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The Difference A Year Makes
It’s been just under a year since I changed My Life. The One Decision which “everyone” tells you ‘changes everything’.
For once — Everyone was right.
I had been an OR nurse for most of my career. As the saying goes — Since God was a girl. (I know that’s not really how the saying goes — but — My Story-— My Life — My Spirituality — My Vision of The Divine).
Last July I left the OR to be a case manager for oncology patients. Still working with my beloved surgeons. But the entire genre of My Life has taken on a completely different vibe. Professionally and Personally.
I am so very grateful for The Path I am on — just from taking this turn, diverting from what I have known and stepping into a foreign wood.
I can look back at entries in my journal at All. The. Things. which made My Life painful and annoying.
Small things like a 5:15 AM alarm, an uncertain schedule, the inability to get the days off I wanted for doctor appointments and vacation, and the need to completely wear My Armor all the time, every minute of every shift.
Larger things like the sometimes not so subtle tones of disrespect from physicians and my own management, the complete exhaustion — physical, emotional, and spiritual which came with The Work of being…
