Hello again! I'm taking the plunge into blogging again. Recently, I've been mostly reading other people's blogs because they're far more interesting and anyway, I didn't want to get into what's been keeping me from my own blog.
However, I'm getting over it...time to be a big girl, hahah...
I think that first of all, I would like to look back on the past year, because I want to make more of an effort to be grateful for the people in my life, for what I have and to celebrate accomplishments.
Some highlights from 2010:
-made positive steps to pursue further studies
-travelled to Alberta/BC to reconnect with some friends and family and PRBI folk
-got a personal best in a half-marathon in April, then beat it in May (and participated with Liz)
(ran 3 half-marathons in 2010 plus a 14.7 km race)
-got 3rd in my age group/women in the Glen Tay Block Race
-travelled to PEI for the first time in the east coast with my friend Laura
-pursued courses in Early Childhood Education
-my sister Liz got engaged & married
-started writing a story for an online writing mentorship
-made a more active effort to participate in the arts in my community, and to shop more consciously in regards to where my food comes from
-joined a rec ball hockey league with my roommate
There are probably more, but anyway, I think it's helpful for me to look back and think of what has taken place in the past year.
Now, for this coming year...it seems rather daunting and I just don't know what it will hold. One of the reasons I've been distracted is that I'm trying to make some more plans for further study, and so far I've been foiled at every turn for how I'm trying to go about this. The beginning of January was pretty stressful for that reason, and I guess I let it get to me a little more than necessary. (It was a pretty big deal at the time, years of work out the window, essentially.)
Taking a step back from that, I'm choosing to focus on the positive; it's forcing to me find creative methods to do what I want to do in life or what I can be good at, what would make a difference or make me feel alive (or, hopefully, both). I feel like I'm in highschool again and, unlike some, I don't care to revisit that era!
Okay, enough navel-gazing! It's a new year. A time of uncertainty, in light of the current political climate for so many, and in the midst of disasters and floods and earthquakes and storms. For me, all this means it's time to reevaluate what's really important- cultivate and cherish relationships- truly live out a philosophy of life, not wear it like a label- figure out what is faith, and how does that impact those around me- I could go on for a while, but that's a bit of what I've been thinking about.
Wishing you all a lovely, meaningful year, my dear blogger friends.
xo
