Point of Acceptance 

I FINALLY got a keyboard for my tablet, which makes blogging much easier! I am loving the California lifestyle, guys. It is so laid back, but who wouldn`t want to be nice when it is sunny and warm 90% of the time?

 My current hospital is nice but I think I need something a little bit more for my next assignment. Yet another perk of traveling- you need something more, just pick up the pace with your next assignment. You need to take a step back, you can do that too. You want to take a month off and explore Europe, you can do that too. I am in the driver’s seat of my life now, not my parents (sorry mom & dad), not a husband or significant other, not a boss, not some corporation.

 I have seen so many different cultures and practices and mindsets in the last few months, its amazing to think about what I have yet to see. I feel like being back home and staying there left me inside of a metaphorical “ignorance bubble” as I endearingly call it. Meaning I only saw what I saw and practiced the way I did simply just because that’s where my life and my experience had taken me up to that point. That doesn’t make me a bad person or a bad nurse, by any means. But just think about what happens when you take a small town girl and put her in a major city, or another small town on the other side of the country, to open her eyes to all the possibility! Amazing things happen! It seems cliche, but there truly is a big world out there and so many different viewpoints and ways of practice and ways of life. The greatest thing is that none of them (well, almost none, with the exception of criminals, terrorists and the like) are wrong! By observing, learning and truly being interested I have created a better, more accepting version of myself. 

I haven’t blogged in a long time a) because I was waiting for this keyboard because touchscreen was driving me crazy and b) I have been capitalizing on my time here in the bay area. I plan out all of my days off to do some level of exploration, which totally pays off and improvise with what’s left. I’m sure most of you follow me on instagram or facebook and have seen my pictures and posts about my adventures. Eventually, I will figure out how to get some of those photos here on my blog so it will be more esthetically pleasing. 

I have been doing so well- mentally, physically, emotionally and spiritually. I feel like I am the best version of myself that I have ever been. I am comfortable in my career, in my life, in my physical being. Not comfortable to the point of complacency, but comfortable in the sense of happiness and completeness. Maybe it’s because of this journey, maybe it’s because I’m getting old (haha) and almost turning 30 so I have come to terms with who I am. Whatever the reason, this level of acceptance and appreciation is such a great feeling. Two years ago, if you told me this was where I was going to be, I would have laughed in your face and then turned around and cried because I would have thought you were lying (which did happen for real with my therapist.She was right all along…go figure). 

I can’t explain it and maybe I dont’t want to, but I’m going to take it and run with it. 

Well, I think thats enough of my flight of thoughts for today. Now that I have this keyboard, I plan to use it often, so stay tuned!! 

Author: NurseEmily

Career driven, single mother trying to sort out this wild ride called life. View all posts by NurseEmily