no, not that. get your mind outa the gutter!
i have found that, in general, thinking about doing something is harder than actually doing it. not that doing it is easy, necessarily, but it's usually not as bad as it sounded in your head.
take going back to work after you thought you were retired and you'd never have to work a day in your life again. just as an example.
the idea of going back to work after you thought you were retired and you'd never have to work a day in your life again is a pretty hideous idea. as ideas go.
the actual going back to work, while not falling neatly into the picnic category, isn't so hideous as it sounds after all. it's bad, maybe, but it's not hideous.
especially if you go back to the kind of work you did before you thought you were retired and would never have to work a day in your life again. if you go back to work like that, you'll be surprised how quickly the words "crisis plan," and "mental status exam," and "is he taking his meds like he's supposed to" come flowing back to you.
you'll remember that you can bill for the time you spend with the client and/or his family and/or fellow members of the treatment team but you can't bill for meeting just with fellow members of the treatment team. unless the fellow members of the treatment team that you are meeting with are from the CHPS program. or the TPPS one. oh! and the RHIS program, too - don't wanna forget about those guys!
it'll all come back to you how social workers almost always have lousy offices. if they have offices at all.
you'll be like, "oh, yeah.....i forgot about that!" when they tell you that medicaid won't pay if you write your name on this line but they will pay if you write it on this one.
the stale smell of the staff lounge will be familiar and so will the frustration of never being able to find the supplies you need.
when your computer says, "access denied," you'll be like, yep, it's all comin' back to me now.
but the other thing that is easier, once you actually get out there and do it, as opposed to just thinking about doing it is, the love.
it's easier to love a kid in trouble when he's right in your face rather than in your distant memory somewhere.
it's easier to help when you're, well, helping, than it is to just think about helping.
it's easier to serve God when you're serving Him, as opposed to just thinking that one of these days, if i have enough time, i might get around to serving Him.
