05/ 26/ 2018
For those of you that don’t actually know me, I work in fundraising for an orchestra. I managed our gala, the largest fundraising event of the year, in March. When it was over, I felt grumpy and knew I needed a vacation.
I put in a leave request and planned a last minute trip to Florida. It was a great trip. I hung out with my parents, saw family and friends, watched a lot of television and spent time outside in the heat. I also had a lot of time to think.
03/ 11/ 2018
You may have noticed that I didn’t post February’s Lessons from Somewhere. At the end of the month, I didn’t feel I learned anything worth sharing. February felt like a cycle of waking up and working, then trying to find time to do the things that are most important to me, but feeling too exhausted to actually do them.
It took some reflection to realize, but I did, in fact, learn something in February. The truth is that I’ve felt useless lately. I’ve written about this before in different ways: feeling bored or like I’ve like peaked in life. But I woke up several times in February questioning if I was doing anything meaningful or making a difference, and I kept coming up with the same answer: no.
02/ 06/ 2018
January came and went faster than I could’ve imagined. This month, I’ve focused on building a practice of learning and discovery—one of my resolutions for the New Year.
I committed to doing a self-help workbook with the very cheesy title of Calling in the One, which was written by psychotherapist Katherine Woodward Thomas. The book is written for women that have been single for a while, but desire to be in a lasting relationship. The book is a big commitment. There are seven weeks in the program, which include a daily reading and homework.
01/ 01/ 2018
As another year ends, a new year begins, and I’ve always been drawn to the notion of making a fresh start. 2017 was not as emotionally jarring for me as 2016. I learned some new life lessons, and ended the year with a more hopeful sense of optimism.
Since I started this blog, around New Year’s Day, I take a moment to reflect on the past year. But now, I’d like to do things a little differently. Instead of reflecting on the year, remarking upon what I learned and how I am ultimately better for going through its hardships, I’m going to simply move forward while ringing in 2018.
