making a living

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A few senior practitioners offer mentoring, a great idea, usually not

paid. It's more like the traditional way of 'making yourself useful' for

the opportunity to expand your learning. I agree with what Eric says,

 

>As long as you keep learning after graduation,

> the road is endless.

>

In the best of all worlds, more practitioners would be able to retire,

if they chose to. Many of us will work til we drop, and we may choose to

do that. I wonder how it would work to pass one's practice on to a

younger practitioner. Might work, if the synergy is right. In most

cases, this is a pipedream. Reality is that most people have families to

support and tons of bills.

 

Frances Gander

Athens, Ohio

 

>>Message: 2

>> Wed, 22 Feb 2006 02:48:50 -0000

>> " carlstimson " <carlstimson

>>making a living

>>I realize we in the USA are far from

>>any formalized residency program, but is there a feeling in the

>>field that taking on a new grad for a couple of years or training

>>someone to take over a practice before retiring or moving on is a

>>good thing? I donft see much like that going on in my local market

>>and it seems silly to me. It seems like if it is financially

>>feasible, there are many benefits to the field for encouraging

>>this. I can tell you that I would gladly accept the chance to start

>>out under the eye of a senior practitioner, even if it meant less

>>money and part or half time employment for a couple years.

>

>---- Original Message -----

> Eric Brand

>

> Tuesday, February 21, 2006 11:03 AM

> Re: making a living

>

>

> , " Sarah Rivkin " <saydit

> wrote:

> I spent 10 years working various " other " jobs

> > so I could try to do what I really wanted to do ... So, OM may look

> comparatively rosy to

> > me!

>

> I have to say that I have had a fantastic life since my graduation. We

> are in an extremely interesting field at an extremely interesting

> time. If you have passion and interest, there are endless

> opportunities to explore in Chinese medicine. I've taken a different

> route than many of my classmates after graduation, but life has been

> generally really easy, fun, and constantly full of new opportunities.

> I can't even get close to exhausting all the avenues available at any

> given moment, and the options get progressively better all the time.

> Attitude is everything. As long as you keep learning after graduation,

> the road is endless.

>

> Eric

>