Way back, I was told that cancer would be my teacher long after treatments ended. And that has been so true. While I won't hang all of my growth and learning on the hat of cancer, I think my awareness is what it is because of my cancer, my career, and my daily activities. It's hard to leave cancer when seeing it on a daily basis.
In fact, a reason I hate Pinktober is because I see cancer on a daily basis. I don't need to be hyper-aware, hyper-alerted to cancer - FCancer!
And yet - this month I've been super introspective, and what I've learned about myself this month is:
- I am not perfect
- I am whole
- I carry my stressers internally, and they definitely have physical manifestations.
- Some of these include:
- Pinktober
- Chaplain bruhaha from this past year
- Unanswerable questions
- Hard brain work and team work still didn't warrant a "yes."
- What does "moving forward" look like.
- Patients
- Do you take your work home with you? Was a question on the employee health assessment. Yup - particularly at 3am.
- Retirement from UVU - who woulda thunk I'd be in withdrawal mode.
- A sense of urgency do use that retirement time wisely.
- My feet and leg
- I have a boot on the troublesome leg, and I'm healing!!!
- Airbnb, while lovely is a lot of work.
- Blocked Nov and Dec -
- Commitment to Exercise
- Recommitted - so many benefits
- Mom
- Serving her is a blessing
- Social Media
- Blogging is great, Instagram and Facebook are not.
- I am weary
- And I'm ready to not be - what does that look like?
- I freakin' need my sleep, and I need to figure this out.
- Time to visit the therapist I saw during my cancer journey.
- Chaplains need chaplains.
- My life is amazing
- Husband
- Career
- Family
- Health
- Home
- I must make time to create - this gives me time to think and stew and move on.
- Sew
- Quilt
- Projects
I'm learning . . .
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