Commitments
I am committed to being more active and involved with my family members. I am committed to set aside time for myself.
Nursing school has taken a lot out of me, and I realized I slowly stopped doing the things that once brought me peace and balance. As I am nearing graduation, I've made a commitment to prioritize my quality of life by returning to those meaningful activities. One of my favorite things to do is go on walks with my boyfriend and my dog, Pixie. I love that I get to ...
This spring, I have been making more time for hobbies and activities that bring me joy. For a while, I have wanted to start an herb garden so I could use fresh ingredients in my cooking, and over spring break, I finally planted everything. I have many indoor plants, but this is my first time growing anything outside in the Texas heat. I am committing to water ...
As a nursing student, it can be difficult to balance all the different areas of life. Rest, relationships, school, career advancement, nutrition, and physical activity are all very important to me. I've learned throughout nursing school that my friendships are especially important for me to prioritize. When I stop making time for the people I love, I ...
I started my senior year of nursing school in August of last year (2025). Between being in school full time, and working full time, as well as balancing home life, I do not have much "me time". Winter break provided me some time to do some crocheting, which is a hobby I have found I really enjoy. I started crocheting about a year and a half ago, but my schedule ...
I reflected on my goals and was reminded me how far I come since starting nursing school. Seeing graduation, passing the NCLEX, and beginning my nursing career on my vision board make me feel excited and motivated for the future. I am committed to continuing to focus on these goals while maintaining balance through self-care and spending time with ...
I am committed to finding balance between in my time with the Lord reading and studying the Bible, physical activity and spending quality time with family and friends. It is difficult to not get consumed and exhausted with school with just recently going back to school to get my BSN and having started a new job.
I am committed to improving my quality of life by being intentional about the things that I include in my life. I want to ensure that I am focusing on my spiritual, emotional, and physical health, and that I am making an effort to improve each of those areas in my life while also juggling the academic stress of nursing school.
These days, I want to focus on bettering my quality of life by making healthier decisions for my well being. To be aware of life and not be stuck in the same routine. I want to be able to go out and experience changes and something new everyday. Enjoy each day to it's fullest and to learn something new each day or make an impact on someone/something each day.
I commit to spending quality time with my friends and doing activites that we can bond over. With nursing school, it can be difficult to make time for others and it can really have a toll on the quality of life. I think it's very important to create memories and to have fun once in awhile. As I will be graduating soon, I commit to make time for my friends and ...
As I am approaching graduation from nursing school, life definitely feels overwhelming and bittersweet at times. I am committing to truly taking the time to fill my cup in my personal life during this season. This takes place by taking the time to slow down, remaining steadfast in my faith, finding joy in what is around me, and taking self-care measures. ...
Often times nursing school can feel overwhelming and it can seem like there is not enough hours in a day. Reading my Bible has always improved my quality of life so I will commit myself to reading my Bible without distractions for at least one hour, once a week.
I am committing to incorporate new activities that I can learn to improve quality of life. Some of these activities include roller skating and chess.
I paln to incorporate mor activities that bring me joy such as painiting once a week
I am committing to making time to socialize one day out of my week to leave my house and do something fun with my friends. I'm going to practice being open to managing my time in order to make time for myself and to have fun.
I will make time to do something creative and fun with my friends to increase my quality of life each week.
I commit to sharing more time of my talents and skills in art to my family, friends and my community. I will do this by volunteer work in my community and with my children's clubs/organizations. My daughter in her Cheer squad and my older daughter in her Band. This time shared helps me serve my community and spreading joy and happiness. I also love to sit and ...
I will have indoor plants such snake plants, pothos, majesty palm house plants to have better air quality. I will recycle all plastic bottles and other reusable materials.
I commit to improving my quality of life and mood by spending more time with God and reading His word, increasing my physical activity, and focusing more on the positives than the negatives in everyday life.
I am excited and committed to learning/working on ways to improve quality of life. There are so many ways that you can achieve this and I realize it’s important to take it one step at a time. I am committed to finding what works for me.
I am committing to choosing peace, exercise, self care, rest, and a simple lifestyle. I am removing myself from social media binges, being active daily, and prioritizing my overall quality of life.
I will take time to listen and acknowledge all of my coworkers
With being in my last semester of nursing school,l am committed to improving my quality of life by ensuring that I manage time with friends and family. I have been able to manage my time each week with nursing school as well as being able to spend time with friends and family. Hanging out with the people who make me smile the most are my friends and family, and I ...
I am committing to a better quality of life through focusing more on my personal relationships. By placing more importance on these relationships I am less likely to experience work drain and burnout, which will positively influence all of my patients and coworkers.
I am committed to improving my quality of life by taking care of myself so I can continue to care for others. This looks like spending time with friends and family, going on hikes and being outdoors more, and going to church.
I will commit to improving my quality of life by spending time outdoors and being in the sun. I want to commit to taking walks outside every day and spending every second with the people I love. I want to commit to reading my devotional everyday and being appreciative of all of God's creations around me. Most importantly, I want to stay hydrated and maintain ...
In my final semester of nursing school, life has been super busy and fast paced. I have been planning a wedding, searching for a job, where me and my soon to be husband will live and all of the logistics that go along with that... All while trying to soak up the last moments of college. I plan on commiting to qulality of life by making sure I prioritize my ...
