Living a "normal" life and going throughout your day living the Heartiness way can offer its own challenges. The goal is to get to the point that each day, no matter what the world throws at you, you are able to eat appropriately, have time for exercise and have your emotions in control. This is a tall order but one I am striving for.
Perhaps sharing what the world has given to us for the day will help all of us know how to work around those obstacles and be centered in living the Heartiness life.
Today I am up early because I have to go to a patient's house and do a procedure I am uncomfortable with at 7:30 AM.
Last evening my boss called me and told me one of the patients I cared for was not happy with the way I had done the procedure. She told me she is not happy with anyone but her own nurse so not to feel bad, but she had to let me know. Therefore, my confidence level for this morning's procedure is shaky.
I also hurt my back this last week so I am in pain and not sleeping well. Okay....Stress, anxiety, pain and lack of sleep.
So let us walk through this.
I still have to eat breakfast. Skipping it will only add to the stress. Thankfully, I have a husband who fixes great, appropriate breakfasts, so I know I will be eating. Spiritual preparation is imperative to my day....therefore I have already said my morning prayer and will go study my scriptures when I am through here.
I will need to prepare a snack for morning and a good lunch or I will be too hungry or binge eating something I had to purchase that is inappropriate to eat. I have found the the greatest way to successful eating is to prepare in advance and only eat what I have prepared.
Exercise, which oft times get laid aside cannot be skipped or my back will only get worse. I have a great accountability partner in Jim, so I cannot skip exercise.
By starting my day out with the basics: prayer, study, eating, and exercise I have already set a good foundation for my day and that should help the stress.
To further reduce the stress, I watched a YouTube video on how to do the procedure I am doing this morning so I feel more confident reducing the anxiety.
Being told someone isn't happy with your work can definitely shake your confidence! But it is probably unnerving to have to have a different nurse when you are in a vulnerable position. So I am guessing your boss is right, it probably had less to do with you and more to do with the client just being anxious. Also sometimes people do something differently than someone else, and it isn't a worse way, but it just isn't exactly what the person is used to.
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