Pam's Daily Wave...

Good Morning and Welcome to Monday from my Atlantic Life in Hatteras 😊

Outside the inn last night...

Well, we had a bit of a wild ride last night with some gale force winds, driving rain and lots of ocean over wash, so it’ll be a slower day here in Hatteras. I popped out yesterday afternoon and caught these photos...

Yesterday's Hatteras Beach

I love reading your comments and messages, it’s one of the best parts of posting my musings and meanderings online….at that point it becomes more of a dialogue 🥰

On one of my posts recently someone commented that my writings were rather “verbose” …

Definition Verbose: Using or expressed in more words than are needed; Overly lengthy

- and I happily hold my hand up to that….my writings, when put on Facebook can seem super lengthy as opposed to what most people use it for – to post pics with snappy one liners, which is awesome and lots of fun to see....I have also been known to do this, especially with pics of Bailey, Bodie and Pumpkin!

The boys love sleeping in the back of Jake the Jeep

But much more room in Dad's Excursion....

It's a blanket day...

Pumpkin much prefers lazing in the sun....

FB is a fantastic medium to reach lots of people at one time, and for keeping in touch with friends and family (particularly useful if you live a distance from them). I personally don’t write to post on FB, or I would indeed make it a little snappier and yes, less wordy, I just happen to post my blog on it as a way to share my ramblings with more people. The downside to reading my post on FB is that you don't get to see the pics I post, and they are often part of the story. That's why I generally include the link to my blog website.

I’ve always written longer pieces – I just love painting a picture or scene using only words….and, once I get started, it just seems to flow from my pen onto the paper (although my Mom does credit some of my exceptionally high grades in school, to the fact that my teacher or professor probably just got bored reading all my writing, and decided halfway through, that I must know my stuff, as I appeared to be able to write so damned much on the subject in question).

Learning to be succinct, writing in bullet points and visually grabbing statements took some practice for me – but working in my chosen field of healthcare and clinical research, (cardiology in particular), sorted that. From facts and figures, to statistics and measurements, data driven outcomes, to profits and losses…. leadership strategies to corporate word-games….and so it went for many, many years. My “verbose” days were put on hold for a more clinical, bottom-line approach.

A 2-hour PowerPoint presentation detailing the “backstory” and a lengthy in-depth explanation of potential strategies, just wouldn’t cut it – 15mins max, sharp, laser focused, to the point, was what I evolved to (or maybe it was “devolved!)

I quickly realized that the more important a person became in a company or institution, the more “valuable” their time seemed to become…..and the other thing that became clearly evident was, that the higher up in my career I climbed, the more people I came across that had ridiculously short spans of attention….neither of which I adhered to.....Everyone's time is valuable, and we should practice more listening to, as opposed to speaking to.

Leaving healthcare behind was a tough decision for me to make…. but, after 25 years, it was time to be “verbose” again.

My life is very different now – I no longer have to listen to cringey corporate cliches, and I most definitely no longer have to be succinct (although JB still thinks I need to get to the point when I’m talking……..what can I say – I’m a classic “story-teller”)……

I can meander and muse….even take the time to photograph what I see. And, although we’re crazy busy in the summer, in the winter, I have the opportunity on occasion to devote an entire day to reading. I’ve gone back to writing in cursive, as opposed to my “sterile” capital letters….and yes, it’s rather "verbose" 🥰

My "crazy little lady brain" 😊

I write my blog most days – a collection of words and pictures that come straight from my “crazy little lady brain” and pours onto paper, before being typed into my blog (years ago, on seeing I was absolutely engrossed in something I was thinking about, JB asked “what is going on in that crazy little lady brain of yours?”…..I was in no way offended, in fact I loved the thought that I had an intriguingly crazy little lady brain, that no-one, not even JB who knows me so well, can ever work out…..and that’s the way I like it ). The typing is actually the toughest part for me…..I have tried to use the dictation software on “Word”, but apparently (according to “Apple”!!!!) the Scottish accent is one of the most difficult accents to understand, so I spend more time correcting all the words it hears incorrectly, than if I just type it straight into my blog.

So, my response to the original comment is that I often write lengthy blog posts, they are not traditional Facebook “comments”, I just choose to use that medium to share……. the clue is in the description on my blog home page 😉 –

From a small beach town in Scotland called Ayr, to Hatteras Village on The Outer Banks of North Carolina (via London, Buckinghamshire and The Cotswalds in England, Chapel Hill & Hillsborough in NC) - 25 years as a Cardiac Physiologist, Operational Leader in Healthcare & Clinical Research, Life Coach....and now restoring an almost 100 year old Inn...follow my musings, meanderings, adventures...and love of dolphins ……Musings and Meanderings are rarely short and succinct 😊

I truly hope that you continue to enjoy my adventures...

Leaving you with a beautiful sunrise from a couple of weeks ago, to start your week with a wonderful warm glow 💗

Until Next Time,

Take care, Stay safe.... and this week - Be Yourself - it's so much more fun 😊

Love and Hugs,

Pam

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