So it’s been a while since I was last on here and a lot has happened. Not just in my life but globally as well. 2020 hasn’t exactly turned out the way everyone thought and had hoped.
So since I last wrote a blog post I have had the honor of becoming an auntie to the most amazing (and very cheeky) little boy. He is an absolute blessing and I have loved being a part of his life from day one and watching him grow every single day.
I have also made the decision to make a slight change to my career path too. I have always wanted to do this but my health always got in the way and meant I wasn’t able to go ahead and do it, but now my health is at a better point and I have now made the decision to just go for it. I have decided that I want to work towards getting my nursing qualifications and become a children’s nurse.
Growing up in and out of hospital and hospitals becoming like a second home has made me want to do this even more, I get what it is like and how hard it can be. I know how tough it is at times and I would love to be able to help other children with making their journey that bit easier.
I have always said you never know what is waiting round the corner and how life is full of ups and downs. I have definitely had a few of those ups and downs through this crazy season we are all in.
I felt it a lot during our lock down here in the UK and felt like everything was getting a bit much at times. Some days I didn't even know how I felt and I would just tell people ‘I’m fine’.
I think those words ‘I’m fine’ are words we all use too often as humans, we don’t always want to share or even know how to share our feelings and emotions, so instead we just say ‘i’m fine’ and carry on. What we don’t always realise when we say that is how it really doesn’t actually get us anywhere and can actually end up making us feel worse.
What I started to do was look at it in a different way and it helps me to know when I need to talk to people about how I am really doing. So now I look at it like making a cup of tea or coffee (whatever it is you prefer). Sometimes we pour a bit too much hot water into our cup and we still need to add our milk but there isn’t much room due to us putting too much water in. We can only add a little milk but our drink is still too hot. Now instead of pouring a bit out then adding our milk we just decided it will be fine and I’ll add it in anyway.
Now you want to carry your drink to your seat but it’s full to the rim, again instead of pouring a little out we think it will be fine and we try to carry it. What happens??
It doesn’t work.... your cup has overflowed and has spilled out everywhere leaving you with a bit of a mess.
It’s the same with how we deal with us, our emotions and stress levels in life. We keep everything in and we start to notice ourselves getting a bit full but instead of talking and letting a little out we think no it will be fine ‘I’m fine'and we keep going.
Eventually our cup is too full and we overflow because our body can only take so much, then we break down and feel like an emotional mess and don’t know what to do.
We have to learn to listen to our bodies and when we feel ourselves getting a bit full, that is when we need to let a little out and talk. Otherwise we spill everywhere and we have a mess and don’t know where to start to clean it up.
It’s okay not to be okay, we are human and everybody has limits! We’re not meant to be able to take the weight of the world on our shoulders!
That is what friends, family and even professionals are out there for.
Take a breath! Take a minute! Take time out for you!
So since I last wrote a blog post I have had the honor of becoming an auntie to the most amazing (and very cheeky) little boy. He is an absolute blessing and I have loved being a part of his life from day one and watching him grow every single day.
I have also made the decision to make a slight change to my career path too. I have always wanted to do this but my health always got in the way and meant I wasn’t able to go ahead and do it, but now my health is at a better point and I have now made the decision to just go for it. I have decided that I want to work towards getting my nursing qualifications and become a children’s nurse.
Growing up in and out of hospital and hospitals becoming like a second home has made me want to do this even more, I get what it is like and how hard it can be. I know how tough it is at times and I would love to be able to help other children with making their journey that bit easier.
I have always said you never know what is waiting round the corner and how life is full of ups and downs. I have definitely had a few of those ups and downs through this crazy season we are all in.
I felt it a lot during our lock down here in the UK and felt like everything was getting a bit much at times. Some days I didn't even know how I felt and I would just tell people ‘I’m fine’.
I think those words ‘I’m fine’ are words we all use too often as humans, we don’t always want to share or even know how to share our feelings and emotions, so instead we just say ‘i’m fine’ and carry on. What we don’t always realise when we say that is how it really doesn’t actually get us anywhere and can actually end up making us feel worse.
What I started to do was look at it in a different way and it helps me to know when I need to talk to people about how I am really doing. So now I look at it like making a cup of tea or coffee (whatever it is you prefer). Sometimes we pour a bit too much hot water into our cup and we still need to add our milk but there isn’t much room due to us putting too much water in. We can only add a little milk but our drink is still too hot. Now instead of pouring a bit out then adding our milk we just decided it will be fine and I’ll add it in anyway.
Now you want to carry your drink to your seat but it’s full to the rim, again instead of pouring a little out we think it will be fine and we try to carry it. What happens??
It doesn’t work.... your cup has overflowed and has spilled out everywhere leaving you with a bit of a mess.
It’s the same with how we deal with us, our emotions and stress levels in life. We keep everything in and we start to notice ourselves getting a bit full but instead of talking and letting a little out we think no it will be fine ‘I’m fine'and we keep going.
Eventually our cup is too full and we overflow because our body can only take so much, then we break down and feel like an emotional mess and don’t know what to do.
We have to learn to listen to our bodies and when we feel ourselves getting a bit full, that is when we need to let a little out and talk. Otherwise we spill everywhere and we have a mess and don’t know where to start to clean it up.
It’s okay not to be okay, we are human and everybody has limits! We’re not meant to be able to take the weight of the world on our shoulders!
That is what friends, family and even professionals are out there for.
Take a breath! Take a minute! Take time out for you!