Sarah Who Wanders...

I think that people in society overall have a complete misconception about what achievement and success actually look like. They see a random post on Facebook about somebody going back to finish a degree and, just like that, they see a post a few years later that the degree is done. It MUST have been super easy, right? What they don’t see are all the trials, tribulations, course corrections, and missteps that happen along the way. They don't see constant revisions or any scrapes or scars. Let me share those with you. You see, I moved to Oregon at the age of 20 with part of a college degree done. It took me 5 years to finish my 4 year degree which wasn’t too bad considering the move. I had no idea what I wanted to be when I grew up so I majored in psychology. I have a bachelor of science degree in psychology which is essentially useless in many ways. Now-I don’t mean to offend anyone, and I really enjoyed my program, and I love psychology. But there isn’t much you can do that is p...

This season of life is exhausting. Take Tuesday for example, I worked a 10+ hour day which means I’d been gone from home for about 12 by the time I got home. I am thankful for my job and typically like it quite a bit actually. I mean, would I rather be home? Absolutely. Home is my happy place. But I am very thankful for the amazing doctors I work with and coworkers (who a handful of them I actually consider friends) and everyone else is OK too! It’s a good job and in the grand scheme of nursing it is not an exhausting or physically difficult job- though can be very mentally busy and taxing at times and other times are slower. I am frequently exhausted though.  My migraines have actually gone from an all-time high about a year ago from 12 to 15 a month down to about 3 to 4 a month which is pretty manageable and honestly doesn’t really require more treatment than I already do at the moment. But they are worse than they used to be and the meds that work make me feel worse than th...