this is me trying

i have a degree in BS(N) 🩺 | ER RN | 26 she/her

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did anyone else notice the suspicious “ambulance” that pulled up outside the rehab in euphoria s3e2? no paperwork? is this an organ farm?

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Careers Each Taylor Swift Album Would Have

💚 Taylor Swift = Botanist 💚

This album is gentle and deeply observant, like it’s constantly noticing small changes. Like botany, it reflects that quiet attention to detail and appreciation for natural, unfiltered beauty. It’s soft, patient, and rooted in watching things evolve over time.

💛 Fearless = Teacher 💛

Fearless feels like guidance wrapped in optimism, the kind of energy that encourages you to try, fail, and try again. A teacher matches its warmth and belief in growth, especially the way it frames mistakes as part of becoming.

💜 Speak Now = Fashion Designer 💜

Speak Now is bold, expressive, and unapologetically original where every detail feels intentional and personal. A fashion designer fits because it’s about creating something that reflects your inner world outwardly, even if it’s dramatic or misunderstood.

❤️ Red = Speech Pathologist ❤️

Red is chaotic, emotional, and deeply tied to communication: what’s said, unsaid, and misunderstood. A speech pathologist fits because this album is constantly trying to articulate overwhelming feelings and repair emotional disconnects. It’s about finding the words when they don’t come easy.

🩵 1989 = Journalist 🩵

This era is sharp, self-aware, and very conscious of narrative and public image. A journalist fits because it plays with perception - who controls the story, what gets published, and what gets left out. It’s polished but curious, always chasing the truth behind the headline.

🖤 reputation = Lawyer 🖤

Reputation is all about defence, strategy, and reclaiming your narrative under pressure. A lawyer fits perfectly because it’s calculated, resilient, and unafraid to challenge accusations head-on. Beneath the armor though, there’s still something deeply personal being protected.

🩷 Lover = Wedding Planner 🩷

This album is detail-oriented in the most romantic way, obsessed with creating moments that feel meaningful and lasting. A wedding planner matches its focus on love as something you actively build and celebrate. It’s dreamy, but also grounded in making happiness real.

🩶 folklore = Nurse 🩶

Folklore carries a quiet, steady kind of care; the kind that listens more than it speaks. A nurse fits because it’s about tending to the emotional wounds with patience and empathy, often behind the scenes. It holds space for other people’s stories without needing to center itself.

🤎 evermore = Anthropologist 🤎

Evermore feels like studying human behavior across time: patterns of love, loss, and survival. An anthropologist fits because the album observes rather than reacts, piecing together meaning from different perspectives. It’s reflective, analytical, and deeply interested in how people endure.

💙 Midnights = Sleep Technologist 💙

This album lives in the space between exhaustion and overthinking, where your mind won’t turn off. A sleep technologist makes sense because it’s all about what happens in those late-night hours: cycles, disturbances, and the things that keep you awake. It’s clinical in its self-awareness but still deeply personal.

🤍 TTPD = Psychologist 🤍

This one dissects emotion in a way that feels both intellectual and self-indulgent. A psychologist fits because it’s constantly analyzing behavior, attachment, and internal contradictions. It doesn’t just feel things; it studies them, sometimes to the point of obsession.

🧡 TLOAS = Actor 🧡

This era is all about performance, duality, and the blurred line between persona and reality. An actor fits because it captures that sense of stepping into roles while hiding what’s underneath. It’s glamorous on the surface, but there’s always another layer just out of view.

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EUPHORIA SUNDAYS ARE BACK, BABYYYYYY

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Taylor Swift Birthdays

Each album is a month and each track is a day (if track numbers are less than days in the month, they loop)! What’s yours??

