There is a strange pressure in nursing academia to push yourself out of bedside nursing as soon as possible. More experienced nurses will tell you that bedside nursing should not be what you do for the rest of your life and that you’ll be miserable if you try to stick with it. It’s almost like a coercion statement they make to put in your head that you’ll never be happy unless you get a master's degree.

Transitioning into adulthood and securing employment is a universal journey that all individuals embark on — it's an anticipated phase of life. However, recently, I've found myself reflecting on the activities I once cherished but now struggle to find time for.

There’s plenty of best-paying job lists you may feel tempted to pore over. But before you do, consider the careers that fell by the wayside in the past decades or centuries.