Readiness
As the time gets closer that I will be finished with my academic work I am getting more and more nervous about fieldwork. Even though I have been working as a COTA for almost 8 years I wonder if I will make a good OTR. I wonder if I have learned enough to be competent, I wonder if I will remember everything I learn when I get out into practice. All of this stress along with trying to balance work, school and a family have really taken its toll. The only thing that has helped is knowing I am not the only one. My classmates and I are all feeling overwhelmed and ready to be done with academics at the same time nervous about the next step. At this point in our education we have 14 academic weeks left of school. 14 weeks that will fly by so quickly we will forget how stressed we were at this point in time. It is almost over and then we will all be OTRs.