Nursing the Ego

Arts Hub Australia — When I was seventeen, the world at my feet and the future bright, I announced to my parents that I wanted to go to college to study drama. Their response went something like this: “We’re not paying for you to go to college to become an actor who’ll never get work! Why don’t you become a nurse, like your cousin? It’s a good stable profession.” I’m not sure if they slipped something into my orange juice, but I did exactly that – I became a nurse. Unfortunately, nobody told me that a stable profession in nursing can ultimately make you unstable.