So this is the first entry. Welcome.

I’ve been thinking about creating a blog for quite some time now. It wasn’t until the last few months that I started to take these thoughts more seriously. I hope this is a place to share my random thoughts, provoke thought, display some of my talents and passions and express myself better in written form. Writing is a very new thing for me as I’ve never journaled before. Most of the writing I’ve done has been in a professional atmosphere so this will be a nice change. *I’ll try my best to leave the office lingo at work*. I guess more than anything the reason I wanted to start blogging is to document the new and exciting changes that are happening in my life. There’s so much change taking place that I thought there's no better time then now to write about it so that I can have some sort of electronic trail of my thoughts and personal growth.

The last year has been about restoring, rebuilding and digging deep to find the truest most authentic version of ME. Now that’s not to say that I haven’t always been true to who I am, but more or less there’s been a large part of me that was lost under a pile of dirty, nasty, smelly no good garbage.  When you’re around garbage it stinks right? And it’s hard to see yourself out of the dump. Thank heavens for good garbage removal services AND great landscapers, or friends if you will.  Most importantly I’ve learnt the most about what really matters to me, who I am and what I want out of most areas of my life, some aspects are still foggy, but I’m learning to be ok with that.

My Year In a Nutshell. 

 

From Dark to Bright

-Question: WHY ME?!?

-Question: is this my life or just a horrible dream?

-Started intensive counselling sessions

-More questioning life

-Figure out how to live alone and how to cope with being in the company of me, myself and I

-Rediscover great friends and spent more time with them

-Realized what a committed relationship and marriage is all about after my Grandpa passed away (my grandparents were married for 63 years)

-More intensive counselling

-Realized I’m pretty darn special and I’ve got lots to offer

-Prioritized my life and put focus and thought in the right areas (this is an ongiong struggle)

-Realized it’s not good to put all your eggs (happiness) in one basket

-Come to grips with having to sell and move outta my first house; the place I created home

-Put myself out on the dating market after a couple bottles of wine shared with a girlfriend who 

 kicked my ass into gear to do so

-Back to counselling

-Went on a bunch of dates; some good, some bad, some mediocre

-Realized how much fun dating can be and that single is ALSO fun ;)

-Put my house on the market and sold it for top dollar

-Saw my bank account sky rocket into figures I’ve never before *rewarding*

-Met some really amazing people that I’ll never forget

-Realized I still have firsts to share with people

-Enjoyed some new great company ;)

-Learnt to live more in the moment and enjoy the present

-Learnt how to control and maintain my own finances *rewarding*

-Bought MY first very OWN place to call home

…AND that brings me to present. Living with great friends until my new home is ready to have me J

So that’s the journey, in a nutshell to say the least.  I’m almost sure I’ve left something out but that’s the gist of it. When you document the process in point form from dark points of your life to the bright points, you realize just how OK you are and how GREAT life really is.