Do you really love your job every day?

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Joshua Broadwater · Answer

Great question. Do I really love my job every day? I actually feel very fortunate to do what I do as a veterinarian and a veterinary ophthalmologist. So, I had to go to school for a very long time. So, 12 years total after high school, 4 years undergrad, 4 years vet school, 1 year internship, 3 year residency. So, it's a very long path and to not enjoy what you do would be very difficult. But I actually feel very fortunate in life to really love what I do. There's always challenges, there's always stresses, there's always very hard days that you'd rather be home curled up on the couch and watching TV. But the overwhelming majority of the time, I love my job. I love the challenges of the cases. I love seeing people. I love helping animals. I love doing surgery. So, yes, I'm very fortunate to do something that I truly love, I'm truly passionate about. And I've been doing it, I've been out of residency for about 16 years now and I feel very fortunate to still be doing what I do at this point. So, yes, definitely still love it.

Ashley Bourgeois · Answer

Do you really love your job every day? Most days. So I guess the answer would be no as far as every day. Just like any job, you can be passionate about it, you can love what you do, but there can still be really difficult days depending on if I have cases that I'm having a hard time getting under control, if I'm having frustrating cases, if we're short-staffed in the clinic, which is a big problem in veterinary medicine right now, or if I have other things going on at home. For example, I've had a son the last year who's had some medical issues and depending on how he's doing, it can be really hard to have to go to work and work through that when that's in the back of my mind, depending on how he's doing at home. So like anybody else, veterinarians are humans, so we have good days and bad days. For the most part, we're really passionate about what we do. So I do love my job, I'm doing exactly what I'm meant to do, but there are still some days that can be tough.

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