Thursday, March 03, 2011
My Growth Tree
My growth tree, it is a living, dream board/ vision board, I went and saw a psychic, she said that I need a growth tree. I put little tags on there, they are what I want and what my dreams are for the next 12 months. I am looking after that I can see my dreams and wants everyday.
Wednesday, March 02, 2011
Work can be funny
Working in an Emergency Department, can be stressful, VERY busy, emotional, frustrating, tiring but it can also be funny.
I work with some fantastic people, Dr’s, nurses, wardies, admin officers.
We all have our war stories, days where it was hideous, where there are people dying, where every time you look up your getting abused, when you’re so busy that time actually slows down.
Then there is the funny, see I don’t know why I work in a hospital, I hate vomit, sputum, smells, orifices, I don’t cope when someone dies, I hate being yelled at.
Some shifts though are just funny.
When a Dad comes in with a sprained ankle from riding a scotter and his kids are standing there saying “I told him he was doing it wrong”.
When I start dry retching, at the sight and or sound of someone else vomiting. (nursing staff think this is hilarious).
When you see an xray of a foreign object where it has no right to be and you wonder how and why, oh why would you. Then the patient asks for it back after it being extracted.
A very young couple coming in after some fabulously wild sex and him falling out of bed and breaking his arm. But then, having to explain how it happened to every nurse, Doctor, physio and xray person that he sees.
Have you ever presented to an Emergency Department?
I work with some fantastic people, Dr’s, nurses, wardies, admin officers.
We all have our war stories, days where it was hideous, where there are people dying, where every time you look up your getting abused, when you’re so busy that time actually slows down.
Then there is the funny, see I don’t know why I work in a hospital, I hate vomit, sputum, smells, orifices, I don’t cope when someone dies, I hate being yelled at.
Some shifts though are just funny.
When a Dad comes in with a sprained ankle from riding a scotter and his kids are standing there saying “I told him he was doing it wrong”.
When I start dry retching, at the sight and or sound of someone else vomiting. (nursing staff think this is hilarious).
When you see an xray of a foreign object where it has no right to be and you wonder how and why, oh why would you. Then the patient asks for it back after it being extracted.
A very young couple coming in after some fabulously wild sex and him falling out of bed and breaking his arm. But then, having to explain how it happened to every nurse, Doctor, physio and xray person that he sees.
Have you ever presented to an Emergency Department?
How you spend your days
“How you spend your days is how you spend your life.”
I have been inspired by this quote, I have no idea who wrote it, said it or where it came from. It makes me want to get up and get my life filled with so much more. I want to fill my soul, I want to experience more life in my days.
I don’t mean more “things” or more chores or meaningless tasks. I mean beautiful, experiences, people, books, food, places.
It sounds like a hard thing to do, but really, it is in the everyday things that are already mine that I want to find the joy. Instead of hanging washing on the line and it being a chore, being grateful and appreciating the acre of land that we live on. The creatures that call our home their home. The beautiful trees, the multitude of birds and butterflies.
To stay in the moment, finding serenity in the simple.
To have a vocation (my new word), that brings me joy, experience, people, creativity, financial abundance, flexibility. To spend my working days, at something that inspires me.
To observe, my children’s growth and journey. To enjoy in their innocence, their learning, their observations of the world. To take some of their qualities and be a free spirit again.
I have figured out if I can slow down, stop doing 10 things at once, breathe, and be in the moment, I will create the days that I want, therefore creating the life that I want.
How do you spend your days?
I have been inspired by this quote, I have no idea who wrote it, said it or where it came from. It makes me want to get up and get my life filled with so much more. I want to fill my soul, I want to experience more life in my days.
I don’t mean more “things” or more chores or meaningless tasks. I mean beautiful, experiences, people, books, food, places.
It sounds like a hard thing to do, but really, it is in the everyday things that are already mine that I want to find the joy. Instead of hanging washing on the line and it being a chore, being grateful and appreciating the acre of land that we live on. The creatures that call our home their home. The beautiful trees, the multitude of birds and butterflies.
To stay in the moment, finding serenity in the simple.
To have a vocation (my new word), that brings me joy, experience, people, creativity, financial abundance, flexibility. To spend my working days, at something that inspires me.
To observe, my children’s growth and journey. To enjoy in their innocence, their learning, their observations of the world. To take some of their qualities and be a free spirit again.
I have figured out if I can slow down, stop doing 10 things at once, breathe, and be in the moment, I will create the days that I want, therefore creating the life that I want.
How do you spend your days?
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