It's the sweet, sweet (and holy heck, hot as all get out) summertime!! This is my absolute favorite time of year! Getting to be outside, near or in the water, BBQ's, sun tan's, late nights and super awesome company! I just LOVE it!
I feel like summer gets shorter and shorter each year and I really wanted to come up with some quick tips to share with you all to help you enjoy it to the absolute fullest!!!
I love this time of year, like I mentioned, because I feel like it is the perfect time to kick back and get refreshed and reground yourself half way through the year. Set some new goals and reflect on the ones you made 6-7 months ago!
Three tips to rock your summer!!
1) Unplug.
This is SO important. I saw this awesome meme the other day, it said to put your phone away and make some memories that no one on social media knows about, memories that are just yours. I absolutely agree with this so much! This is the time of year families and friends spend the most time together and if we are buried in our phones, we may miss something incredible. Let's spend some more time out of cell service and away from our phones and just be.
2) Rewind.
Take a few moments to reflect everything you have gone through and conquered this year so far. I am sure you haven't gotten this far into 2017 without having some curve ball thrown your way or maybe you got to experience the most incredible thing that has ever happened to you. Take a moment to acknowledge those occurrences in your life. Take a moment in gratitude for those things, good or bad. You wouldn't be this strong today without those events. Reflect on your goals you set in January. Are you still working on them? Have you forget about them and fell off the path? It isn't to late to make 2017 amazing.
3) Set forth.
Make a plan and set some goals for the rest of your summer and 2017. Create a list of things you want to do before Sept 1st and then again by Dec 31st and check them off, actually do them! Don't allow yourself to become stuck. This is your adventure and you can't be disappointed by the results when you didn't make the effort. Don't go the rest of the summer regretting the things you didn't get to do because of excuses! You still have time!!!
Ending thoughts...
As you get older, the years, months, days and even hours go by quicker. Don't fall into a rut and run off of auto pilot. You will wake up one day full of regrets and "I wished I would of's". You have the power!
P.S. If you are out in the heat this weekend, and even if you aren't for that matter, drink your water!!! Nurse's orders!
Happy memory making!
Saturday, July 8, 2017
Thursday, July 6, 2017
You do you boo!
Such a cliche title right? It seems like everyone is saying that goofy saying, "you do you boo". What does that even mean? Who even came up with that? Well as you know (or maybe you don't) I am about to tell you all about YDYB!
It has been over two years since I have even touched my blog. I have every single intention of getting on here and putting something together but it just never happens. I have so much inspiration and motivation in my head but no time, until now where I am choosing to make more time, because I love blogging.
These past two years have been life changing. I graduated from Nursing school (which I felt would never ever happen in a million years). To top that off I got a job as an RN and have basically been committing myself to taking care of others 24/7. I take care of my sweet family at home, and take care of yours at work. Complaining?? No way! This is 100% my calling and I couldn't even imagine my life now without those experiences. I get so much out of my job. My cup gets full from it but also gets empty. Doesn't make sense?? I will elaborate soon.
I can't even believe I am going to type this. In the fall we will have a kindergartner. I repeat IN THE FALL SHAYLEE WILL BE IN KINDERGARTEN!!!!! I still am so amazed at how fast this has gone. She is so amazing. She is so kind and her heart is so big. She would go 10 extra miles to ensure everyone was happy. She is wise beyond her years and I can't wait to see what life has in store for her.
And of course my amazing husband. Almost 8 years of marriage and 13 years together. We have grown so much and each year I swear our love deepens. I have to say marriage has been one of the best things I have experienced. I get to hang out with my best friend every single day. I am so, so grateful. The past few years have been tough, even though he wouldn't admit it. I finished school, like I mentioned, and that was a hard process. I was gone so much from home studying and working, Jake really stepped up and took over two roles and did it so well and without complaining. Then last year, we had a rough go with Jake's health. We heard words like cancer and diseases we had never heard of. Our prayers were answered when cancer was ruled out but he was diagnosed with a form of hypothyroidism. It took us a while to adjust. From medications to side effects, it wasn't easy. But we grew through what we were going through and are stronger because of it.
