Trust the Process

These past couple weeks have been...stressful. Changes at work, some silly unwarranted drama in the emotional department, financial adjustments...just one of those 'when it rains it pours' times. To be honest though the rain is more like a foggy drizzle than a downpour so really I still have it pretty good. It's just these little blips that every once in a while remind you that things can change in a heartbeat, you need to be prepared for anything, and you need to learn how to roll with the punches (one of my specialties if I do say so myself). Every time we are handed a blip, we need to take something from it. I believe I've mentioned before that we can't control life, just how we react to it, and these past few weeks have been a good lesson in how I react. This isn't to say I wasn't maybe cranky with people who didn't deserve it, or didn't possibly maybe have a day where perhaps there may or may not have been some tears and a little bit of feeling sorry for myself...but I didn't dwell on the negative and I put my positive thinking to action and made it through what would have once dropped me to my knees in a long drawn out poor-me kind of funk. I can use these changes to help steer my life in the direction I want my life to go. I can embrace the opportunity to make changes where changes are needed. I have learned a little more about what I want, and more importantly what I don't want, from the people I surround myself with.  I will continue to try to better my situation on every level and maybe I am late to the race but I am making strides in getting things on track and being a happy well-adjusted adult. There is a quote that gets thrown around a lot with people who are undergoing transformations/bodybuilding/life in general - TRUST THE PROCESS - and not just the process I have put in place for myself but what the universe has thrown my way ... Learning to trust myself and my abilities to cope with life in general has been an eye opener and a constant project. This past week especially has been a constant inner monologue of turning negative thinking into the positive and making sure I have kept my head above the things trying to bring me down.  I am nowhere near where I want to be, or the person I want to become but I honestly feel that I am a step closer to being that person having accepted the challenges of my latest blip. So - now that I have restored some of the order to my inner-self, it's time to take care of my environment which has suffered some. In other words the state of my house is a complete reflection of the state of my head - and heart - as of late, and needs some order-restoring of its own.  In other - other words it just means I need to clean the house ... enjoy your weekend folks, and whatever path you may be on, Trust the Process.

From The Girl Who Couldn't...: rolling with the punches...

From The Girl Who Couldn't...: rolling with the punches...: It has been a very ... different ... few weeks. I apologize for not keeping up with the blog but life has a way of reminding you who's i...

rolling with the punches...

It has been a very ... different ... few weeks. I apologize for not keeping up with the blog but life has a way of reminding you who's in charge (and if you think it's you - guess again....the only thing you control is how you react to what's thrown at you)  I can't blame it all on life though, I am responsible in part due to laziness and not making the time. No excuses - I have been a bad blogger. So here I sit on a rainy Saturday evening in front of my computer, partially snuggled into the couch in sweats and an afghan and if I had to think about it, regardless of the changes in the last few weeks and the stress, life is pretty darned great. WHY?? Because I choose to see things in that light.  We have a roof over our head, clothes on our backs, a nice car to drive, food in the fridge, and I have a job to go to everyday. My job can be stressful. But I love it. I have worked in some form of customer service since I was a teenager and I honestly believe it is my strength. "But I thought you worked in the home healthcare industry" you say? I do - but what we do as coordinators ultimately boils down to customer service; the same principles apply. And those principles should be practiced on everyone that we deal with in our day - from our PSW's and nurses,(who are some amazing people by the way) to our clients, to our co-workers and colleagues. Not one of us can do our job without any of the aforementioned people. Now, I haven't been an active coordinator in just about a year - I have been working in the intake department (which has some coordination but not primarily so)  It was a good switch at the time, as I really needed to escape some of the negativity on the floor that some people were putting into the universe, and gave me some much needed motivation to shed some of my own negative skin. I believe I did ok in the intake role, but I was missing that customer service connection that I really dig. Well, in the past couple of weeks I was offered an opportunity to become a Team Lead - a position we haven't had before and one that hasn't yet been clearly or entirely defined. But I am jumping at the chance!! Who knows what this opportunity could bring, and  I have always been one to roll with the punches. I am looking forward to interacting with people again, I am looking forward to the challenges and the changes, and being involved. I am looking forward to helping develop the role as needed and am grateful that I still have a job.  I have never been one to stay somewhere that I didn't feel I was appreciated or where I felt stagnated, and luckily I have been offered opportunities that alleviate these issues. So while the last few weeks have been a big switch-up with a lot thrown at me at once, I am ready for whatever these changes will bring! This whole year has been one big ball of change for me and I have embraced every minute of it. THIS is the life we lead now - not the one we had in the past or the one we think we want in the future. What we do TODAY will determine what happens tomorrow. So embrace it - every second - the good and the bad. Learn from what you can, forgive what you need to, and move on. Like I said at the beginning up there, we don't control life - we can only control how we react to it - and the people in it. So react well people...