Blog Every Day In May: Day 8

Day 8: A piece of advice you have for others

I know its going to sound so cliché but my piece of advice is to try to find a job/career you enjoy. Notice I said try because not everyone does. I have a career that I enjoy, and I feel that I am lucky, because I was only 22 when I had it figured out. Some people go their whole life, and never really find that. You know that saying that goes something like "Find something you love and you will never work a day in your life?" Personally, I think it's exaggerated. 
I'll tell you why I love my job. And I'm not going to give some goody two shoes answer like "I love helping people" or "I'm serving my community" or some crap like that. The reason I love my job is that  it's never boring. Even though, it is fairly repetitive in a way, in another way its not at all.
There is always something to do and new people to meet. We constantly have new students joining our team, working for us for a few months and then they leave, and new ones come in. There's always some crazy customer giving me attitude which makes for a good laugh after the fact. There's always new drugs coming onto the market to learn about. And just when you think you've seen it all, you haven't. It's challenging enough to keep my on my toes, but not so much that I find it difficult. 
I'm not saying its all rainbows and butterflies every day. I don't love it every day, all day. It's very stressful, and sometimes I'm just counting down the minutes. But there is usually at least one moment in each day when it hits me that I love it. And there are some days when I realized it's time to go home and I think "already?!" And yeah, sometimes I don't feel like getting out of bed and going to work. But I never dread it, and sometimes I even look forward to it. 
And the reason why I think it's so important to find a job you love? Simple math.
You spend most of your waking hours at work. Might as well be spending it somewhere you don't mind being, instead of somewhere you hate. 

Blog Every Day In May: Day 7

Day7 The Thing(s) You're Most Afraid of:
-spiders
-junebugs
-when people try to get you to taste some weird food and you don't know what's in it
-you know that show "I didn't know I was pregnant?" yeah. that. 
-right now I'm afraid of not finding a place of my own in the time that I want to move out. I mean, I don't have to rush, but I want to get out.

-this quote here sums of a big fear of mine. Basically I'm afraid I will never find love again :(

Blog Every Day In May: Day 6

Day 6: If you couldn't answer with your job, how would you answer the question "What do you do?"
- I read

- I go for walks ( preferably along the lake)
- I go to concerts. I have 3 this spring/summer :)
- I watch crime shows. Most importantly, I watch Castle like its my job.

- I love going out to eat, its one of my favourite things to do because there is nothing better than good friends and good food. 
- I thrift. I love the feeling of finding a great brand name item for a super low price, or seeing a book that I've been meaning to read for a long time. 

Blog Every Day in May: Day 5

Day 5: Publicly profess your love for one of your blogger friends.
Ok...so I wouldn't say I have any blogger "friends" per say because I don't really talk to any fellow bloggers on Facebook or anything so I'm just going to pick a blog that I really like. 
So the blog that I pick is...
Chocolate Covered Katie If you guys haven't heard of her, well she is pretty awesome. She has a ton of recipes (mostly desserts) and some of them use super healthy ingredients that you would never guess are in it. And the best part is she gives you the nutritional information :D
I haven't tried that many of her recipes yet but I have made the Deep Dish Cookie Pie. It turned out amazing! It was super delicious, and I got lots of people to try it without telling them what was in it and everyone liked it and could never guess that it was made with chickpeas! And I don't even LIKE chickpeas!
Here's a couple more recipes I plan on trying out sometime:

Homemade Peanut Butter Chips

Chocolate Chip Everything Bars

all photos taken from Chocolate Covered Katie

Blog Every Day in May: Day 4

Day 4 Favourite quote and why you love it
I honestly couldn't say that I have ONE favourite quote because there is just so many good ones out there! So I will show you a few favourites, courtesy of Pinterest of course!

This really resonates with me because I know the feeling. When I went to Portugal last summer it started my love affair with the ocean. I had seen the ocean before when my family went to Nova Scotia when I was 14 but not like this. There I was on a tiny little island (the whole population of it about the same as my current city) completely surrounded by ocean. No matter where you were on the island, you could see the ocean if you were up high enough, and if you couldn't see if you could most certainly smell it. I will never forget stepping off the plane and smelling that fresh ocean air. It was unlike anything I've ever experienced before and I wish I could just bottle up that scent and keep it with me always....

I believe this is true. I think some people were meant to be in your life to help shape you but they are not necessarily good for you. I definitely had a person like this in my life throughout high school/college and beyond...up until I was about 21, and yes it was a boy. I didn't talk to him for years, but we're cool now. I have him on Facebook but we don't really talk and I haven't seen him in person for years and I don't intend to.

Ok you guys are probably thinking "Taylor Swift is so annoying"and maybe it makes me uncool for loving her music but I really don't care. I love this quote so much and totally agree with it. 

I have to admit that I do constantly compare myself to others, wondering why don't I have this or why can't I be as pretty as her? Having this mentality of not comparing myself to others is something that I strive for, but it really is a constant battle. 

Blog Every Day In May: Day 2

Day 2: Educate us on something you know alot about, or are good at.
Ok here goes
How to Piss-off Your Pharmacy Staff Member:
1. Start telling me your life story on the phone and ramble on for 5 minutes before I can get a word in edgewise to ask who the hell you are. 
2. When I ask you what you need to order say "everything"
3. Wait until the last minute to order you medication and when I ask you when you would like to pick it up say "right now!"
4. Forget to mention you have insurance and show me your card at the cash register, because it just works like a credit card doesn't it?!
And probably my favourite one:
5. Expect special treatment because you're an employee!

Blog Every Day In May: Day 1

Day 1: The story of your life in 250 words or less 

I was born in a city but grew up in a very small town of only a few thousand people because my parents "didn't want to raise kids in the city." Although I have come to appreciate my country roots upbringing, as an adult I have very strong (negative) feelings about growing up in that type of town.  I'm a fairly happy-go-lucky sort. I'm always laughing. I laugh when something is funny, when I'm nervous or when I don't really know how to respond to something. I have a job that I really enjoy, and it's not what I went to school for. And that's ok.. But it is my career and I couldn't see myself doing anything else.  As I get older I am realizing that I might not be the settle-down-get-married-and-have-kids type of girl. And that's ok too, because I'm learning to live on my own terms and nobody else's.