Now to get back to my topic! Life has the potential to be so, so amazing and so incredibly hard all at the same time. Basically life sucks and yet is so awesome all at once. We get to choose how we exist. We can't always choose the sucks or awesome portions but we do have control over how we handle it. We choose our reactions to what life throws at us. We have so much power to dictate certain aspects of our lives. This is where some people get it wrong. It is so easy to play the blame game and victimize yourself. No one is taking responsibilities for their actions anymore.
I have come to the point in my life where I want to live every ounce of what I have left enjoying things and being as positive as possible. Negativity in any form has no place. This is part of what I call filling my cup or self care. I know I don't do well around negative people/attitudes etc so I remove myself (or the source) to prevent any sort of derailment from my path. Well, now that I got that rant over with, again lets bring this back around to the topic of self care and putting ourselves first.
As a mom, wife, friend, daughter, sister and nurse, I have so many things/thoughts that occupy each and every second of my day. I hold so many roles, like every single one of you. Our lives are made up and revolve around our roles. Of course we are going to feel "pulled" every so often. How we deal with needing to show up 100% for every role is where I want to focus.
In the paragraph above, I mentioned 6 different roles I hold and that's not even all of them. Let's say on average, each of my roles affects 1-6 people at a given time. (Only one of course in my role as a wife, get yo panties outta that wad!). So I am needing to be present for 6-36 people some days. Whose cup wouldn't be empty if they weren't aware of their surroundings, feelings and needs?
I was feeling this pressure about a year ago. I was showing up and giving (what I thought to be) 100% to each of my roles except for the most important one. Myself. I didn't even add it to my list above. I am one of my roles and you are one of yours. I wasn't showing up for me. Until I became aware.
What I am getting at is we can live everyday not being aware of ourselves and what we need deep down. Each of us needs to care for ourselves. I was realizing I was exhausted and unhappy. I needed to become aware, turn my awareness away from the outside and take a moment to be selfish. I realized I really wasn't giving 100% to my other roles because I had literally nothing in my cup.
This is the fun but hard part. It is fun because you get to dig deep into your soul and find what lights it on fire but it is hard because let's be honest... being selfish, putting time aside for you is a sacrifice.We have to find what we enjoy doing, the thing that replenishes our inner most self and do it consistently so we can show up to our other roles.
For me, what I do to fill my cup is be inspirational to other people (via this blog) and exercise. Doing both of these things requires me to sacrifice some time but to me, it essential for me to live a happy life and show up for what I am called to do. I will refer to filling our cups to self care.
I absolutely love the meaning of the next quote. "Choose your hard". It is really hard to wake up earlier to fit in time to accomplish your self care. It is really hard to be selfish and put yourself first. HOWEVER, it is also super hard to be unhappy in your skin. It is hard to be filled with depression and anxiety. We have to choose which scenario is harder. Is it harder to sacrifice a little to fill your cup or to live a depleted life?
Ending thoughts (since this post has gone super long), I try to live each and every day to it's fullest potential. You will hardly EVER see me just lounging around at home, because I want to experience everything life has to offer. We are put here for such a short amount of time, why in the world would you spend it in auto pilot, unaware of your surroundings and having anxiety about doing things outside of your comfort zone? It wasn't supposed to be this way or this hard. Choose a different path.
Choose yourself first, choose the path less traveled, choose new experiences, say yes more than no, be selfish once in a while, choose self care, stay up late, wake up early and do you boo!
P.S. I hope each and everyone of you had an amazing 4th of July!
Picture credits of my family go to the lovely Pinecone Photography.
It has been over two years since I have even touched my blog. I have every single intention of getting on here and putting something together but it just never happens. I have so much inspiration and motivation in my head but no time, until now where I am choosing to make more time, because I love blogging.
These past two years have been life changing. I graduated from Nursing school (which I felt would never ever happen in a million years). To top that off I got a job as an RN and have basically been committing myself to taking care of others 24/7. I take care of my sweet family at home, and take care of yours at work. Complaining?? No way! This is 100% my calling and I couldn't even imagine my life now without those experiences. I get so much out of my job. My cup gets full from it but also gets empty. Doesn't make sense?? I will elaborate soon.
I can't even believe I am going to type this. In the fall we will have a kindergartner. I repeat IN THE FALL SHAYLEE WILL BE IN KINDERGARTEN!!!!! I still am so amazed at how fast this has gone. She is so amazing. She is so kind and her heart is so big. She would go 10 extra miles to ensure everyone was happy. She is wise beyond her years and I can't wait to see what life has in store for her.
