posted July 30, 2016 06:12 PM            

So I just heard about the possibility of obtaining a scholarship for an internship in the US in 2017 or '18. The thing is the window is really narrow (until tomorrow) and I don't have much time to think about it. I think it would be a big career opportunity for me, however it would kinda screw my plans for the next 2 years (like IVF and having a baby) and I kinda don't want to choose my career over my personal life for the 1000th time. But I also wonder if I'd miss out on a huge life opportunity. I've been thinking lately of specialising in burn surgery and this could offer me further training in this area, but like I said I sort of had other plans! Plus I worry about travel and gun violence in the US even though I visited before. I'm pretty set in my career here, I have a stable job but in the next few years we'll have a new burn centre here and I'd like to be top notch in this field by that time. Sure I can have the kid later, but I've always done this, prioritise my career over my other interests and sometimes I resent it. Yet I may never have this opportunity again and I sort of feel I'm stagnating professionally.

posted July 31, 2016 06:34 AM            

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Originally posted by Dancing Maenad:
But I also wonder if I'd miss out on a huge life opportunity.

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Wouldn`t that always bug you, if you did not take the opportunity?