Happy New Year
Published January 1st, 2008Well, I’m off on a holiday with 10 of my in-laws right now as this article goes to post. I normally write posts that are timeless and more useful, but today I will depart from the usual. I would do a year end review like other bloggers, but I only just started the website 3 days ago (at the time of writing). So really, nobody will probably see this post, except for maybe some little search engine robots crawling through cyberspace!
If a human does happen to want to read this, I will tell you about my personal year. My post yesterday about 100 Things I Am Thankful For is a pretty good summary of how I’m feeling right now. This year, I sat down and thought about what I really wanted in my personal life, my career, and deciding what was most important. I need to do a good job at whatever work I do, but it’s also really important for me to enjoy the time I have with those I love. After being in practice for 4 years and working countless weekends, evenings and holidays as an employee, and several years of university before that, I had forgotten what it was like to be a human being with a real life. Over the last few months, I feel like I’m going back to being myself. I gave up my salaried position and am now self-employed, still working as a veterinarian but I get to set my own rate and hours.
I’ve found the time to make 95% of my meals from scratch. I have more quality time for myself and with my husband and family, and I get to give my 2 dogs my undivided attention much more of the time. As the dogs get older, I know that the inevitable will happen, and I don’t want either of us to miss out on any good times while we are together in this lifetime.
My husband has made a lot of progress with his career, and is settling into it quite well. He overcame a lot of obstacles, and put in a lot of hard work to go back to school a few years ago, and it is finally starting to pay off.
Although it’s only been a couple of days, I’m proud that I had the courage to finally start this website. I believe that we really grow by doing things that challenge and scare us, and I certainly am. From learning how to use Wordpress, to learning about this whole other HTML language, to honing my writing skills, the last few days have certainly been life changing. Surprisingly, thanks to my friend Google and all of the helpful tips out there, the transition is much less stressful and scary than I originally thought it would be. I am getting less stressed and overwhelmed each day. I’m glad I took the time to put in more work up front and host my site just the way I want it. There will be many, many changes over the next few days, weeks, and months to come, and I look forward to hearing from some of the people that I write to help.
On that note, I hope that the upcoming year brings you good health and a lot of happiness. I don’t bother with New Year’s resolutions, but I do resolve to become a better person than I was yesterday, every single day.
Have a great year,
Amanda
