Amy’s Life in Brief

Are you, as a social worker, able to articulate why you enjoy your job? I recognize that I’m operating on the premise that you actually, do in fact, enjoy your job. I guess “enjoy” probably isn’t the best way to describe how I feel about my job, and maybe that’s the crux of the problem.

I feel like my work is meaningful and I feel that I am effective in what I do. I also can’t imagine doing anything else. I look forward to going to work every day. I am also glad to go home at the end of every day..but I guess that would be a whole different post if that wasn’t the case.

I also recognize that my job is very stressful and sometimes I find it very difficult not to carry some of that home with me. But, I really do enjoy my job. I’m just trying to figure out how to get the husband to “get it”. And I guess if you don’t do this work, maybe it would be hard to understand how you can face a day with joy. Yes, I see some very sad situations. Some situations I see are so sad you would think that they were conceived in an author’s mind for a work of fiction. I guess I am able to find joy in going to work because I feel like I can step in and hopefully provide some guidance to people who are truly lost in their crisis. That is enough for me…I am not changing the world, or even people’s lives…I’m just, maybe, helping them right their course. And that is enough.