well, i did it. i finally did it. i quit my teaching job. it was easier than i thought it would be. i had been putting off the phone call for weeks. i just didn't want to call my boss and tell her that i was breaking my promise to her. but she was very understanding about it. she said she was happy that my practice was busy, and though she hated to see me go, she understood. i don't know what i was expecting her to do - yell, scream, call me on my promise, threaten to sue? it's amazing what one can come up with as a worst case scenario.i do feel kind of bad because i know a few students were going to take the lifespan class i was supposed to teach, but i had to ask myself: who is more important, them or me? while i'll miss the piddly $700 a month, now i won't have to worry about getting grades back, making tests, getting home on time to meet the bus, and a plethora of other things. now i can concentrate on building my practice so i can laugh in the face of $700/month.
i have also been toughening up my policies. i was going to see a homeopathic doctor and they emailed me their new patient forms. i really liked the way they worded their policies, so i took a cue from them and redid my new client forms. no more filing insurance for my clients! i'll give them a statement so that they can do it themselves. i believe the wording was something like "your insurance represents a relationship between you and your insurer, and i do not want to be involved in that relationship." another thing i am cracking down on is "no shows." i had a girl not come or call the other day. she finally called a few days later and said that her aunt (who is her ride to my office) had to go to the hospital. hello? haven't you heard of a phone? i'm in the phone book! she was none too happy to hear that she had to pay for the missed session, but fortunately she had signed the document that said "no shows will be charged the full fee for the missed session." and fortunately i had a copy of it that i could show her. i guess people think i have nothing better to do than to sit in my office all day with my thumb up my ass.
and then i have the what about bob? client. this dude calls me daily. and if i don't call him back, he emails me. we've had the talk about dependency several times now. but that story is too long and annoying. anyway, the phone calls have been limited to 5 minutes...and i have a timer.
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Good for you on both fronts Tigger. You can always teach again if you feel like it. And your counseling policies are more than reasonable.
In every walk of life, basic things like "showing up" are important. Like my tree man did not today. No call. Not that big a deal. But I always try to make good on a promise, or else explain why not. But some folks just don't.
In fact, they probably don't even think about what you're doing in your office with thumbs. They just don't think at all. ;)
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YOU GET WHAT YOU PAY FOR LADY.
Boy, ain't that the truth?? But I'm not ready to talk about politics today.
I wish I could laugh in the face of $700, but I don't remember what $700 looks like.
Good for you on focusing on something. I'd really like to do that so I could, uh, I could ... shucks, I don't remember.
– Texas T-bone
Good for you on changing some policies. No shows cost you money because you could have filled that time slot with another patient. I remember that very clearly from working in a physical therapy clinic. No shows happen with my boss also..but he is an insurance agent and people don't really like meeting with their insurance agent.
Don't get me started on the $700/month thing. I'm lucky if my entire payroll for the month reaches $700 a month. Ah well...I still get up every morning and go into my job. It's better than unemployment or...*shudder* being married to the wrong man. ;)
PS...I've posted for the first time in awhile. You might be interested in this one...
I'm trying to catch up, but only read this one entry so far. You were a teacher and now not?
I'm just about to be certified. What took you away?
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