💚 January 💚

Jan 1: Tim McGraw

Jan 2: Picture To Burn

Jan 3: Teardrops On My Guitar

Jan 4: A Place In This World

Jan 5: Cold As You

Jan 6: The Outside

Jan 7: Tied Together With A Smile

Jan 8: Stay Beautiful

Jan 9: Should’ve Said No

Jan 10: Mary’s Song (Oh My My My)

Jan 11: Our Song

Jan 12: I’m Only Me When I’m With You

Jan 13: Invisible

Jan 14: A Perfectly Good Heart

Jan 15: Tim McGraw

Jan 16: Picture To Burn

Jan 17: Teardrops On My Guitar

Jan 18: A Place In This World

Jan 19: Cold As You

Jan 20: The Outside

Jan 21: Tied Together With A Smile

Jan 22: Stay Beautiful

Jan 23: Should’ve Said No

Jan 24: Mary’s Song (Oh My My My)

Jan 25: Our Song

Jan 26: I’m Only Me When I’m With You

Jan 27: Invisible

Jan 28: A Perfectly Good Heart

Jan 29: Tim McGraw

Jan 30: Picture To Burn

Jan 31: Teardrops On My Guitar

💛 February 💛

Feb 1: Fearless

Feb 2: Fifteen

Feb 3: Love Story

Feb 4: Hey Stephen

Feb 5: White Horse

Feb 6: You Belong With Me

Feb 7: Breathe

Feb 8: Tell Me Why

Feb 9: You’re Not Sorry

Feb 10: The Way I Loved You

Feb 11: Forever & Always

Feb 12: The Best Day

Feb 13: Change

Feb 14: Jump Then Fall

Feb 15: Untouchable

Feb 16: Forever & Always (Piano Version)

Feb 17: Come In With The Rain

Feb 18: Superstar

Feb 19: The Other Side Of The Door

Feb 20: Today Was A Fairytale

Feb 21: You All Over Me

Feb 22: Mr. Perfectly Fine

Feb 23: We Were Happy

Feb 24: That’s When

Feb 25: Don’t You

Feb 26: Bye Bye Baby

Feb 27: Fearless

Feb 28: Fifteen

Feb 29: Love Story

💜 March 💜

Mar 1: Mine

Mar 2: Sparks Fly

Mar 3: Back To December

Mar 4: Speak Now

Mar 5: Dear John

Mar 6: Mean

Mar 7: The Story Of Us

Mar 8: Never Grow Up

Mar 9: Enchanted

Mar 10: Better Than Revenge

Mar 11: Innocent

Mar 12: Haunted

Mar 13: Last Kiss

Mar 14: Long Live

Mar 15: Ours

Mar 16: Superman

Mar 17: Electric Touch

Mar 18: When Emma Falls In Love

Mar 19: I Can See You

Mar 20: Castles Crumbling

Mar 21: Foolish One

Mar 22: Timeless

Mar 23: Mine

Mar 24: Sparks Fly

Mar 25: Back To December

Mar 26: Speak Now

Mar 27: Dear John

Mar 28: Mean

Mar 29: The Story Of Us

Mar 30: Never Grow Up

Mar 31: Enchanted

❤️ April ❤️

Apr 1: State Of Grace

Apr 2: Red

Apr 3: Treacherous

Apr 4: I Knew You Were Trouble

Apr 5: All Too Well

Apr 6: 22

Apr 7: I Almost Do

Apr 8: We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together

Apr 9: Stay Stay Stay

Apr 10: The Last Time

Apr 11: Holy Ground

Apr 12: Sad Beautiful Tragic

Apr 13: The Lucky One

Apr 14: Everything Has Changed

Apr 15: Starlight

Apr 16: Begin Again

Apr 17: The Moment I Knew

Apr 18: Come Back…Be Here

Apr 19: Girl At Home

Apr 20: State Of Grace (Acoustic Version)

Apr 21: Ronan

Apr 22: Better Man

Apr 23: Nothing New

Apr 24: Babe

Apr 25: Message In A Bottle

Apr 26: I Bet You Think About Me

Apr 27: Forever Winter

Apr 28: Run

Apr 29: The Very First Night

Apr 30: All Too Well (10 Minute Version)

🩵 May 🩵

May 1: Welcome To New York

May 2: Blank Space

May 3: Style

May 4: Out Of The Woods

May 5: All You Had To Do Was Stay

May 6: Shake It Off

May 7: I Wish You Would

May 8: Bad Blood

May 9: Wildest Dreams

May 10: How You Get The Girl

May 11: This Love

May 12: I Know Places

May 13: Clean

May 14: Wonderland

May 15: You Are In Love

May 16: New Romantics

May 17: “Slut!”

