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Now that I have passed the point of no return and entered the so-called Retirement Zone, I know a lot more about how to adjust to creating a new life for myself. But let me back up to where you are and provide you with a cautionary tale. It ain't as ...
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Let me start by sharing my story about aging. Since I was 30, I have been exercising regularly and living and breathing wellness after transitioning from bedside nursing to working in the preventive health field. That was a turning point in my career...
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I saw patterns in the type of nursing work I choseAs I looked at my timeline, I realized that I always had a desire to educate people on staying well. As a nursing assistant in high school I taught infection control, I loved my student rotation thru ...
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AWARENESS is the first step before you can take any kind of action. If you don't know what you need, you won't know what action to take. There are always signs that indicate you are ready for change but sometimes we miss them, disregard them, misinte...
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Passing visitors in the hall at my place of employment in long-term care with a confident, brisk gait-leaves not doubt I am "head nurse" for the evening, and very proud of it. Yes, my knees creak when I bend and any task kneeling on the floor is out ...
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James Prochaska, author of Changing for Good: A Revolutionary Six-Stage Program for Overcoming Bad Habits and Moving Your Life Positively Forward outlines predictable stages we go through when making a change. Are you in denial about making a change?...
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I don't know about you, but I find perusing the job listings at my friendly local unemployment office to be quite entertaining. Where else could I find "opportunities" like working on an Alaskan fishing boat......becoming a cannery worker......learni...
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I hate to say it, but the cure is to quit your job and go to bed. Of course that may not be an option, but I can tell you since I now am self-employed and can dictate my own hours, getting enough sleep is within my control and I think I have actually...
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It's called your INTUITION and everyone has it but not everyone uses it. I can think of three different times in my career where my intuition spoke very loudly to me - and fortunately I was listening - and it changed the course of my life. First - Be...
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And this begins my latest phase of life where I decide what to do with my time. No schedules, no orders, no pressures. So what should I do today? Good question to ask yourself right now. For me, it has been a few years since I semi-retired (I doubt I...
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I remember how bottled up I was in my nursing career. Half of me was being real and the other half was cautious and nonrevealing. I always knew I had more to say but kept it quiet because of fear of consequences. I'm not really sure what the reasons ...
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What if you could actually uncover that desire and start the process of investigating how that possibility would play out? Wouldn't it be fun if you could find a process to help you shed all those shackles that have bound you for so long? Well here i...
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Sometimes change can sneak up on you and smack you in the face. But sometimes you are more than ready and willing but aren't quite sure how to transition into your next life phase. I didn't really have a plan when I moved into the retirement zone so ...
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Our son, Jack, who has a rare genetic disorder called Pitt Hopkins, is non-verbal. One day, he was in the bathtub and the water ran hotter than we expected - and no one noticed until Jack was writhing in pain. We didn't understand the severity of the...
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Reflecting back on younger days a young nurse, fresh, newly graduated LPN hoping deep down to be lucky enough to land a nursing position where the old nurse did not "eat their own." An expression that was not denied or confirmed before my realization...
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Meeting new patients and colleagues, listening to learn more about who they are, serving them without expecting any payback, checking in on them regularly to see how they are doing, sharing your expertise, providing them with resources for whatever t...
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Did you miss the first installment? Just click here to catch up with A: Awareness. And now on to B: Be true to yourself. If you are like me, we mold ourselves to any situation so we can be accepted and fit in. For example, as a former Navy Nurse, I r...
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Most of us must choose and that's not an easy thing to do - but it could be crucial to your retirement. Many Americans, nurses included, will find that they will have to delay retirement and work longer to reach their financial goals. We are living y...
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Retirement, is something we dream about and look forward to for many years. I'm here to say it isn't really all it's cracked up to be. In fact for me it was quite miserable and resulted in depression, as absolutely nothing could fill the huge void th...
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Isn't it always the way that once you've gotten one HUGE problem under a semblance of control, another rears its ugly head? My husband and I just received a new lease on life......and now I have to figure out what to do about work. I had a very hones...
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