 Hi guys and welcome back to this video. So today I want to give a little cappella update and talk about some exciting things that are going on and talk about where I'm at with my Masters and the Flexpack program. So as many of you know, I'm a sponsored Flexpack student at Cappella University and I am currently getting my MSN in nursing education and guys, I feel like I'm in the final stretch I'm really like just have a couple classes left and I'm super stoked to be where I'm at. I feel like I'm learning a lot. I just wrote a couple papers on nursing technology and in specific low fidelity and high fidelity nursing simulations and their implications in nursing schools, how we can implement them, which was really cool and creative and it's just kind of a fun topic. I feel like a lot of the assignments that I'm doing are really pertain to what I'm interested in which is nursing education and is awesome. So I'm super stoked with where I'm at in my program right now. Also, I'm very excited to announce I am attending NTI 2019. It's the big critical care conference that's in Orlando. I will be there May 20th, 21st and 22nd and I will be speaking at the Cappella booth in the Expo Hall. So make sure you go check that out. I will have the times that I will be speaking down below. I will be touching on emotional intelligence and more specifically how to balance a healthy work life routine schedule which as you know, I'm a mom. I work. My husband works. We have a seven month old daughter. I run my social media business and I am getting my master's right now. So I am busy not to mention all the other stuff you have to do in life like buy groceries, brush your teeth, all those like, you know, important things have to do those as well. But I'm thankful for the FlexPath program because honestly, I tell everyone all the time it's been the least stressful thing I've added into my life because I just feel so in control of it. And I am the type of person that I like to feel in control of my life and what I'm doing. And I make lists. I have a routine. I have a schedule. And it's nice that I can schedule the FlexPath program all of my assignments into my life versus the other way around. And really quick, I just want to touch on three small things that you can do to help balance your work life routine when you are busy like I am. First, find something that only takes 10 minutes that makes you happy and do that every day. Whether that's drinking your cup of coffee, taking a shower, maybe doing your makeup or just going on a quick run, meditating, whatever you do, find that 10 minutes and just do it. We all have 10 minutes in the day to do something for ourselves. Next is give yourself grace to say no and don't feel guilty about it. We can't do everything. It's literally impossible to do everything. I am one that I want to take on so many things and I want to accomplish them all. But in order to be our best selves and put our best foot forward, we just can't do it all. I'd rather have a couple of things that I'm really good at and invest my time in than a bunch of things that I just can't put my full self into them and they don't turn out as well. And number three is talk to someone about your day and ask them about your day. I know this sounds kind of silly, but it's so important to have that kind of social balance in our lives. A lot of times, especially when you become a parent and you're working or in school, it's just like the constant motion of things and it's the same thing over and over and over. You get up, you take care of the baby, you go to work, you come home, you do school, you do dinner, whatever you do. But take a second, talk to someone in your life, whether it's someone that you know or maybe a stranger, ask them how their day is doing and then tell them about your day. Tell them about something that's exciting for you, something that may be bothering you. And it's going to make you feel good to relate to someone else in your life versus feeling kind of like you're just alone and caught up in the hustle and bustle of everything that's going on. So that is my Capella update. I'm so happy to be a sponsor FlexPass student. It really has been great in my life. I know I've said a million times, but you're going to pry here to a million more. So thank you for listening to me. Thank you for watching this video and I will see you in my next one. Bye.