Well, it kind of feels like that. It's finals week, and we're celebrating the homestretch. And, yes, it's starting to also feel pretty real.
My post-it to-do lists started dwindling. The chapters left to read did not have new ones added. I've shelled out a chunk of money for my licensure testing. And now I'm trying to figure out what to do with the sudden shift of everything. For example, I can binge watch a show without feeling guilty about avoiding my classwork. ...And then I felt pretty terrified, because I still find blank space rather triggering, putting me back into mental spaces where I was immobilized due to illness. So I started writing a list of things that I was looking forward to, mixed with some tasks that simply needed doing.
- Reading...FOR FUN
- Drawing a new family portrait in charcoal
- Fun doodling on my Surface and/or resuming Bob Ross Parties
- Fix the drywall hole in our closet
- Finishing up the last few pieces of our bathroom project
- Remember what a workout schedule is, particularly if it can involve a pool
- Get a semi-regular walking schedule with Luna
- Prep for the NCLEX
- Hanging with some good friends this weekend :D
- Getting a tattoo :D
- Getting some good catch-up conversations started
I'm also picking up several tech shifts, to absorb everything that I possibly can. Every shift I am picking up something new, whether it's the minutia of things that must be done but cannot be well-articulated in a welcome packet or a helpful trick that someone has cultivated over years of practice. And I get to start thinking about some of those next things. At the same time, I have a lot of processing to do on some of what they hell just happened.
It's good to be back.
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