I am late, late, late doing my continuing education units to renew my nursing license. I finally called one of the companies that offers courses you can do at home for this purpose last week and chose a course based on the book above. It sounded interesting and not nearly as scary as something involving oh, actual nursing.It had a little "advanced" icon on it which I ignored. So what? I'm advanced, right?
Fuck. I've been working on this damn thing all day long and right now I am NOT INTO mindfulness. At all. At this point I'd like to drink about fifteen beers and experience true mindfulness, I'll tell you that. But no, I MUST FINISH TONIGHT! I MUST!
That's all.
I'll be back if my head doesn't actually explode. I doubt it will but you never know.
(By the way- feelings are only feelings and everything changes, including feelings and we shouldn't hide from our feelings but try to accept them as they are. That's what I've learned. And now I graciously offer you that wisdom. For free.)
finish and THEN drink your 15 beers. deal!
ReplyDeletethanks for the wisdom ;)
Give it another go, Ms. Moon - you show us on your blog every day that you are all mindfulness. You'll get there.
ReplyDelete(Mindfulness is lovely.)
Just sayin' hi to you. :) Hope your head does NOT explode, cuz I like reading the wisdom. That sounded selfish, now, didn't it?
ReplyDeletei need to take like 4 of those courses before the end of the year- we have 6 years to complete the required number of credits needed to renew our teaching certificates here.
ReplyDeletei know you can do this!
xxalainaxx
I'm not sure why academics would fuck up something as fabulous as mindfulness --
ReplyDeletegood luck, though!
notjustafemme- Well, I finished. And didn't have even one beer. What's wrong with me?
ReplyDeleteMwa- It is but Jesus, combining it with psychotherapy and forty-eight different types of initials is wearying.
Nicol- Not to me. I liked it.
Mrs. A.- I did. I hope I got at least 70% right.
I am not sure I did.
Elizabeth- I doubt they fucked it up too bad. But it got sort of old by the end.
I can't drink, but if I did, I don't see why I wouldn't read discussions of mindfulness or other states, glass of__________(fill in the blank) in hand, and feeling, as the song used to say, just relaxed and paying attention...
ReplyDeleteGo for it--you seem advanced to me.
ReplyDeletethat sounds pretty cool, and anything can be mind numbing. even mindfulness? maybe i'm not advanced. :)
ReplyDeletehey dummy, work it out. who else is gonna birth me and the lady's babies? i'm just sayin...
ReplyDeletedaddy b
Whip it.
ReplyDeleteI thought the whole idea was to get our of the mind. harumph
ReplyDeleteThis makes me smile. Of course, it's terrible for you. It too shall pass.
ReplyDeleteI love your synopsis. I don't think I'll bother with the damn book.
ReplyDeleteLove you!
A- This was too hard to focus on as it was.
ReplyDeleteSyd- Advanced in age.
Maggie May- Too many damn initials standing for different sorts of therapies. WTF?
Daddy B- Ha! Who you callin' a dummy?
Ms. Fleur- I tried.
Sandra- Nope. That's CONCENTRATED meditation. Now I know there's a difference.
Ms. Trouble- It wasn't that bad.
Ms. Bastard-Beloved- I have a copy you can borrow if you change your mind.