One of my other favorite bloggers, CJane recently wrote a blog about the seasons of her life. Much more eloquent than I, I’ll let you read her words rather than make a feable attempt at synopsizing. And even though her reference to seasons is in reference to her pregnancy (and no I am NOT preggo) I really love the context (and her writing, of course). In some (non-pregnant ways) I can relate to her idea of the seasons of life, albeit in a different way.
November 11th I finished out what was probably THE toughest year (and a few days) of my work life to date. It wasn’t that it was horrific, just very very challenging. And now, being on the other side of it I’m filled with pride….and an overwhelming sense of exhaustion, relief and general gratitude.
Truly, I’ve learned so much this year and am so very proud of (generally speaking) how I’ve handled myself. Of course, some of that learning also has to do with what I would NOT do again, but you can’t win ‘em all.
This has also been a year of other firsts. First year of marriage, which is a challenge in and of itself regardless of how long you’ve been together or how in love you are, first home (see my last comment *ahem*), first dog, realizing that I’m not paid to work more than 8 hours, and realizing that I can’t get it all done in 8 hours, finding out I’m well into several hundered hours overbilled at work, coming to terms with the fact that it’s ok to say that that is “not okay”. It’s the first time I’ve dealt with the economy being this bad, and moreover not being sheltered from it, the first time someone I love lost a family member, and for that matter meeting new family members!
There are a million more I”m sure, but the point is, it’s been a whirlwind year. And I’m looking forward to what this next year has in store, mostly b/c of all I’ve learned this year, and b/c of my shift in priorities, and because well, that just means that this year is over.
Oh, and because I’ve learned that if you try to follow someone on Twitter accidentally and then “un-follow” that person still gets a message saying you were trying to follow them…I’m just saying.
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