Vowing to be more "self-less"

I've learned over the years that not everyone is as prone to self-reflection as I tend to be - I used to think that wasn't a good thing and that the world would be a far better place if more people took the time, maybe at the end of the day, to examine how the affairs of the day were conducted and why (could I have done better and, if so, how so?). But lately, I've started thinking that this self-awareness/self-reflection stuff has gotten a bit out of hand and that it's really not all that I've cracked it up to be (I know...there's something seriously wrong with that sentence - try to be like me and deal/live with it!)

The problem with my particular brand of self-reflection is that it has a traveling buddy - good ole self-recrimination. I beat myself up (a lot) when I don't meet some arbitrary standard I've set (I'm much more generous and forgiving of others, thank goodness, or my students would wait for me in the school parking lot.....). Now, I find myself feeling badly because, on a whim, I started a blog - the purported intent of which was to discuss the life of an educator of nursing students - and I've let my unattended, unloved blog wallow in neglect. How could I??? To make matters worse, someone is on to me (insert heavy sigh here)....someone I've developed an intellectual crush on, at that (yes, Dr. S, 'tis you!).

I think the thing to do here is to get over it.....try not to be so hard on myself....post what I can, when I can and trudge on. Bet I have some fun in the meantime.

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Welcome to my blog!

By way of introduction, I teach med/surg content to students in a hospital-based school of nursing in the Northeast. Yes....hospital-based schools (granting a diploma in nursing at the end of the curriculum) still exist and I'm quite proud of the one that employs me. Our NCLEX pass rate is quite high (upper 90s) and our commitment to nursing excellence runs wide and deep. Since I just created this blog literally 5 minutes ago (seemed like a good idea at the time.....we'll see....), I'm unsure as to the direction that it will take. All that I can promise is that it will be honest and that all names will be changed to protect the guilty!