May 18: Say Don’t Go

May 19: Now That We Don’t Talk

May 20: Suburban Legends

May 21: Is It Over Now?

May 22: Bad Blood (feat. Kendrick Lamar)

May 23: Welcome To New York

May 24: Blank Space

May 25: Style

May 26: Out Of The Woods

May 27: All You Had To Do Was Stay

May 28: Shake It Off

May 29: I Wish You Would

May 30: Bad Blood

May 31: Wildest Dreams

🖤 June 🖤

Jun 1: …Ready For It?

Jun 2: End Game

Jun 3: I Did Something Bad

Jun 4: Don’t Blame Me

Jun 5: Delicate

Jun 6: Look What You Made Me Do

Jun 7: So It Goes…

Jun 8: Gorgeous

Jun 9: Getaway Car

Jun 10: King Of My Heart

Jun 11: Dancing With Our Hands Tied

Jun 12: Dress

Jun 13: This Is Why We Can’t Have Nice Things

Jun 14: Call It What You Want

Jun 15: New Year’s Day

Jun 16: …Ready For It?

Jun 17: End Game

Jun 18: I Did Something Bad

Jun 19: Don’t Blame Me

Jun 20: Delicate

Jun 21: Look What You Made Me Do

Jun 22: So It Goes…

Jun 23: Gorgeous

Jun 24: Getaway Car

Jun 25: King Of My Heart

Jun 26: Dancing With Our Hands Tied

Jun 27: Dress

Jun 28: This Is Why We Can’t Have Nice Things

Jun 29: Call It What You Want

Jun 30: New Year’s Day

🩷 July 🩷

Jul 1: I Forgot That You Existed

Jul 2: Cruel Summer

Jul 3: Lover

Jul 4: The Man

Jul 5: The Archer

Jul 6: I Think He Knows

Jul 7: Miss Americana & The Heartbreak Prince

Jul 8: Paper Rings

Jul 9: Cornelia Street

Jul 10: Death By A Thousand Cuts

Jul 11: London Boy

Jul 12: Soon You’ll Get Better

Jul 13: False God

Jul 14: You Need To Calm Down

Jul 15: Afterglow

Jul 16: ME!

