Experiences, Memories and Life Lessons

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Many of the people here in the US do not understand how fortunate they are to be in this country. My face flush with hate when I hear them complain about small inconveniences and pain. Let's talk about pain a little more. No one likes to be in pain, but our reaction towards pain is in our control. It's the 5th vital sign but it's the only parameter that is subjective among the five. Even if we put numbers to measure it, we get different levels on the same type of pain on different people. I noticed that people here…

The more efficient way to live life is to live it with intent, to live it the way you specifically wanted it. Acknowledge that people--especially those who are around you, your friends or loved-ones, may have their own opinions, but their opinions should not hinder you from standing for your own. By all means follow your way, it'll make you feel better. And if at some point you noticed that "yours" did not work, take full responsibility and learn from it. Experience pays better than trepidation. They may follow you if they want to, but for you, the easier path…

We tell ourselves stories. These stories, whatever they may be, are something we perceive as truth--our truth. And when someone tries to convince us otherwise--their truth, we see them as fools. This is the reason why presenting a change is hard, it creates tension, it disrupts our belief system. Rather than opposing against the original truth, present the change as a different truth. A story we can easily tell to ourselves.

Life is about stages. Having to experience some of these stage and read about them. I find that these are main stages the we, as humans, follow: Learning to Make Making to Earn Earning to Live Living to Die

Do not waste your time caring about the life other people expect you to have, care about the life you want to live for yourself.

The other night I thought about fear. A powerful emotion closely related to shame but actually more intense than anger. I was recollecting a conversation with a friend about driving and I thought of what I did before when I was having that same issue. I realized that more of us are actually fearful of something we have not experienced yet. And the only way to get through it is to go ahead and do it. The more we spend time worrying, the lesser we spend on doing. We create more and more excuses on not doing if we think…

Today marks my 6th year anniversary of passing the NCLEX and I felt the need to share something to help my fellow Filipino nurses who are aspiring to become a USRN and work here in the US. Think of this as the easy and budget-friendly version of the entire NCLEX process. I myself DIYed my NCLEX and you can do it too. I know, the entire process of being a USRN is overwhelmingly confusing (this was my initial impression too) but there is a simpler way to look at it. The less-intimidating approach it is to look at it as…

We have a surplus of information. About 20-30 years ago, information was scarce and to the ones who had it, it meant power. Now, it is everywhere and we no longer consider it as an upper-hand. In fact, too much information can be a disadvantage, a distraction even. Not only that it creates doubts, it amplifies our weakness. An excess of information implies less concentration. Oftentimes, leads us to a path of nothing--easily falling for anything, without standing for something. The better way to information is to go against the crowd, to avoid what everybody knows. If more and more…