And of course my amazing husband. Almost 8 years of marriage and 13 years together. We have grown so much and each year I swear our love deepens. I have to say marriage has been one of the best things I have experienced. I get to hang out with my best friend every single day. I am so, so grateful. The past few years have been tough, even though he wouldn't admit it. I finished school, like I mentioned, and that was a hard process. I was gone so much from home studying and working, Jake really stepped up and took over two roles and did it so well and without complaining. Then last year, we had a rough go with Jake's health. We heard words like cancer and diseases we had never heard of. Our prayers were answered when cancer was ruled out but he was diagnosed with a form of hypothyroidism. It took us a while to adjust. From medications to side effects, it wasn't easy. But we grew through what we were going through and are stronger because of it.
Now to get back to my topic! Life has the potential to be so, so amazing and so incredibly hard all at the same time. Basically life sucks and yet is so awesome all at once. We get to choose how we exist. We can't always choose the sucks or awesome portions but we do have control over how we handle it. We choose our reactions to what life throws at us. We have so much power to dictate certain aspects of our lives. This is where some people get it wrong. It is so easy to play the blame game and victimize yourself. No one is taking responsibilities for their actions anymore.
I have come to the point in my life where I want to live every ounce of what I have left enjoying things and being as positive as possible. Negativity in any form has no place. This is part of what I call filling my cup or self care. I know I don't do well around negative people/attitudes etc so I remove myself (or the source) to prevent any sort of derailment from my path. Well, now that I got that rant over with, again lets bring this back around to the topic of self care and putting ourselves first.
As a mom, wife, friend, daughter, sister and nurse, I have so many things/thoughts that occupy each and every second of my day. I hold so many roles, like every single one of you. Our lives are made up and revolve around our roles. Of course we are going to feel "pulled" every so often. How we deal with needing to show up 100% for every role is where I want to focus.
In the paragraph above, I mentioned 6 different roles I hold and that's not even all of them. Let's say on average, each of my roles affects 1-6 people at a given time. (Only one of course in my role as a wife, get yo panties outta that wad!). So I am needing to be present for 6-36 people some days. Whose cup wouldn't be empty if they weren't aware of their surroundings, feelings and needs?
I was feeling this pressure about a year ago. I was showing up and giving (what I thought to be) 100% to each of my roles except for the most important one. Myself. I didn't even add it to my list above. I am one of my roles and you are one of yours. I wasn't showing up for me. Until I became aware.
What I am getting at is we can live everyday not being aware of ourselves and what we need deep down. Each of us needs to care for ourselves. I was realizing I was exhausted and unhappy. I needed to become aware, turn my awareness away from the outside and take a moment to be selfish. I realized I really wasn't giving 100% to my other roles because I had literally nothing in my cup.
This is the fun but hard part. It is fun because you get to dig deep into your soul and find what lights it on fire but it is hard because let's be honest... being selfish, putting time aside for you is a sacrifice.We have to find what we enjoy doing, the thing that replenishes our inner most self and do it consistently so we can show up to our other roles.
For me, what I do to fill my cup is be inspirational to other people (via this blog) and exercise. Doing both of these things requires me to sacrifice some time but to me, it essential for me to live a happy life and show up for what I am called to do. I will refer to filling our cups to self care.
I absolutely love the meaning of the next quote. "Choose your hard". It is really hard to wake up earlier to fit in time to accomplish your self care. It is really hard to be selfish and put yourself first. HOWEVER, it is also super hard to be unhappy in your skin. It is hard to be filled with depression and anxiety. We have to choose which scenario is harder. Is it harder to sacrifice a little to fill your cup or to live a depleted life?
Ending thoughts (since this post has gone super long), I try to live each and every day to it's fullest potential. You will hardly EVER see me just lounging around at home, because I want to experience everything life has to offer. We are put here for such a short amount of time, why in the world would you spend it in auto pilot, unaware of your surroundings and having anxiety about doing things outside of your comfort zone? It wasn't supposed to be this way or this hard. Choose a different path.
Choose yourself first, choose the path less traveled, choose new experiences, say yes more than no, be selfish once in a while, choose self care, stay up late, wake up early and do you boo!
P.S. I hope each and everyone of you had an amazing 4th of July!
Picture credits of my family go to the lovely Pinecone Photography.
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