"Its the fear of letting go that makes us feel alive"
And it is the times that we face our fears and embrace challenges that makes us stronger and more equipped to face our next challenge.
When I first began this blog, I had no idea what the next two years would bring me; I believed my next two years to be filed with minimal challenges and satisfactory achievements. Funny how things really never turn out the way you expect. My nursing school career has thrown crazy adventures at me; I have met so many amazing people who have inspired me and have helped form me into the person I am today and the person I want to want to be; I have met uphill battles that have taught me to embrace challenges with an optimistic attitude, and to actively search for opportunities that may, at first, seem hidden below hardships and torments. I believed that these years of nursing school would be just another two years of my life, plus the challenging workload of a nursing student; but oh how they were so much more than that.
It all goes to show that, if you let it, life can impact you in ways that will help you impact others' lives later.
This past Friday was a pretty important day for me; it was the day I took the biggest and more important test of one's nursing school career, the test that gives you the title of Registered Nurse.
It was pretty challenging, and funny enough, I finished the exam before my sister finished her morning coffee.
Have you ever just reflected and reflected on something so much that you start to believe that you must have done horrible? Well, just like many other nursing school exams, after you take boards, you kinda have to wait to receive your results - and by waiting, I mean, like, 48 hours, which really isn't that bad, I guess, but if you are a nursing student, it sucks. and if you are a nursing student or have been one, I am sure you understand me completely.
My mind started playing games with me, and I started believing the lie that I must have failed.
I was overly nervous to receive my results. In the back of my mind, I knew that I had passed, but the 'what ifs' turned into negative thoughts and lies, which my emotions began to buy into.
However, I knew that after all I had gone through in the past year and a half - if God had the strength to bring me through all that, His strength would carry me through this.
I believe my mental turning point within my negative thoughts was this: if I failed, God will get me through this just like he has helped me get through all my other challenges and hardships.
"It is always easier when we do things together" -Jesus
I consciously decided to reflect on this quote from the book {and now movie} The Shack, and to stop purposelessly worry about something that was now out of my control. Granted, it wasn't an easy task, and I still worried about it; but I decided to keep Jesus' strength on the forefront of my mind and that with him, all this stuff of life will be easier.
In the end, I passed my boards and really had nothing to worry about.
I am no longer a nursing student, but a registered nurse.
I still have a lot to learn and many challenges do lay ahead of me, but just as I have been able to not only survive but thrive as a nursing student, I plan to thrive as a nurse, always searching for opportunities to become more and more like the nurse I want to be.
So raise your glass and cheers to a future filled with new challenges, opportunities, adventures and unbroken bones!
And it is the times that we face our fears and embrace challenges that makes us stronger and more equipped to face our next challenge.
It all goes to show that, if you let it, life can impact you in ways that will help you impact others' lives later.
It was pretty challenging, and funny enough, I finished the exam before my sister finished her morning coffee.
Have you ever just reflected and reflected on something so much that you start to believe that you must have done horrible? Well, just like many other nursing school exams, after you take boards, you kinda have to wait to receive your results - and by waiting, I mean, like, 48 hours, which really isn't that bad, I guess, but if you are a nursing student, it sucks. and if you are a nursing student or have been one, I am sure you understand me completely.
I was overly nervous to receive my results. In the back of my mind, I knew that I had passed, but the 'what ifs' turned into negative thoughts and lies, which my emotions began to buy into.
However, I knew that after all I had gone through in the past year and a half - if God had the strength to bring me through all that, His strength would carry me through this.
I believe my mental turning point within my negative thoughts was this: if I failed, God will get me through this just like he has helped me get through all my other challenges and hardships.
"It is always easier when we do things together" -Jesus
I consciously decided to reflect on this quote from the book {and now movie} The Shack, and to stop purposelessly worry about something that was now out of my control. Granted, it wasn't an easy task, and I still worried about it; but I decided to keep Jesus' strength on the forefront of my mind and that with him, all this stuff of life will be easier.
I am no longer a nursing student, but a registered nurse.
I still have a lot to learn and many challenges do lay ahead of me, but just as I have been able to not only survive but thrive as a nursing student, I plan to thrive as a nurse, always searching for opportunities to become more and more like the nurse I want to be.
So raise your glass and cheers to a future filled with new challenges, opportunities, adventures and unbroken bones!
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As in the fine words of The Princess Diaries 2: The Royal Engagement
"The Eagle is flying for the last time."
"The Sparrow is taking off."
I have flown as a nursing student for the last time.
This newly registered RN is taking off.
I have flown as a nursing student for the last time.
This newly registered RN is taking off.
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This is your favorite nursing student signing off.
Till next time.
xoxo
This is your favorite nursing student signing off.
Till next time.
xoxo