It is crazy for me to contemplate how drastically my life has changed in the last 6 months, and also how incredible positive each change has been. This life makeover was not something I planned for or anticipated, but it has been so welcome and refreshing.
In the last six months I:
1. Moved to a new city in a new state where I knew less than 10 people total.
2. Lived truly alone for the first time in my life.
3. Was more bored than I ever remember feeling. This was during the month period that I was unemployed. While I did read a lot and decompress from my previous, very challenging job, I also realized the intensity of my love for human interaction and contact. I am most definitely more of a people-oriented person than a task-oriented person and felt the ramifications of that during this month period.
4. Started two new jobs.
5. Worked my first ever retail job @ the Gap.
6. Landed a position in my all-time dream career at an incredibly forward-thinking, friendly school with many opportunities.
7. Began seeing a chiropractor.
8. Planned a wedding.
9. Got married to the love on my life, propelling my bliss even further into the atmosphere :)
10. Changed my name.
11. Tripled number of family members.
12. Moved in with a boy.
13. Traveled to a new continent and 2 new countries!
14. Ate escargot.
15. Paid off my car loan.
16. Made minestrone soup.
Wow. What a crazy, beautiful few months it has been. Even though it was quite the whirlwind, I love how it's settling in and look forward to finding new amid the comfort of each day.
Live with joy,
Danielle
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Thursday, October 27, 2011
Inaugural Address
Well hello, world.
After much consideration, deliberation, negotiation, and meditation, I have decided to become an official member of the blogging world. I hope to use this as a place to give my thoughts and reflections space to marinate...a way to have a sounding board of sorts as well as to document what my current struggles and joys are.
Throughout my life I have always attempted to find the best in everything: people, situations, my surroundings. At times I succeed and at times I fail miserably: I do believe that bliss is a perception and a choice, however. That a person must be willing to stretch their mind in every circumstance and believe that it is all part of a journey of joy.
I look forward to sharing the various happenings on this humble journey God blesses me with.
After much consideration, deliberation, negotiation, and meditation, I have decided to become an official member of the blogging world. I hope to use this as a place to give my thoughts and reflections space to marinate...a way to have a sounding board of sorts as well as to document what my current struggles and joys are.
Throughout my life I have always attempted to find the best in everything: people, situations, my surroundings. At times I succeed and at times I fail miserably: I do believe that bliss is a perception and a choice, however. That a person must be willing to stretch their mind in every circumstance and believe that it is all part of a journey of joy.
I look forward to sharing the various happenings on this humble journey God blesses me with.