I was really anxious as to how I was going to get all that I wish to share written down, then just decided to start. I can (and will) write a follow-up post if necessary. Work and studies are high up in the list of priorities, partially because of the time of year - particularly the latter, so I’ll write about these.
Time seems to be flying past. I work a lot of hours at the Dementia/Alzheimer’s residential home; a few weeks ago, I did 12-hour shifts daily 5 days in a row, so 60 hours in 5 days. This primarily because we are short staffed. It can get hectic and emotional in a heartbeat there, which is handled well overall. I am doing the medication training and Health and Social Care NVQ training, the latter with more enthusiasm than the former.
The main thing presently: I have looked into doing Complementary Therapies. At a local university they have a good BSc Complementary Healthcare with Practitioner Status 3-year course. One complication is funding – I have already had 2 years of funding for Physics so cannot get full tuition fee funding from the official national student loans company. They cannot help with tuition fees for the first academic year, however are able to support me through the second and third.
There is a course a Complementary Therapies course at a local college I attended before. It is at the Diploma level over the course of an academic year, 17.5 hours weekly. With the BSc, it would take 2 years to complete at the level of a Diploma. Both qualifications study holistic massage, aromatherapy and reflexology. Thus far, my gut is telling me to go with the college and do the Diploma in one year; I am going to enquire with the university if it would be possible to use the credits towards a BSc or if ‘Healthcare’ and ‘Therapies’ have a drastic distinction and how similar the materials are, and so on.
There is also a private academy who do good Reiki courses, from the research I have undertaken. I’ll post a link and more on them in a follow-up. These are shorter courses and ones I have wanted to do for a very long time!
Continuing with the topic of studies, though not my own, my younger sister was unable to register with a high school due to a clumsy error in form filling. I am helping out with her home education while we wait to here from the schools she is wait-listed on. My mum’s wish is for her to go to a formal public or private high school, though home education definitely stands to champion standard education IMO.
We are working on this house still – it is quite a project and I originally set the whole year aside for it. In December I will reassess. I can move out and live alone again, as a friend and I were discussing yesterday, though the mutual aid within the family presently, it seems and feels like the right timing for it. Sometimes they drive me to near madness (I like my alone time and work better in silence unless discussing what it is I am working on). One aspect of this work is going the Ethernet route - just cables to the router, dongles and possibly powerline adaptors. More on that in another post.
And NeurOptimal: I am saving towards and plan to buy a Professional Trainer unit. I have considered crowdfunding, like setting up an Indiegogo, Kickstarter or GoFundMe campaign; even PayPal.me or Patreon. I will post an update on our NO journey thus far after gathering everyone’s experiences. It has been and still is miraculous! Life’s not perfect, it just helps for weathering storms and, if it’s possible, to centre one’s being.
Otherwise, since the last post, I have been gardening – some horticulture and permaculture, reading (so much to read and to be read), writing, singing to crystals, water and so on, composing, listening to and producing music, cooking, making and baking healthy treats, foods and personal care products, documentaries and some videos (I have misplaced my blue light blocking glasses the past few days so less of these recently), spending time with animals and nature, and a few select people/friends, varying levels and types of dance (hoop, Latin American, belly, etcetera) and exercises (mainly yoga, Tai Chi, Qi Gong and Body by Science HIIT, some pilates), journalling/‘consciously’ doodling in my journal, meditating; unwinding as is necessary. I had forgotten how stressful living in a house with teenagers can get until they recently went on a short holiday for 3 days and I came back from work to a quiet, serene house.
I drastically reduced the time I spent on social media over the past 3-4 weeks. Before Saturday, 3 days ago Saturday, it’d be 20 minutes or less spent on their daily, on certain days not at all. It is an interesting exercise, especially after reading
whitecoast’s thread and all the responses therein.
My aim is to complete this SRN transcript, BTH’s ‘Doing Putin’s Dirty Work’ in full before the end of September. Just a head’s up. I’m also going to invest in a foot pedal and some hardware gear, gadgets and gizmos to assist when transcribing, for ease of access, fluency and speed. I find using a mouse is easier than a touchpad, certain headphones are higher in quality, etc. The software side of the equation is in the positive, the hardware side could use a boost.
As an aside, it’s really astonishing how the whole Novichok case(s) has and is still unfolding. I’ll leave it here and at that for now; thank you for reading! Best!
