Life as a Paramedic - My Job

I am a Paramedic and I love my job!
In this day and age some of us consider ourselves lucky to have a job, few of us are able to have a job that we have passion for and that we enjoy doing. I fall under the lucky few(I think?) in that I'm paid to do a job that I really enjoy...most of the time anyways.
It has taken me 10 years of hard work and plugging away though to get where I am today.
Paramedics usually don't just become 'paramedics', it's a passionate path that most of us follow. It's many years of volunteer work, low crappy pay commuting to rural stations,  hundreds of hours in a classroom and countless more at home with your nose in a book or on the computer. It's clinical and practicum hours, clinical exams, practical exams, governing body licensing exams, employer exams.
For me, it just kind of clicked one day when someone said that I should become a Paramedic.  The years before this I wouldn't have even thought about doing this job, but at that moment in time it all made sense...yes...yes, I should be a Paramedic!
After I left the military I was kind of lost, not knowing what job path to go into, I was soul searching trying hard to find something I had desire for, a job I would enjoy, a job that could give me a challenge. I had a lot of empty holes in my life that needed to be filled from my years of being in the British special forces. Frustration in job direction was a brewing problem, and then there was that day that it clicked... Yes! I should be a Paramedic!
I took a lot of courses, I put in my time, and at times I struggled and questioned why I had chosen this path. But at the end of each day I knew this was what I wanted, it was the same thought process I had when I was in basic training many years before in England.
Today I am a full time Paramedic working in a major metro area, and in particular the community that I call home. I work four days on and four days off, two days and two nights of 12 hours each. I can run or ride my bike to work, and have a regular station to report to. Each and every day is different and when I put on my uniform before the start of my shift I always wonder what things I will see and do in my shift. It is sometimes boring, but mostly it's exciting and challenging, both physically and mentally. It is what I want to do, it is what I was supposed to do.
I am a Paramedic and I love my job.