Sips, Snacks, and Healthy Hacks-A Nurse’s Blog
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I admit it. I am almost always running late. I mean, I get places on time, but only just. I tend to squeeze as many minutes as I can for things that I really want to do. In fact, right now I am due to be at work in 16 minutes. So something that I…
Something to try for the first time- being early
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What’s something I would attempt if I was guaranteed not to fail? There are so many things 🙂 A marathon, maybe. But life doesn’t work that way. We never know what is going to succeed or fail. It’s more like our job is to do “the work” whatever that looks like. Letting go of success…
Attempts…
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Life without a computer- can you imagine? I’d sleep better. I’d read more. I wouldn’t be tempted to read news in bed on my phone (which I count as a computer). If I didn’t have a computer, there’s a lot I would gain. But the flip side is that I would lose out on information…
Life Without a Computer
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What details need more attention? The quiet ones: My self-talk My attitude The ANTs- automatic negative thoughts There are some details of my life-seemingly little things-that have such a huge ripple effect that they deserve more attention than I give them. Somewhere along the way I picked up some negative habits. Things like, negative self-talk…
Neglected Minutiae of My Life
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My number one priority tomorrow or any day is God. I try to keep things in the day, do what is in front of me to do, and turn the results over. I ask God to show me what He wants from me, and to give me what I need to do that. Prayer and…
Priorities…
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My favorite brands: The generics. The ones on sale. Great Value. I’m not much of a brand person. I shop at discount stores. I love snacks from brands I’ve never heard of before. Strange gummie candies. Weird yogurts made of odd ingredients. I’m a cautiously adventurous eater. So I’ll see crackers made from crickets and…
Brands (Or Lack Of) I Associate With
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I am sitting here trying to think of all the advice I’ve gotten over the years… and for some reason I can’t remember much of it. But something that my grandfather always impressed upon me was to stay in school. This might not seem like a big deal to some, but he was born to…
The Best Advice I Ever Got
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As I was writing this, I have to say that I feel pretty grateful that I have so many things that I can even put on this list. Eleven things that give me energy: coffee prayer and meditation my kids writing family and friends time outside music doodling jogging and walking reading helping others I’m…
Eleven Things That Are Giving Me Energy This Week
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It’s been 50 years. Fifty years since it came out- Pink Floyd’s Wish You Were Here. I was toddling about the year it came out. But my parents were big music fans, and I grew up listening to Pink Floyd, Black Sabbath, Led Zeppelin, the Rolling Stones, the Moody Blues…my mom would throw in some…
My All-Time Favorite Album: Wish You Were Here
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I’ve got a slight obsession with stickers. When I was little, we used to go to the “big”mall 45 minutes away. One of the stores had roll after roll of stickers along the wall. We’d tear off individual stickers we wanted to buy, including our favorites- the scratch and sniff stickers. My sisters and I…
A topic I’d like to learn more about- stickers!
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