Cried to my wife literally all night about this but woke up feeling confident in my vision of my career. Now just mad on behalf of other first gens that don't have a badass mentor in academia and rely on online forums. I am so lucky.

Like I chose OT bc I love neurodevelopment and physiology and I want to apply that knowledge hands on every day (like I saw when working covid icu and chose this path)... alert the r/OT police I guess

I think it's absolutely fine to just go to work every day but likewise, some people (🙋‍♀️) want to practice to the very top of their scope and contribute to the literature