Make Lemonade.

“When life gives you lemons… Make lemonade!”

Cliche, right? Yeah. But you know, I’ve found lately that cliches often can have a much deeper meaning and that their “overuse” is simply because they are all so true.

Nursing school has been a rollercoaster for me, to say the absolute least. I threatened to quit at least twice a week (I still have a month left to go… no promises that there won’t be more). It’s been exhausting, on top of so many other stressors that life has thrown at me.

But looking back, my favorite memories were made whenever I made lemonade out of the lemons. The times where I was intentional and mindful and romanticized the work that I was doing; these times were the very best.

And so now, after 2 grueling years, I’m here to tell you a couple of things that I’ve learned (the hard way).

1.) It’s okay to feel tired/stressed/exhausted/sad/like quitting/over it/angry…. but

2.) Don’t let these feelings rule your life.

I regret all of the times that I aided my own misery. Of course, I couldn’t have prevented all of the breakdowns and sob sessions, but there were too many times that I let myself keep digging deeper into that pit of despair. Too many times I was ungrateful for where I was at, and it only led me into deeper, darker waters.

So I encourage you… make lemonade. The lemonade isn’t always going to turn out how you want it to, but sitting there with a bunch of lemons isn’t going to be any better, right? Sometimes it’s going to be a little more sour or bitter than you want. But that’s okay.

You got this.

Kenn :)