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This after graduation period is a lot more difficult than I thought it would be. It is a very weird feeling not having something due for school that I previously had to worry about. While my job has been occupying my time wonderfully (I'm 6 months in), the change in dynamics of my life can be a bit disconcerting at times. With school, you do have projects that are due constantly, but you also have a considerable amount of downtime. Every three months, you'd get a break for at least a couple weeks. With work, that does NOT happen. It's go go go. It's all a bit confusing. However, it's good to actually have some money now. I haven't had savings for a good 6 years!

Anyways, that's just a little stream of consciousness blurting. My point in posting was to get a few things I'm interested in lately out there.

Today is Survivors of Suicide Day. It is an important day of healing for those who have lost someone to suicide. You can find out more about this day and even watch a broadcast of the day HERE.

I have recently discovered Dan Siegel and his work on Mindsight. It is a mindfulness approach that he has developed and created theory around that is incredibly interesting. You can find some of his work and meditations at his website. As well, I just finished listening to a talk he gave at the Upaya Zen Center on his approach and highly recommend it. You can find all of the podcasts HERE. I've just ordered his books and am looking forward to reading them. One is called Mindsight: The New Science of Personal Transformation and the other is The Mindful Therapist: A Clinician's Guide to Mindsight and Neural Integration. I'll try to give them a bit of a review after I read them.

On a personal/professional level, I'm struggling with choices lately. My clients constantly struggle with whether they made the right choices or whether they are making the right future choices and I can really relate lately. My life has changed so much from a few years ago that I can hardly recognize it a lot of the time. I'm happy with where I am professionally, but I wonder if it's the place I'm supposed to be in order to move forward. I'm comfortable with the struggle (surprisingly) but I know I'll have to come to terms with it eventually. So complicated.

And there is another entry in my very occasional blog! Finis!