 Hi everyone and welcome back. So in this vlog today I wanted to talk to you all about staying motivated in your nursing course, in your nursing profession, if you're qualified, if you're a student, wherever you're working in health care. I wanted to do a vlog about staying motivated because I know some days are going to be really really tough. You're going to maybe have a breakdown, you might go home crying because you've had a really really bad day, you might want to give up, we have all been there, trust me I've been there too and I just wanted to give some of my best tips to stay motivated and keep going and get yourself just in that right headspace again. And as always a little disclaimer so I just wanted to say that some of these tips might not work for you, it's about finding out actually what makes you happy, what keeps you motivated, what works for me, might not work for you, what works for you, might not work for me or anybody else. So it's just about finding out yourself, discovering yourself and keeping yourself motivated basically. Do more. So don't scream at me please, don't shout at me. This might sound silly because this is a really tough course anyway, it's full-on, you're barely going to get time to do an assignment, some days, some weeks, some months but do you know what I find really really motivating is doing more and what I mean by that is doing extra curricular activities around university, so doing extra things like being involved in a society, being involved in volunteering at university or for a charity outside university, setting up cake sales and bake sales, doing things for charity like Snowden like I did, doing all of these extra things just really really keeps you motivated. I found it honest to God the best thing for me was this because just doing those extra things with people that you love and enjoying yourself and socialising and I think that's the main thing of it is socialising with like-minded people so doing more of that and that really really I know it keeps me so motivated on this course by doing more it doesn't make sense I know but it works. If you are that person that wakes up first thing in the morning you just about opened your eyes and you're thinking today's gonna be a bad day guaranteed you're gonna have a bad day because you woke up already thinking it so therefore it's gonna happen. Does that make sense? I hope that makes sense and I know it's really it's so hard when you wake up and you think I'm really dreading going into placement it's been a really bad day yesterday I'm dreading going back today it can be really hard to completely get rid of that thought and it's really really difficult I think to sort of challenge it and think more positive but you need to try and just say do you know what yesterday was a bad day today I'm gonna make it an amazing day stand up do your power pose and just say do you know what today's gonna be a great day doesn't matter what happened yesterday today's gonna be an amazing day I've got an amazing team let's do this and just really get your head in that headspace of thinking do you know what it's gonna be a good day and things crossed it's gonna be a good day. Make sure you stay organised if you are one of these people that aren't organised you don't prioritise your workload please please please stop being really organised because I find this really really motivates me if I'm organised I've got everything ready I'm like yes I've got everything ready I'm organised yes I'm motivated let's go but as soon as everything goes to pot I'm like oh my god oh my god no this isn't happening and I start stressing and panicking which is rare but it happens it really does happen but I know that when I stay organised and prioritising and know what I'm doing and know when I'm doing it that's it the motivation is there to get it done if that makes sense and this is just really good tip I think that I'm gonna throw in there hopefully it's gonna help you hopefully you're organised and you're doing amazing so you won't need this one but yeah have a think about that show yourself some self love now we're so busy caring for the people volunteering there's so busy caring and loving all of our patients and our colleagues and making sure everyone else's health and well-being is right we forget about ourselves and we neglect ourselves so much throughout this course throughout nursing life it's really really important that you show yourself some love treat yourself once in a while and get that motivation back have a night out with your friends have a meal treat yourself to a new pair of trainers and new shoes new top that isn't health related completely for you and only you be selfish for that one moment in time and get yourself noted again and last but not least the I think one of the things that really motivates me and I've done this a few times when I felt really deflated if nothing's working for you you know you've bought yourself a new top you've gone out with friends you've done all of these things you're still feeling deflated you need to give yourself a pep talk you need to really kick yourself up the butt and you need to say you know what this is why I came into nursing just remind yourself why you came into nursing why you wanted to be a nurse what was it that you wanted to gain from this what did you what complete reason did you want to come because it's not gonna be a selfish reason because it's not for the money it's gonna be because you want to help other people you want to make a difference in someone else's life you want to make a change to somebody else's life you want to make somebody else's life better because that makes you feel good inside just whatever your reason is for coming into this profession just remind yourself of that and think do you know what I've come so far look at how far I've come look at everything I've achieved look at all of the failures that I've overcome in the end whether it's a failure failing an exam maybe whether you've made a slight mistake but then you've corrected it all and you've overcome it and standing here today still here today just remind yourself of how amazing you are how far you've come and actually look to the future and look to if you're a student nurse look to qualifying how you're gonna feel putting on your blues and your first day as a qualified nurse and someone says nurse and that is you and you finally got that moment you're a qualified nurse you're a staff nurse you're a community nurse you're a band five by and six by and seven by and eight whatever point you get up to just see that goal see that end goal and just remind yourself that actually people need us it's not a selfish profession because you can't be selfish in this profession we are here to help other people we are here to love and care for our patients and make their lives better and make a difference to them and that above all just really motivates me and I remind myself that constantly when I feel down or if I feel really deflated after a bad shift I remind myself of actually that moment and why I came into nursing and how long it's taken me and just seeing the future and the end goal and just thinking oh my god yes I've got six months left now let's do this and it honestly it just makes my day and it should make your day and it should get you motivated again and just actually make you realise do you know what I can do this and speaking about motivation and remembering where you came from and the journey this is a really good way to do it just having pictures of your journey through nursing your friends your family all of that on a montage some sort of collage or if you haven't got a wall spare get a scrapbook or something like that and put it all into a scrapbook something that you can physically see and visualise and just make you remember how amazing you've done and how amazing this journey has been for you and that's just going to keep you right on track I think I know it really really does with me and always remember if you really are struggling you're really deflated you can't get going please speak to someone don't struggle alone and just make sure you have that open conversation with someone and maybe they can get you motivated again but if you really really are struggling please talk to somebody don't suffer alone so that's it from me I hope you all have an amazing week and I shall see you next time