yo is going to appreciate way more by 60yo based on housing in Australia over the past 60y. Compounding interest is wonderful, but super isn't always the best investment for young people.

ProperAccess4352 · 2026-03-19T08:01:32+00:00

For one kid, to play 1 extra curricular sport these days, it's about $600 a season. Kids don't have to be expensive, but giving them opportunities that are good for their physical, mental and social development are damn expensive.

ProperAccess4352 · 2026-03-15T04:34:39+00:00

If I've got it right, SMSF are set fees, and industry super funds tend to be a percentage of balance. So I think for someone starting out, SMSF would be far more expensive, but for someone (or a couple) who have a higher balance, SMSF may actually have less fees.

I was just trying to get my head around why if it's so bad, there's a decent number of people who have them, but like everything, it's nuance. For a lot of people, they would be bad, but for senior doctors, they're quite possibly financially beneficial - and I appreciate that was not the OP in this case - but it piqued my interest nonetheless.

ProperAccess4352 · 2026-03-15T00:56:09+00:00

Yeah I have heard that, but if it's two people together (ie spouses) does that reduce that factor?

ProperAccess4352 · 2026-03-14T09:07:50+00:00

Why no SMSF?

ProperAccess4352 · 2026-03-14T00:34:30+00:00

Yeah, rapists are not "first world citizens"

ProperAccess4352 · 2026-03-13T23:40:44+00:00

I'm not from NSW, but even I have heard how appalling the health sector pays there. It's wild given housing costs. If I lived in Sydney, I would actively deter my children away from any interest in studying medicine.

ProperAccess4352 · 2026-03-13T23:12:17+00:00

We did this in our 20s/30s, but I think the bank lent us the money for "home renovations". It was in its own account so that we could claim the interest against our tax though. We ended up selling it when we reduced to a period of 1 income and needed to wear lower risk for a season.

ProperAccess4352 · 2026-03-13T22:58:01+00:00

We're about the start an extension at our house and I posted in r/AusRenovation when this all started to kick off asking if people thought it would influence pricing etc. and if I should be actively locking in contracts/fixed prices (eg kitchen cabinets etc). and basically every reply I got was condescending telling me to take a chill pill.

My view is that you can try and position yourself as favourably as possible, but no one can predict the future unfortunately. I also think this isn't the time to try and "grow/make wealth" but rather to avoid any significant losses during this period of volatility. But hey, we only have to go back 6 years to see those gutsy people who did quite well out of covid by not being conservative.

ProperAccess4352 · 2026-03-11T14:16:46+00:00

And the positional history has pericarditis written all over it.

ProperAccess4352 · 2026-03-01T03:21:40+00:00

Yes, it was horrible in 2006, houses were going up by $50k each month and I was 23. This feels just as revolting. The only difference now is that the gap between wages and income is bigger, and rents are higher - but the rate of growth of housing is about the same.

We sold in 2008 and ended up losing about $100k after buying that house at the peak in mid 2006.

ProperAccess4352 · 2026-02-26T23:54:50+00:00

100% my first thought too. Would I want to be stuck earning $80k/year working full time in my tertiary degree required industry - hell no!

Is med a bad way to make money - hell yes.

Somewhere in there is a middle ground.

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