What would you do if the life you've grown comfortable with suddenly changed?

I recently read this book called ‘Who Moved My Cheese’ by Dr. Spencer Johnson after hearing it from a speaker in one of our orientations in Uni. It was a thin book that I was able to read it before I went to sleep.

Everyone is afraid of change. Most of us don’t want to change when things change, some try to ignore it and continue with life as if nothing has happened. Others move on and seek for solutions to adapt with it. But really, what’s the best thing to do when change strikes us?

Unfortunately, no one can teach us what to do with change. It all depends on the person’s attitude. There’s no certain IQ level to deal with it for even the unfortunate people who weren't able to attend school can successfully conquer it. IT’S ALL ABOUT OUR ATTITUDE.

We all live to achieve Cheese (life) that will make us happy. But sometimes we feel so secure and comfortable with what we have that we forget to anticipate change. We often rant and question “Why did this happen to me?” and then we become depressed and realize we haven’t done much to revive ourselves.

The moment we step up and fight for our Cheese proves that we don’t want ourselves to be stuck and one day regret the things we failed to do. Sometimes we have to move out of our comfort zones and adapt to the changes of life. And yes, there will always be times when we want to give up and go back to where we came from but it is during these times that we must imagine how happy we could be when we get what we want in life.

Determination and optimism is the key to a successful life. We don’t need to overanalyze things. Just keep it simple and go with the flow. Remember that life is a constant changing thing. Move forward. Eventually you’ll find yourself embracing change and all the good things that came with it.

Live life happily. Don’t ever let change defeat you! 

After weighing out things for myself, I decided to apply for a volunteering job in the same nursing home that I work at. I believe this will give me plus points when I apply for a real job after I graduate. :)

“You have to do something that will not give the employers the impression that you came here to take a degree just like the others. You have to stand out.”, the speaker said in a seminar that talks about nursing career here in Australia.

I have learned to familiarize myself on how things get by in Resthaven including the staff, residents and environment, and being a volunteer there won’t give me a hard time. Besides Stacey, the volunteer resources of Resthaven, said that I’d be assisting residents especially those who are isolated. This idea excites me in a way because I enjoy old people. Plus, this would be an advantage for me since I get to interact with patients on a one-on-one basis, a factor important for employers to see.

Now I just need to fix my schedule to balance my work, studies and volunteering job. Who knows one day Resthaven might absorb me as a regular staff *dreaming*. :)

THANK YOU LORD FOR EVERYTHING! YOU ARE GOOD ALL THE TIME! :)

I’ve been working for three days now for this week in the same nursing home I’ve been to before. This time I’m doing housekeeping tasks like cleaning and organizing resident’s rooms.

My entire body ached after I had my first shift last Tuesday. The thing is, the agency calls me early in the morning and asks me to start ASAP! And when I say ASAP, it’s about 30 minutes after she rang me up. My gulay! Hello, I need time to prepare and waiting for the bus takes time. I was always at the verge of saying no but all I can think of was ‘kaching!’ :)

Cleaning rooms wasn’t really hard because each area was taken care of every day. So it’s more of dusting, mopping and fixing some stuff. The real challenge was cleaning the toilets! I had to clean bowls with some poo in it. And since they are really old and standing was a challenge, tendencies are they spill poo everywhere or around the bowl. But there’s no time to arte arte.  Besides I have all the proper tools to clean it up and there’s not a chance that I’ll be touching anything with my bare hands. So yeah, everything’s fine. I just have to make sure that NO WATER FROM THE BOWL JUMPS UP TO MY FACE! :D

I like talking to old people. They are all very nice. They go:

“Thank you, Darling!”

“Good morning, sweetheart!”

“How are you, lovie?”

“Thank you for your help!”

You feel appreciated even by just doing the simplest thing you can do for them. There’s this grandpa who walked all the way where I was (because he can’t find anyone else) and asked me to dial someone in the telephone. He gave me a copy of the number with literally HUGE fonts! So cute! He also asked me to tie his shoe laces and he goes, “Thank you, dear!” One lady asked me to put some butter in her toast and said, “That’s lovely! Thank you!”

They love small talks even if sometimes you end up not understanding each other. Sometimes I’d talk to those in the lounge as I pass by, “Hello! How are you going?” and they give me this clueless face because they didn’t hear me at all. I’ll repeat it this time on a louder tone. And then they comprehend, smile and say “Oh, I’m good! #$*($%)#@&#.” Sometimes they mumble or have a harsh voice and I couldn’t understand. I just pretend and give a safe answer and say, “See ya!” Nevertheless, it’s the effort of acknowledging them that counts. :)

PS. I tried converting to peso the income I had this week. Wow! I will never earn something like that for only three days!

Thank you Lord for giving me a job! :)

xx,

Biancs