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This past week has been a whirlwind to say the least. Last Thursday I took the day off from my internship to move,the next day I worked a 19 hour day (between my regular internship and my part time job) then continued to move, work and get settled over the weekend while trying to fight off a cold that inevitably caught up with me. Monday morning I returned to my internship only to come down with a migraine that afternoon.

All of this combined along with the very busy and stressful times that comes with being only 2 weeks away from the end of my internship rotations led me to make the decision to ‘unplug’ for a week. The only social media I engaged in was the ‘March Food Photos” on Instagram that simply entails taking a picture each day and posting it on your feed for everyone else to see. This is something I haven’t participated in before and I like the inspiration that comes with each daily topic. I think that having my sole source of internet on my iPhone also helped me unwind and take a brief step away.

I love social media and all the interactions that come with it but having some time away has made me feel so much more refreshed and refocused. I am excited to round out my time as a dietetic intern and have more time to invest in hobbies again, such as blogging more regularly and experimenting in the kitchen while continuing to develop my cooking skills.

Even though I wasn’t tweeting daily with something I was thankful for as part of Project 365 Thanks,

each day presented itself with numerous things to be thankful for and I continue to remind myself of these in times of stress and exhaustion.

I am thankful for the friendships and networking that has come with being involved in different platforms of social media, but at the same time I am also thankful that I can recognize when a  break is needed, knowing these relationships will still be standing when I return – after all, isn’t that the beauty of the internet?

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