My Perfect Workplace Is High Stressed, Fast Paced,...

American author and poet Maya Angelou once said, â€Å"You can only become truly accomplished at something you love. Don’t make money your goal. Instead pursue the things you love doing and then do them so well that people can’t take their eyes off of you.†(SIC) I believe that Angelou hit the nail on the head with her comment. Describing my perfect workplace will come as a shock to most people, but I could not imagine doing anything else. I have worked in Emergency Services for over 12 years. I do not consider this a career, but a calling. My dream workplace is high stressed, fast paced, dangerous and suspenseful. I do not think anyone would consider this to be a dream workplace, but every aspect of this career keeps me in awe. Emergency Services is one of the most stressful careers out there. I have been woken up at all hours of the night. I have missed family functions, dinners and my children’s sporting events. I do all of this because someone else needs me more than my family at that time. At any given time throughout a day, my pager can go off. This means I have to drop what I am doing a respond to the Fire Hall. The calls can vary in nature and severity: Fires, medicals, rescue situations, and standbys for weather. The most stressful part of the job is not being there for my family. They give up just as much as I do to help our community. Working in Emergency services there is no time to sit and wait for someone to make the decisions. Being able to identify when there is