Jul 17: It’s Nice To Have A Friend

Jul 18: Daylight

Jul 19: All Of The Girls You Loved Before

Jul 20: I Forgot That You Existed

Jul 21: Cruel Summer

Jul 22: Lover

Jul 23: The Man

Jul 24: The Archer

Jul 25: I Think He Knows

Jul 26: Miss Americana & The Heartbreak Prince

Jul 27: Paper Rings

Jul 28: Cornelia Street

Jul 29: Death By A Thousand Cuts

Jul 30: London Boy

Jul 31: Soon You’ll Get Better

🩶 August 🩶

Aug 1: the 1

Aug 2: cardigan

Aug 3: the last great american dynasty

Aug 4: exile

Aug 5: my tears ricochet

Aug 6: mirrorball

Aug 7: seven

Aug 8: august

Aug 9: this is me trying

Aug 10: illicit affairs

Aug 11: invisible string

Aug 12: mad woman

Aug 13: epiphany

Aug 14: betty

Aug 15: peace

Aug 16: hoax

Aug 17: the lakes

Aug 18: the 1

Aug 19: cardigan

Aug 20: the last great american dynasty

Aug 21: exile

Aug 22: my tears ricochet

Aug 23: mirrorball

Aug 24: seven

Aug 25: august

Aug 26: this is me trying

Aug 27: illicit affairs

Aug 28: invisible string

Aug 29: mad woman

Aug 30: epiphany

Aug 31: betty

🤎 September 🤎

Sep 1: willow

Sep 2: champagne problems

Sep 3: gold rush

Sep 4: ‘tis the damn season

Sep 5: tolerate it

Sep 6: no body, no crime

Sep 7: happiness

Sep 8: dorothea

Sep 9: coney island

Sep 10: ivy

Sep 11: cowboy like me

Sep 12: long story short

Sep 13: marjorie

Sep 14: closure

Sep 15: evermore

Sep 16: right where you left me

Sep 17: it’s time to go

Sep 18: willow

Sep 19: champagne problems

Sep 20: gold rush

Sep 21: ‘tis the damn season

Sep 22: tolerate it

Sep 23: no body, no crime

Sep 24: happiness

Sep 25: dorothea

Sep 26: coney island

Sep 27: ivy

Sep 28: cowboy like me

Sep 29: long story short

Sep 30: marjorie

💙 October 💙

Oct 1: Lavender Haze

Oct 2: Maroon

Oct 3: Anti-Hero

Oct 4: Snow On The Beach

Oct 5: You’re On Your Own, Kid

Oct 6: Midnight Rain

Oct 7: Question…?

Oct 8: Vigilante Shit

Oct 9: Bejeweled

Oct 10: Labyrinth

Oct 11: Karma

Oct 12: Sweet Nothing

Oct 13: Mastermind

Oct 14: The Great War

Oct 15: Bigger Than The Whole Sky

Oct 16: Paris

Oct 17: High Infidelity

Oct 18: Glitch

Oct 19: Would’ve, Could’ve, Should’ve

Oct 20: Dear Reader

Oct 21: Hits Different

Oct 22: Snow On The Beach (feat. More Lana)

Oct 23: Karma (feat. Ice Spice)

Oct 24: You’re Losing Me

Oct 25: Lavender Haze

Oct 26: Maroon

Oct 27: Anti-Hero

Oct 28: Snow On The Beach

Oct 29: You’re On Your Own, Kid

Oct 30: Midnight Rain

Oct 31: Question…?

🤍 November 🤍

Nov 1: Fortnight

Nov 2: The Tortured Poets Department

Nov 3: My Boy Only Breaks His Favorite Toys

Nov 4: Down Bad

Nov 5: So Long London

Nov 6: But Daddy I Love Him

Nov 7: Fresh Out the Slammer

Nov 8: Florida!!!

Nov 9: Guilty as Sin?

Nov 10: Who’s Afraid of Little Old Me?

Nov 11: I Can Fix Him (No Really I Can)

Nov 12: loml

Nov 13: I Can Do It With a Broken Heart

Nov 14: The Smallest Man Who Ever Lived

Nov 15: The Alchemy

Nov 16: Clara Bow

Nov 17: The Black Dog

Nov 18: imgonnagetyouback

Nov 19: The Albatross

Nov 20: Chloe or Sam or Sophia or Marcus

Nov 21: How Did It End?

Nov 22: So High School

Nov 23: I Hate It Here

Nov 24: thanK you aIMee

Nov 25: I Look in People’s Windows

Nov 26: The Prophecy

Nov 27: Cassandra

Nov 28: Peter

Nov 29: The Bolger

Nov 30: Robin

🧡 December 🧡

Dec 1: The Fate of Ophelia

Dec 2: Elizabeth Taylor

Dec 3: Opalite

Dec 4: Father Figure

Dec 5: Eldest Daughter

Dec 6: Ruin The Friendship

Dec 7: Actually Romantic

Dec 8: Wi$h Li$t

Dec 9: Wood

Dec 10: CANCELLED!

Dec 11: Honey

Dec 12: The Life of a Showgirl

Dec 13: The Fate of Ophelia

Dec 14: Elizabeth Taylor

Dec 15: Opalite

Dec 16: Father Figure

Dec 17: Eldest Daughter

Dec 18: Ruin The Friendship

Dec 19: Actually Romantic

Dec 20: Wi$h Li$t

Dec 21: Wood

Dec 22: CANCELLED!

