Showing posts with label inspiration. Show all posts
Showing posts with label inspiration. Show all posts
Tuesday, 9 September 2014
Wednesday, 29 January 2014
Inspiration for a Bad Day
I originally found this video while browsing though Huffpost on my phone. It seemed so appropriate for the day after Bell's "Let's Talk" promotion and I wish I had known about it years before when I was going through tough times. The words are by Canadian spoken word poet Shane Koyczan from his poem "Instructions for a Bad Day". I believe that the words are appropriate for anyone who is going through tough times due to loss, bullying, mental illness, illness or just a plain bad day. I hope this inspires you as it did me. Enjoy.
Monday, 20 January 2014
Sunday, 19 January 2014
How I Used Pinterest as a Caregiver
Pinterest is one of those sites that I find to be addictive to me. I can spend hours and hours looking at the site and pinning and repinning stuff. Pinterest is a free site to join and it is basically a place where you can put links to stuff that you're interested in instead of creating tonnes of bookmarks, printing out stuff or clipping out magazine articles. It's kind of like a electronic corkboard for your ideas.
There are pages/categories (boards) there for caregiving (for caregiving and other specific things you have to enter it into the search bar) women's fashion, food and drink, fitness, home decor, quotes and much much more. I've been keeping all of my pins on one board but you can set up different categories for whatever interests you for example, "my style" or "dinner ideas" or however you want to title your boards.
As a caregiver I was using (and still use) Pinterest to find slow cooker, snack and freezer recipes, fangirl stuff (I love Doctor Who!), inspirational quotes, organizational tips, homemade cleaning and beauty products and ideas on fashion as I couldn't get out to buy new clothes. I was doing this because I was running out of ideas on what to cook for my husband and I and I was also beginning to suffer from caregiver burnout (although I didn't know it).
I was getting so fatigued that I started on Pinterest by looking to make mealtimes easier for me. I liked the fact that in the food and drink category you can find foods that are vegetarian, gluten free, paleo diet, "skinny" foods, slow cooker recipes, snack ideas, freezer meals and more. I'm all for making my life easier, especially when I'm tired and don't want to think about cooking, which is why I like all the slow cooker recipes and freezer meal ideas such as the recipe I tweaked for slow cooker "roast" chicken. In fact, I still look in this category for meal ideas when I have no idea what to eat.
I continued to browse and found ideas on how to organize the fridge so that my husband could easily find something to eat when I wasn't there or I was asleep. I also found ideas that helped me tidy and decorate so that the husband was comfortable and our home looked nice (well, most of the time). The Women's fashion category helped me figure out what I had in my closet and how to organize it so I could find nice outfits to wear. Looking at the quotes kept me inspired so I could keep on going.
All in all I've found Pinterest to be a great inspirational site and very useful but I must say very addictive to me.
How do you use Pinterest as a caregiver?
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There are pages/categories (boards) there for caregiving (for caregiving and other specific things you have to enter it into the search bar) women's fashion, food and drink, fitness, home decor, quotes and much much more. I've been keeping all of my pins on one board but you can set up different categories for whatever interests you for example, "my style" or "dinner ideas" or however you want to title your boards.
As a caregiver I was using (and still use) Pinterest to find slow cooker, snack and freezer recipes, fangirl stuff (I love Doctor Who!), inspirational quotes, organizational tips, homemade cleaning and beauty products and ideas on fashion as I couldn't get out to buy new clothes. I was doing this because I was running out of ideas on what to cook for my husband and I and I was also beginning to suffer from caregiver burnout (although I didn't know it).
I was getting so fatigued that I started on Pinterest by looking to make mealtimes easier for me. I liked the fact that in the food and drink category you can find foods that are vegetarian, gluten free, paleo diet, "skinny" foods, slow cooker recipes, snack ideas, freezer meals and more. I'm all for making my life easier, especially when I'm tired and don't want to think about cooking, which is why I like all the slow cooker recipes and freezer meal ideas such as the recipe I tweaked for slow cooker "roast" chicken. In fact, I still look in this category for meal ideas when I have no idea what to eat.
I continued to browse and found ideas on how to organize the fridge so that my husband could easily find something to eat when I wasn't there or I was asleep. I also found ideas that helped me tidy and decorate so that the husband was comfortable and our home looked nice (well, most of the time). The Women's fashion category helped me figure out what I had in my closet and how to organize it so I could find nice outfits to wear. Looking at the quotes kept me inspired so I could keep on going.
All in all I've found Pinterest to be a great inspirational site and very useful but I must say very addictive to me.
How do you use Pinterest as a caregiver?
Friday, 6 December 2013
No Rest for the Weary but Looking on the Bright Side
Well my fun and games just keeps going on and on. Since my husband passed away I have managed to get on social assistance but they are only going to let me have it for three months. I am also starting a job soon that's commission based and I may have to sell my home soon because social assistance can't cover my expenses. Sometimes it feels that there's no rest for the weary.
I'm not sure how I'm going to be doing all of this but I have to remind myself to look on the bright side of things. At least I have found myself a job, moving is a great way to declutter and, if I have to sell, at least I'll have some available cash.
I mention looking on the bright side because there have been studies that imply that people who are optimistic live longer, less likely to have negative health effects, are more successful and are happier in their lives. I don't know about you but I want to live like that. Now, I'm not saying to be unrealistic (I'm not expecting to win the lottery tonight, but that would be nice.) It's just that there is good in any situation even if you can't see it right at the moment. As Lao Tzu said :
I'm not sure how I'm going to be doing all of this but I have to remind myself to look on the bright side of things. At least I have found myself a job, moving is a great way to declutter and, if I have to sell, at least I'll have some available cash.
I mention looking on the bright side because there have been studies that imply that people who are optimistic live longer, less likely to have negative health effects, are more successful and are happier in their lives. I don't know about you but I want to live like that. Now, I'm not saying to be unrealistic (I'm not expecting to win the lottery tonight, but that would be nice.) It's just that there is good in any situation even if you can't see it right at the moment. As Lao Tzu said :
“Be careful what you water your dreams with. Water them with worry and fear and you will produce weeds that choke the life from your dream. Water them with optimism and solutions and you will cultivate success. Always be on the lookout for ways to turn a problem into an opportunity for success. Always be on the lookout for ways to nurture your dream.”Optimism also seems to be a recurring idea in the thoughts of great men (and women) such as Anne Frank, Winston Churchill, Gandhi, Nelson Mandela, Hellen Keller, Thomas Edison, Albert Einstein and many more. So follow their example and as Monty Python said in The Life of Brian "Always look on the bright side of life".
Tuesday, 9 July 2013
Saturday, 18 May 2013
Wednesday, 8 May 2013
Tuesday, 7 May 2013
Friday, 3 May 2013
Sunday, 28 April 2013
Friday, 19 April 2013
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