With New Years' coming up, I've been thinking about 2013.
This has been such a learning year for me.
I put on a huge ballet that I’m not sure whether I regret or not. I chose 49 pieces of music and choreographed ALL of them. I organized all of the volunteers, the auditoriums, fundraisers, etc. I worked with a non-profit for the first time. I had 12 costumes sewn or altered for the play. Those that were sewn I designed. Yikes! I learned a lot about how much cloth and what kind to buy.
I learned to not be such a people pleaser. I learned how to have some healthy boundaries for myself. I learned so much about myself: my strengths, my quirks, my smallness.
I (hopefully by Jan 1 I can say I) finished my book which has been in-process for 5 years.
I learned how to rest and how to better manage my time, my stress, and my priorities.
I painted a stairway/hallway/sewing room all by my onesies (with help from my Bug and a bit from Anna).
I went on my first road trip without parents; my sister and I went to Iowa to visit our friend Katie and her new hubby Bryce.
I did a lot of hard things regarding ballet and friendships; as Paula would say, I was learning to “confront in love.”
I learned how to pay taxes. I bought checks for the first time. I learned how to put more oil in the car (as of yesterday).
I've learned a TON about eating healthier.
I switched my room around to reflect my altered mode: from more work, less rest to MORE REST, LESS STRESS! Life is so different now than it was last year.
Last year I missed the Hobbit midnight premier with family and friends because I let myself get so overworked that semester that I literally made myself sick. I pushed myself and went to ballet class that Thursday afternoon even though I was very sick (though not in a throw-up sort of way: I had a splitting headache and every inch of my body craved rest). I got throw-up sick when I got home and disappointed my friends and myself by not being able to go. I was so tired, it didn’t even bother me as much as it should have normally. It’s a mark of how little of myself I actually was. This year, I’ve got my costume ready; I’m rested and I feel alive; there’s no way I’m missing this huge, beautiful event with family and friends. Bring it on, Evangeline Lilly! (Newgirlelfplayedbyoneofmyfavoriteactresses!!!!!!!!!)
This has been such a learning year for me.
I put on a huge ballet that I’m not sure whether I regret or not. I chose 49 pieces of music and choreographed ALL of them. I organized all of the volunteers, the auditoriums, fundraisers, etc. I worked with a non-profit for the first time. I had 12 costumes sewn or altered for the play. Those that were sewn I designed. Yikes! I learned a lot about how much cloth and what kind to buy.
I learned to not be such a people pleaser. I learned how to have some healthy boundaries for myself. I learned so much about myself: my strengths, my quirks, my smallness.
I (hopefully by Jan 1 I can say I) finished my book which has been in-process for 5 years.
I learned how to rest and how to better manage my time, my stress, and my priorities.
I painted a stairway/hallway/sewing room all by my onesies (with help from my Bug and a bit from Anna).
I went on my first road trip without parents; my sister and I went to Iowa to visit our friend Katie and her new hubby Bryce.
I did a lot of hard things regarding ballet and friendships; as Paula would say, I was learning to “confront in love.”
I learned how to pay taxes. I bought checks for the first time. I learned how to put more oil in the car (as of yesterday).
I've learned a TON about eating healthier.
I switched my room around to reflect my altered mode: from more work, less rest to MORE REST, LESS STRESS! Life is so different now than it was last year.
Last year I missed the Hobbit midnight premier with family and friends because I let myself get so overworked that semester that I literally made myself sick. I pushed myself and went to ballet class that Thursday afternoon even though I was very sick (though not in a throw-up sort of way: I had a splitting headache and every inch of my body craved rest). I got throw-up sick when I got home and disappointed my friends and myself by not being able to go. I was so tired, it didn’t even bother me as much as it should have normally. It’s a mark of how little of myself I actually was. This year, I’ve got my costume ready; I’m rested and I feel alive; there’s no way I’m missing this huge, beautiful event with family and friends. Bring it on, Evangeline Lilly! (Newgirlelfplayedbyoneofmyfavoriteactresses!!!!!!!!!)