Sarah Cavanaugh

So, like here, right, when I get up in the morning, I make it a point to go outside.

So, like here, right, when I get up in the morning, I make it a point to go outside.

And, like, step outside by myself, see the sunrise, look at the view, because the view behind overlooks the mountains, and really enjoy that and just let that be the start of my day versus... some of the intrusive thoughts about the past that would come up before and I would let that dictate my day.

And, like, step outside by myself, see the sunrise, look at the view, because the view behind overlooks the mountains, and really enjoy that and just let that be the start of my day versus... some of the intrusive thoughts about the past that would come up before and I would let that dictate my day.

So I've really changed how I let the past affect my moods so I don't become just a continuous repetition of them.

So I've really changed how I let the past affect my moods so I don't become just a continuous repetition of them.

Right now, I am reading The Secret History by Donna Tartt. Which is interesting. I had read... Goldfinch? The Goldfinch, and I loved it. So now I'm reading this one, and I'm really enjoying it so far.

Right now, I am reading The Secret History by Donna Tartt. Which is interesting. I had read... Goldfinch? The Goldfinch, and I loved it. So now I'm reading this one, and I'm really enjoying it so far.

So I was in undergrad working at an assisted living. I worked there for five and a half years and I loved it. I did everything from serving in the dining room to running activities to housekeeping. I did anything they asked me to do to basically pay my rent and pay my tuition and kind of survive undergrad at all costs. But I developed really meaningful relationships with the residents, right?

So I was in undergrad working at an assisted living. I worked there for five and a half years and I loved it. I did everything from serving in the dining room to running activities to housekeeping. I did anything they asked me to do to basically pay my rent and pay my tuition and kind of survive undergrad at all costs. But I developed really meaningful relationships with the residents, right?

Yeah.

Yeah.

A lot of people don't like older people. I remember a lot of people I worked with who were like, she's grouchy or she's this or she's that. And... I thought, well, they've had 50 years to practice, right? Type thing. And also, like, I always think about our moods as a product of something else, right? I know that personally.

A lot of people don't like older people. I remember a lot of people I worked with who were like, she's grouchy or she's this or she's that. And... I thought, well, they've had 50 years to practice, right? Type thing. And also, like, I always think about our moods as a product of something else, right? I know that personally.

And so I just think there was an appreciation there for me, but I didn't really know where that was going to go. I think I thought I was going to be like an activities director or something like that.

And so I just think there was an appreciation there for me, but I didn't really know where that was going to go. I think I thought I was going to be like an activities director or something like that.

I would just say, hey, how are you? Like, it's Saturday. You know, how do you feel about this? How do you feel about being here? And if they were like, I really don't want to be here. I had to get up early and I had to drive to Providence. And I'd be like, yeah, I understand.

I would just say, hey, how are you? Like, it's Saturday. You know, how do you feel about this? How do you feel about being here? And if they were like, I really don't want to be here. I had to get up early and I had to drive to Providence. And I'd be like, yeah, I understand.

When someone said something like, you know, I'm struggling with, I might be homeless or my wife and I are fighting or something like that, I wouldn't respond with surprise. I would just be like, yeah, those things happen. Those things happen. And okay, what do you think you need right now because of that?

When someone said something like, you know, I'm struggling with, I might be homeless or my wife and I are fighting or something like that, I wouldn't respond with surprise. I would just be like, yeah, those things happen. Those things happen. And okay, what do you think you need right now because of that?