Sarah Who Wanders...

I have really been trying to examine my life recently. I am doing some hard, soul-searching work. It is not always pleasant to drudge up reasons behind why I feel I should do things. One book that has been immensely helpful to me is The Crossroads of Should and Must by Elle Luna. Not only is it a gorgeously rendered book with interactive pages, but the author also included so many quotes that just touch my insides. She speaks of how we each have things we feel we should do or be, and things we must do to live life to our fullest. This is different for everyone, but an example might be that someone feels they should be a doctor to make their parents proud, but they must be involved in photography. Now, this is not necessarily a run out and quit your day job-feel good  book, but one that reminds us sometimes a passion turns into a calling, and other times our calling is not what we are paid for but what we make time for (and then our job is just that...a job to pay bills). Obviously,...

I don't have much figured out, but I DID book our surprise trip-so there's that! I am an emotional train-wreck these days-waiting to hear about school nurse position, trying to decide if I am offered what offer I will accept...if I should quit school, if I should quit work? I have been talking to a lot of people, family and strangers (getting completely objective opinions always helps). Some of the advice is confusing, some great. People mean well.  "You should be an occupational therapist." Umm thanks. I think I will stick to the multiple career fields I am already considering. 😏 I mean, if we are honest here, school counseling or social work would've probably been the best fits. "If you aren't happy at your current job, just quit. Another door will open." Bills happen though, you know? OK -the clinic is actually not bad, BUT this made me laugh so hard I cried!!! "Teach nursing." "Teach nursing." "Have you thou...

I’d like to take a few minutes today to discuss quality of life. It's something we talk about a lot in nursing in reference to someone who is fighting cancer, someone who is otherwise terminally ill, or in regards to the elderly throughout the normal process of aging and medical treatments to be accepted or denied. What we don’t talk about often is quality of life at other times throughout this one journey of life we get. *I want to add a disclaimer that I know very well that there are people who hate their jobs, and need to work to support their families. I understand that. For you, I hope that someday things will get easier and that you too, will have options for how to best spend and fulfill your life.* I have been contemplating quality of life a lot lately. I quit my 0.75 FTE nursing position (translation: 4 days/week) in a pediatric clinic at the end of November last year in the hopes of returning to school to become a nurse practitioner. I stupidly and somewhat idealistic...

Sometimes everyday life can feel pretty mundane. I am an escapist at heart, a gypsy who flits from place to place exploring all there is, a girl who reads a new novel in one sitting. I will be the first to admit that I get bored easily and am often just heartsick at the ordinary, daily things that life requires such as work, studying, sweeping the floors, laundry, homework with kids, and oil changes. I mean, I can always think of SO many more fabulous ways that I could be spending my time! I could be ziplining over canopies of trees in the Costa Rica rainforest, eating bread and cheese in Paris, sailing in a hot air balloon over Capadoccia, Turkey, or snorkeling the Great Barrier Reef. There are so many more, but these are some of my travel fantasies. Even at home, I would much rather be getting a massage, floating the river, snowshoeing across a winter wonderland, dabbling in paint, or curled up by the fire with a new book or travel magazine. I mean...who wouldn't rather do that t...