She worked herself to exhaustion each day, fretting over the possibility of losing her internship. When she wasn't at her job, she worked part-time at a supermarket. Returning home to her rented room, she was often too tired to even speak. She kept telling herself to just persist, that things would get better once she became an official nurse, a hospital staff member. Though she knew it would still be exhausting, being a regular employee meant better benefits: not only a higher salary but also time to rest.