Hiatus

Hello, dear reader.

It's been awhile. I hope you've been well, as well as I have been in fact. We are approaching the 6-month mark of not having any posts and I do have an awful lot to update on.

In those 6 months, I experienced the worst depression of my life. I took the biggest career risk I had ever known, and somehow came out happier than I had ever imagined to be possible.

So, without further adieu, let's discuss the nature of my unplanned hiatus.

In short, I was unfulfilled and without a sense of direction or financial support for a period of several months. I desperately searched for nursing careers that would satisfy me and allow me to have some semblence of work-life balance. I found just that, in the operating room.

I have exactly one patient at a time and a full team of resources available to me at every point of the case. It is a different breed of nursing that I knew nothing about, and thus accepted a fellowship in the practice. I am about 4 months into my fellowship and have learned so much about procedures, scrubbing, and future career options that would be available to me in this specialty. I get off of work on time every single day and I don't leave feeling exhausted or in bodily pain. It's incredible, and it leaves me wondering why I did not consider this career path sooner. I genuinely love my job and feel that I am becoming very good at it. It was the riskiest thing I have ever done, diving with both feet first into this job was the best thing for me. More on that as it develops :)

With the work-life balance has come free weekends and afternoons to do as I please. I've started writing, immersing myself with nature

, and generally focusing on myself. I plan to share some of my pieces with you on the blog again, as I once did all of those months ago.

One additional thing I have had the time for is reading. One particular novel inspired me to once again find my voice in the written word, and how important it is to make time to write. It doesn't matter if you feel that it isn't adequate, is show-stoppingly amazing, or if it just sucks. It just matters that you write with that raw voice within on

eself, in whatever form that may take.

And so, I'm back and will be updating the blog regularly once again:)