And yes, I've been falling a bit behind. Although I do have to say last week was different and bizarre, so I'll blame that.
Anyhow, both of these looked like great vlog posts as well, but truth is, I just didn't feel like getting all mushy on camera - cuz both of these kinda are...
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Day 16
December 16 – Friendship How has a friend changed you or your perspective on the world this year? Was this change gradual, or a sudden burst? (Author: Martha Mihalick)
Again, I don't like this because it's making me choose only one friend. But again, as far as friendships go this year, this one was easy to decide on.
Let me introduce my friend Sydney. Seriously, from day 1 this girl and I clicked. We're in the same industry, we're bloggers and twitterers and just all around fabulous people ;). Not to mention the fact that she started skydiving this year - which makes her pretty bad ass in my book.
I'm going to say that the change that took place in my life after befriending Sydney was definitely not gradual. She showed me, after some toxic friendship situations that there are good people out there who are willing to welcome you into their lives with open arms. She's impulsive, and very much tell-it-how-it-is. She gets me. She keeps me in check. She introduced me to a fabulous new dropzone which ultimately influenced the decision to move to Chicago (among other things, but that was a huge perk, I must say).
More than anything, she helps me look at things differently than I normally would. Who wouldn't want a friendship like this? BESPSL girl.
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Day 17
December 17 – Lesson Learned What was the best thing you learned about yourself this past year? And how will you apply that lesson going forward? (Author: Tara Weaver)
I LOVE this prompt, mostly because, as I mentioned way back on Dec 1, this has been the year of lessons for me. I'm also all about self-improvement, so double yay.
Anyway, I'd say the biggest lesson I learned about myself this year is that I'm strong than I think, and I need to act on it.
I've come to see that I have a tendency to let people walk on me, and it's through no fault of theirs, it's because I'm not honest with them in the first place. I need to be better about standing up for myself, my needs, my wants - in every area of my life - before it gets to the point where I'm so aggravated I just want out of the situation.
I've learned that if I'm not upfront from the beginning I'm going to end up ruining relationships, on top of not getting what I want.
Along with that I've learned that strength is needed to live the type of life you want to live. Sometimes you just need to walk away - from bad friendships, from stressful situations, whatever the case may be so that you can move on to better places. But it may also mean reevaluating and changing things within yourself so that you can hold on to those things in your life that matter - career, relationships, the list goes on.
Sometimes I gotta dig deep to find it, but I've learned that the strength is there - now it's time to stand up for me, and the people who matter in my life. Suck it up - time to be a big girl.
Cheers!
-A
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