With finishing out my last semester of nursing school, adjusting to night shifts, looking for jobs, and planning my future, my life has felt pretty chaotic. With these things at the forefront of my mind, I sometimes find myself not fully being in the moment with my loved ones and even spending less time with them because of busyness and stress. I want to ...
As I approach graduation soon, I am committed to making these last few weeks of college memorable and enjoying every moment I have with my closest friends. I want to make every encounter I have with my friends intentional and spend quality time with them because time flies by so quickly! I want to finish college with carrying some of the sweetest moments I ...
I am committing to improving mine and my families quality of life. Life flies by in the blink of an eye and I do not want to look back one day and think “I wish I would have done that”, so I will be making more time for the little things in life.
I'm committing to focus on quality and balance of my life. To do this, I'm going to prioritize my spiritual well-being and participate in a bible reading plan from "First 5" ech day. When I am focused on God, everything else in my life seems to find balance and fall into place.
I met my commitment goal of improving my quality of life by attending a family member's quinceanera, with my family and my boyfriend!
I am committing to maintaining a work and family life balance as my goal for the next few weeks. It is easy to get overwhelmed by the amount of work it is being a student nurse while also working a separate job and I have been noticing that I have not put in as much effort into my family life and have not been engaging in fun activities with my husband and dog. I am ...
I am making a commitment to improve my quality of life by focusing my time towards goals I am passionate about. I work another job as a means to fill my time; it is not meaningful and it takes time from me to recuperate and work on other aspects of my life. That includes people I love and care for, and my career as a nurse. I will leave my second job. I will set smart ...
I have committed to reading my bible every night before bedtime. This increased to connect to God and decreased my uncertainty in my faith.
I commit to focusing on my mental and physical health. I will work out frequently, eat nutritious meals, and get adequate sleep every day. By doing these things it will improve my overall health as well as improving my work performance.
I commit to prioritizing my physical, mental, and emotional well-being. I will engage in regular exercise, maintain a balanced diet, manage stress through healthy coping strategies and ensure adequate rest to sustain my energy and focus.
I have been a nurse for four years, and started my nursing career at the peak of the COVID-19 pandemic. I worked the majority of that time in the ICU, and my mental health suffered for the following years from the moral delimmas and burnout I experienced in those first two years. I struggled with PTSD and severe depression. I'm doing much better now, my ...
I love reading & crafting. I am committing to read or craft every day for the next 7 days.
Reading is a self care activity that improves my quality of life. I commit to reading for at least five minutes every day.
When I was growing up, reading was a huge part of my life. My mom used to have to keep me from reading in the mornings because I would choose to read rather than getting ready for school. In the next few weeks, I commit to being intentional about reading at least 1 chapter of my current book a night. Reading is something that I have found to be helpful to unwind and ...
I commit to spending more time doing the things that I love, like creating something new or reading books from my very long to-be-read list. A lot of the time I spend too much time doom scrolling on social media or caught up in, assignments for classes, so I want to be able to spend time doing something that's going to make me happy.
I commit to enhancing my quality of life by spending more time outdoors with my family and my dog no matter how busy life gets. This will allow me to relax, recharge, and appreciate the simple joys of life!
I am committing to implement an exercise routine into my life by performing some type of physical activity! I would want to do at least 30 minutes of activity and do it for 4 days/week in the mornings. By doing this, I hope to establish a routine that I look forward to and have more time of the day to enjoy.
I make a commitment to Myself for ongoing growth and improvement of my overall well-being so that I may be able to be effective nurse practitioner, leader, wife, mother.
Nurses have the most contact with patients and are the most influential to whether the patient has a satisfactory hospitalization.
I think focusing on your self is extremely important when your job requires you to take care of others. This past month we went strawberry picking. The whole experience was a nice break from reality. It allowed us to be in nature, provide nutrition for ourselves, and just focus on the moment.
I commit to Quality of life. Nursing school is very stressful so whenever I can, I travel to find peace. I also tend to cook healthy meals and stay physically active rather it’s playing a sport or doing strength training in the gym. This is something I will continue to do, as it has helped me physically and mentally!
Nursing school has been extremely stressful and I often put it over everything including my kids, family, and friends. So starting as soon as graduation, I promise to LIVE with a purpose and to do the things that make me happy. If I am not happy and well, it's a downhill spiral on my kids and they need their mama! So cheers to doing more things like travel, ...
My quality of life improved when I changed my weekly Thank you journal to include daily thank you notes to others. Today's thank you note is to ANA for Healthy Nurse Healthy Nation for the email reminders that remind me to keep all areas of my life balanced.
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Hi @Hlawn.P Excellent commitment! Family time and making time for yourself make such a great impact on mental health (and physical health often too!)
@emilyt30 Great commitment! Getting outside (especially with walking buddies) is so good for your body and mind! You've got this!
@Lilye S This is wonderful!! This year I am also trying an herb garden outdoors for the first time! (I'm in Maryland so it's still too chilly to get them set up yet though) Keep us updated!
@Addison Williams Great commitment! Knowing you have people who stand with you and around you is so beneficial! You've got this!
@alwaysjennay This is wonderful! Your projects look amazing and it's so important to make time for things that bring you joy! I hope you'll share a picture of your duck when you're finished!