Today marks my official last day working as a certified nursing assistant in a nursing home. Over this past year and a half I've learned so much, and I've seen so much more. Being a CNA has been quite the experience to say the least. It was my first full time job, and my first time working in a job in healthcare. As I sit back and recount all of the crazy situations and hilarious moments, I know that I will never get any other job like one as a CNA. I went in not knowing what to expect, and I came out humbled and extremely appreciative of the nursing field, specifically of nursing assistants.To those of you who are not aware of CNAs and what they do, allow me to now educate you.

                                               

The twenties are a time of change. Graduating college, job searching, graduate school, traveling, etc. It's the decade where we are still young enough to do what we want and have the times of our lives, but old enough to understand we need to buckle down and really take a look at ourselves to see where our lives are heading. A lot of my friends and family are going through major life changes at the moment, each of which have struggles of their own, which is what inspired me to write this.

As summer is coming to a close, I'm pretty much in shock as to how fast this summer has gone by. I feel as if we've only had summer for about a month and now we have to go back to the cold very soon. However, the bright side to that is the fall season! Fall is one of my favorite seasons, spring being the other favorite. I love the crisp cool air, the colorful leaves, and of course fall clothing. Fall fashion has always been a weakness of mine, and since the malls have started selling fall clothing already for the past few weeks, I've been trying to hold back the desire to blow my budget and just buy everything fall related. As you can probably tell I'm so excited to break out my cozy sweaters, scarves and of course all of my beloved boots.


Here's a little collage that I did of different fall outfits that I put together for those of you who are in need of some inspiration. I'm currently still looking for a perfect mustard colored sweater, it's something I've been meaning to add to my closet but haven't quite found the right one yet. But before I get too eager for fall I better to squeeze in as much summer left as I can!

Have a lovely day everybody!

There’s something scary yet exciting about uprooting yourself and moving to a place where no one knows of your existence. Not one person knows your name. Slowly but surely, you make your world a little bit bigger and expand your horizons a bit more. No doubt it was terrifying when I first did it five years ago, but I’m so glad I did. I can’t wait until I can get the chance to do it again. 

I've cut back on my technology use. I think that our smartphones, and social media in general really consumes a lot of our time, and more of my time than I'd like it to. Smartphones have literally become attached to us like another limb. Many times I've watched people at restaurants have periods of silence with a table full of people because they're all busy on their devices.

 It's easy find out about someone's life happenings even when I'm not directly looking for it. It's all too much digital noise. I've stopped carrying around my phone at work for a few weeks now and I feel so much lighter without it. I unplugged a bit. Not completely, but enough so that I can breathe...and it feels great.


I dare you to look up from your phone.

I like noticing people’s quirks. I like seeing the different things that makes their eyes light up. I enjoy noticing how they laugh, and the gestures they use when they're nervous. It’s the oddities that they find beauty in that you never noticed before. And when they are absolutely comfortable with their weirdness, it makes you want to be friends with them forever because of how fascinating they are as individuals. Most of all, it makes you realize that your own quirks are pretty awesome as well.