Dec 23: Honey

Dec 24: The Life of a Showgirl

Dec 25: The Fate of Ophelia

Dec 26: Elizabeth Taylor

Dec 27: Opalite

Dec 28: Father Figure

Dec 29: Eldest Daughter

Dec 30: Ruin The Friendship

Dec 31: Actually Romantic

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what eeveelution is your fave?

💙 Vaporeon

❤️ Flareon

💛 Jolteon

💜 Espeon

🖤 Umbreon

💚 Leafeon

🩵 Glaceon

🩷 Sylveon

Voting ended onApr 18

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goddamn i’m down BAD for whitaker 😩

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what’s your fav taylor album?

💚 Taylor Swift

💛 Fearless

💜 Speak Now

❤️ Red

🩵 1989

🖤 reputation

🩷 Lover

🩶 folklore

🤎 evermore

💙 Midnights

🤍 The Tortured Poets Department

🧡 The Life of a Showgirl

Voting ended onApr 8

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i have a bone to pick with night shift bc why, after a week off, is my body still operating like this? falling asleep at 8am and waking up at 6pm? girl let me have a normal circadian rhythm plsssss

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is it just me or did tumblr in 2016/2017 feel like the cover art for the 1975’s album “i love it when you sleep, for you are so beautiful yet so unaware of it”?

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nurses of tumblr! what’s your specialty?

Emergency (ER)

Operating Room (OR)

Critical Care (ICU, CVICU)

Cardiology

Medical-Surgical

Post-Anesthetic Care Unit (PACU)

Pediatrics/PICU

Neonatal Intensive Care (NICU)

Mother/Babe

Labor & Delivery

Public Health/Outpatient

Other

Voting ended onApr 10

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digby telling emma she’s doing a great job after she told him it was her first day is EXACTLY why we go into nursing. we don’t go into it for the “glory” or the status. we go into it to make those differences (both big and small) in our patients’ lives, to show them dignity and care in their most vulnerable moments.

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Spring picnic.

Process: https://bsky.app/profile/zedotagger.bsky.social/post/3mg3bot3itc2z

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A Sakura Moment

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what if each taylor swift album was a nursing specialty?

💚 Taylor Swift = Pediatrics

💛 Fearless = Med-Surg

💜 Speak Now = NICU

❤️ Red = Cardiology

🩵 1989 = Public Health

🖤 reputation = ER

🩷 Lover = Labour & Delivery

🩶 folklore = PACU

🤎 evermore = Psychiatry

💙 Midnights = OR

🤍 The Tortured Poets Department = ICU

🧡 The Life of a Showgirl = Outpatient

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nobody talks about how much nursing takes from your personal life. i’m not even talking about coming home from a shift and bringing your work with you. i’m talking about how nursing re-wires your mental processes and protective strategies to a point where your own emotions don’t even feel valid.

my dad was diagnosed with stage 3 esophageal cancer in the summer last year. for the last 6 months, he’s been undergoing chemo and immunotherapy in the hopes that we could move towards a surgical route to remove the tumor. however, the results of his last CT scan showed significant involvement in both lungs, making his oncology team think the cancer has metastasized. we’re still waiting on biopsy results to confirm.

throughout nursing school and practice, we are taught to internalize our emotions in the face of crisis, suppressing our own feelings so we can be there for others. we’re trained to stay calm in distressing and contentious situations, to compartmentalize so we can actually function in our jobs. but what’s not talked about enough is how that seeps into our own lives. i haven’t been able to cry or show any emotion about my dad because i’ve been so used to tampering down my feelings so i can be present and a calming force for others - my own family included. i’ve grown so used to thinking of things critically and medically - what’s the prognosis? what’s his advance directive? what measures does he want taken should the worst happen? how much longer can i expect with him? does he want to continue treatment?

as nurses, we see people suffer every day; we critically think in crisis situations, we hold people who are going through the worst days of their lives, we turn off our emotions so we can properly function to serve others. but we need to have a conversation about how that follows us home. how it harms our own personal emotional processes. how it impacts our ability to deal with crises happening in our own lives.