"Always think outside the box and embrace opportunities that appear, wherever they might be." ~~ Lakshmi Mittal Working nights takes the concept of "normal life" outside the box and puts it somewhere in the margins. For those who do not or have never worked nights . . . you cannot comprehend. Further compounding the problems… Continue reading Tuesday Thoughts
Author: KarenS.
Mom, nurse, fire investigator, renovator, chief cook and bottlewasher. Serious introvert.
The Someone That I Am
I'm still discovering who I am. . . Not who my mother said I was, Not who ex-husband's #2 and #3 try to gaslight me into believing I was, And not someone who is pigeon-holed into one area due to training, degrees or work history. This should be (and will be) a life long process.… Continue reading The Someone That I Am
Rediscovering Me
“It’s better to have a short life that is full of what you like doing, than a long life spent in a miserable way.” -- Alan Watts It is funny to me to rediscover things I had consciously (or unconsciously) pushed away in an effort to un-become the person I felt was unworthy. I traded… Continue reading Rediscovering Me
What She Does to be Happy
Moving forward
"Courage, sacrifice, determination, commitment, toughness, heart, talent, guts. That's what little girls are made of." -- Bethany Hamilton Moving forward from my previous post . . . It's still a period of self-revelation and self-realization. I went through this same thing when my father announced that he had left my mother when I was eight… Continue reading Moving forward
Non-distracted thoughts
When you have nothing to do but rest and recuperate, with only time on your hands, unless you constantly sleep, you have time to spend in self-reflection and thought. My previous post referred to "simplicity." I haven't written since then for about 3 weeks because I was giving serious contemplation to how I lost… Continue reading Non-distracted thoughts
Simplicity
For some time now, I've felt that something has been missing, something akin to a memory. . .a faint idea that was just a glimmer now, fading from my mind. Whether it is the busyness of life, or the effects of the brain tumor or treatments, or perhaps all of it combined. However, something recently… Continue reading Simplicity
When Things Don’t Go Your Way
"Man plans, God laughs." -- Yiddish proverb As the image above shows, sometimes things don't go the way we would hope or plan. Take for instance, my weekend: I felt extremely nauseous Saturday morning when I went to work my EMS job. I made it through the day and eventually started feeling better. But… Continue reading When Things Don’t Go Your Way
Being genuine
"Curiosity is the process of asking questions, genuine questions, that are not leading to an ask for something in return." -- Brian Grazer People... Pyschology… Sociology. . . Why people do the things they do. Act they way the act. Think the way they think. This has interested me for as long as I can… Continue reading Being genuine
Doing What You Love
"There comes a time when you ought to start doing what you want. Take a job that you love. You will jump out of bed in the morning. I think you are out of your mind if you keep taking jobs that you don't like because you think it will look good on your resume. … Continue reading Doing What You Love
