STOCK MARKET WATCH -- Thursday, 19 January 2012

[AnneD]

95. It is the little things....

the simple things that can help the most.

When I started Nursing school...it was a mighty big mountian to climb. The first class they handed out a course syllabus with daily lesson topics and readings that we were expected to read BEFORE the class in calendar form. Now I had a full time job and half way through school got pregnant and had an infant daughter, saw my first marriage break up, and became a single mom, in that order.

The only way I could reduce my panic level and keep my sanity was to buy a red sharpie. At the begining of every class or at the end of the day-I would cross off that day. There were days when the only satisfaction I had was that I got to pull out the red sharpie and putting a big red X for the day. I even calculated the mid point. But slowly there were more days crossed off. When I hit the halfway point, I had a lift-I knew it was down hill from that point.

Thank God someone took pictures of my graduation-I don't even remember it. The bags under my eyes had bags under them-I was that sleep deprived. But the important thing was that ...I MADE IT.

So when things get tough for you remember this: tough times don't last but tough people do. The expression is to cowboy up or saddle up.

You have already gone through a trial by fire. You can put up with a little hiccup in your new job.