I
almost started a blog when I began my OT training three very short years ago.
Now I’ve handed in my final essay and my student days are over. There is lots
of corny talk of journeys these days, but stepping through the door on my first
day felt so strongly like the first step on an important journey that it made
me catch my breath. So I took that first step firmly and deliberately- it felt
significant. It’s been a good journey so far; I’ve had a great time with great
people and learnt a great deal. The going has been steep in places, and a
gentle incline in others. To really stretch the metaphor I would say I’m now
sat on a ledge, catching my breath, looking up to the next stretch, planning a
route and hoping for good weather.
I hope that writing this blog will be a way of reflecting on what I’ve learnt so far and what’s to come, a way to keep focus on developing professionally now university’s over, a way to share interesting finds and find interesting shares, and a way to connect with OTs round the world. It’ll also be nice to write more informally about OT after three years of essays- I already can tell I still sound like an essay. It will wear off.
So
in part I’ll be writing about this time of transition, reflecting on the
process of OT training, job-hunting, and hopefully starting a first OT job...
But in the main I’ll be going off track, with some eclectic musings on topics
that grab me from all corners of OT.
My favourite occupations include art, crafts, poetry, photography, music and dancing (all better when done with friends) and I’ve been thrilled to have the opportunity to begin to use arts in a therapeutic way as a student OT. But most of all I’m an eternally curious autodidact, with interests including psychology, neurology, comparative religion, linguistics and philosophy. So much about OT excites me, but finding a profession with such a broad knowledge base, spanning the arts, sciences and humanities is right up there- OT acknowledges the complexity of our human experiences and environments, and that’s a great thing. I can’t wait to get started.
My favourite occupations include art, crafts, poetry, photography, music and dancing (all better when done with friends) and I’ve been thrilled to have the opportunity to begin to use arts in a therapeutic way as a student OT. But most of all I’m an eternally curious autodidact, with interests including psychology, neurology, comparative religion, linguistics and philosophy. So much about OT excites me, but finding a profession with such a broad knowledge base, spanning the arts, sciences and humanities is right up there- OT acknowledges the complexity of our human experiences and environments, and that’s a great thing. I can’t wait to get started.
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