practice what you preach....

Never had I anticipated reading this much in my life.  I graduated from IU with my tourism management degree, having only skimmed my textbooks.  Now I am in Nursing school, and it is literally impossible to pass a test without having read every word on every page of the assigned reading.  I am facing the challenge of prioritizing my reading.  I don't want to miss something that might be on the NCLEX I'm "too busy" to learn it right now.  

Not to mention prioritizing my workouts... so much to do, so little time, and everything seems crucial.  It is so hard to identify the less important tasks when you are in the moment than when the time has come to pass and you realize, you probably could have spent less time doing this, and more time doing that.  I have found that on the days when I workout in the morning, I am more focused and get more accomplished during the day in comparison to the days when I can't pull myself out of bed before class to workout, and plan on working out afterwards, but find it even harder to motivate myself to workout after class.  

As nurses, we are frequently reminded to maintain our own personal health and fitness, so that when we advise our patients of proper nutrition and exercise, we can be "role models"... but by practicing what we preach, we cut into valuable studying time.

What's a girl to do?

PRIORITIZE, I suppose. ;o)

trying not to burn out

As an avid procrastinator, I have withheld all of my studying and reading until now.  Yes, I realize I have been on Thanksgiving Break since Monday afternoon, but.... I really don't know of a good excuse.  On top of all my reading, I need to be prepared for the ATI Pharm. test on Monday that counts as 5% of my Final Test grade.... this will not be pretty, I can guarantee that.

So, what have I been doing?
On Monday I worked out after class, Ø school work completed.
Tuesday I had an appointment with apple  to figure out how to upload & edit videos in imovie, which turned into a Shopping day until about 3ish, then worked out.
Wednesday:  I know I worked out and went Krogering, but, I cannot account for anything else that took place on that day.
Thursday was Thanksgiving, and that brings us to today...
Spent the morning making my blog, then worked out, then did an ATI pre-test, then read about 20 pages in 4 hours, and became burnt out and decided to take a break.
I almost forgot about the fact that my husband went Black Friday Shopping - without me - ;*[
another almost forgotter - I need to work on my Rosetta Stone Portugues  Like CRAZY! - that got put on hold because of Nursing School.

I find that I am frustrated with myself because I need about 30 Hours in each day to complete my "daily to-do list"

So, as a Nursing Student, I try to think critically, by using ADPIE (assess, diagnose, plan, implement, evaluate)
Assessment:  Lacks focus, procrastinates until last possible minute on assigned reading/school work, frequently checks any/all networking media.
Diagnosis:  Impaired thought process, related to information overload, as Evidence by (see above assessment)
Plan:  Figure out a time-management schedule
Implementation:  **Need help on this one, I am in serious need of time management boot-camp!
Evaluation: to be decided

Tomorrow Husband is shopping again, so hopefully I will be able to be a bit more productive!

Boa Noite!

Brand New Day

Hello, WORLD! I am new to blogging, so I apologize in advance for any faux pas that might occur here... The purpose of my blog is to share my journey in Nursing school, fitness, and love of traveling [a.k.a: Life, Liberty, and My Pursuit of Happiness].  

Components include, but are not limited to:

Who:  I, Me, Kasey, coachkaseyp, KP

What:  will be writing about my life 

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Where:  here, there, everywhere

Why:  I like people.

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