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My work talk with Jesse rocked my world. The things he said in that two hour span helped me shift my perspective. Alex helped too, suggesting that instead of reacting to people who fear my energy and want me to shrink, by shrinking, to seek out the people who WANT me to be big.
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Matthew was born. I am grateful especially to see Daniel and him being brothers. I am currently 34 weeks pregnant. I couldn't imagine a more significant experience. I am scared, nervous, anxious, excited. And very ready to meet my son.
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I became a meditation instructor and have helped others to achieve the same. I am grateful and inspired. I believe the more people who begin to meditate in the world will help truly change the way we see things.
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The most significant event in the past year was my audition for and acceptance to cantorial school, and the events following that. It was a period of intense reflection, soul searching, pain, nerves, joy, and validation. It was also a huge test of patience, perseverance, and self-worth. I am honestly drained from it all, but relieved and proud of myself for the hard work I put in to getting to this point. I was accepted to two cantorial programs, both very different and both prestigious and perfect for me in their own ways. Both acceptances came with challenges, and I needed to close a learning gap in order to join my cantorial class in Israel this year. I worked and worked and worked at music theory, took voice lessons twice a week, and practiced on my own at home for hours each week. And at the end of the spring, I retook the theory exam and passed. Sigh. Of. Relief. I write this from Jerusalem where I am preparing to sing with the HUC High Holy Day choir- something I had only dreamed of doing previously. I'm a real cantor now -- at least I'm on my way there. And I can't wait to see where this journey takes me.
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a significant experience. just one? i went on shnat how do i choose just one?! it's going to be prayer, and it's not really just one prayer experience but the experience of praying in a way that i want to. i'm incredibly grateful for the friends that were with me and the ability to do this sort of prayer. i also now know how i like to connect with praying which makes life a whole lot better. vaguely frusrating when i'm not experiencing prayer that's exactly what i want, but i'm just ging to have to find the places that have what i'm looking for. definitely inspired.
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I packed up my entire family and moved overseas. It affected me in so many ways it has been hard to count. It has beena journey of self-discovery as I learnt how to be by myself, be with strangers, be in a new environment, be without family and friends and just how to be present, with everyone including and most importantly with myself. It showed me who my true friends were and how strong and flawed my marriage and parenting skills are but gave me comfort in knowing I would come out okay regardless of the challenges because of those strong friendships, flawed marriage and parenting skills. I am unbelievably grateful for this experience as an adult and I am so grateful to have been able to given this experience to my children who likely won't remember most of it but will hopefully take away the strength of our family and how to accept and adapt to new circumstances and cultures. I do miss home though. It gets easier every day, but I still often miss residing in my comfort level. I sometimes find myself saying I want to move again!
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Got dumped after being in a 5 year relationship. And being best friends for 10 years. At the time I was absolutely broken. However 10 months on, I am stronger and genuinely relieved. Looking back I realise that I was unhappy and now I am so grateful and believe that whatever is best for you, will be.
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I earned my esthetics license. I can finally say I am a licensed skin therapist. I was relieved and very proud of myself. I worked and studied hard and made a 93 on my written exam and a 97 on my practical, matching the highest score achieved by a graduate of the esthetics program at LBW. :-)
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I applied and was accepted to college. At 47 years old I am going to pursue a degree in Philosophy. I am amazed, grateful and inspired to have the opportunity to do this. I am humbled as well. This will be a tremendous challenge.
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Q01 Describe a significant experience that has happened in the past year. How did it affect you? Are you grateful? Relieved? Resentful? Inspired?
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The real problem is I really can't think of one. Not easily. Plenty of experiences. The odd moments of joy. Which makes me feel like I am just drifting. I should be doing something more with my life. So starting to do something about that would be significant but I am not quite sure where to start. I bought a house. It was one of the most frustrating, exciting, scary and amazing things I've ever done. I just moved in this past weekend and am thrilled (and a bit exhausted).
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I went to treatment for my eating disorder. It was the hardest decision I have had to make for myself in my entire, albeit, short life. Going to treatment has made me a stronger person more capable of facing the world and my fears. Not only am I relieved, but I will be forever grateful to the people and friends I made along the way This year I believe i met my soul mate and the man I plan to marry. I am in such a good place because of him and he inspires me and pushes me to achieve every single day. I am so grateful that he's in my life as well as his family who I now also accept as my own 2nd family. This year my wife's step father passed away. He was a very good man and someone I could actually respect. I was relieved that he passed because he had reached a point of suffering where there was no hope of recovery, but I was very happy the doctors that I had put him in touch with extended his life for almost year and gave him a good quality of life for that year. I will miss him since he is the one member of my wife's family that lives in the real world and not la la land. My husband and I had our first child in November. It was the most amazing experience of my life. We have a beautiful, healthy baby girl and she has has changed my life in a beautiful wayl. I'm not going to say things have been easy and perfect. In fact, there were times that I wasn't quite sure what I had gotten myself into. Additionally, I made the decision to quit my full-time career and stay at home with her. In the first few months of this decision, I wasn't sure it was the correct one. At times I was terribly resentful, especially when I would look down at this screaming, unhappy baby and then myself, who had not showered in a few days and was wearing the same pair of pajama pants I had for days. I often wondered how I had gotten to this place. As time wore on, and things became easier, I am grateful for the opportunity to raise my beautiful girl. She is the most inspiring little being I have ever come across and has changed my life for the better. I decided to leave my job of five years to take an international teaching position in a country across the world. I left almost everything I owned behind and said goodbye to the people I am closest to. My husband and I have now been in Taiwan for two months and have created a new home for ourselves. It amazes me how quickly this brand new place has become home. Although I miss the familiarity of my old home, I am grateful for the enriching experience of living in a new place amongst a new culture. I've just got back from our Californian trip and it was wonderful. It effected me deeply because of the struggle to get there - particularly Dom's visa and the fact that the whole adventure reinforced my view that you should never lose hope and you should never give up. I am grateful, relieved and inspired! I'd say switching jobs. It's been amazing. I didn't realize how bored I was before in accounting. I've had so many more opportunities to take training classes/join teams with different expertise. I'm actually looking forward with what's to come. I turned 30.I lost 60+ lbs. But, the real significant experience was being able to shed a bit of the darkness clouding my head. There is a positivity within me that did not exist before. I believe. I feel like I am finally at the foot of the mountain.Now it's time to begin my ascent. There is still doubt.But, the thirst and hunger in me is outweighing it. I am beyond inspired. I am raw mineral. I wonder what I will become. My gorgeous little sister got pregnant for the second time, and then engaged to her lovely boyfriend. Although this has happened before, to the same sister, this is the first time I have felt this is right, which has enabled me to be truly happy and excited for her. It's been such a breath of fresh air not to have to guard my feelings. I jumped into the dating pool again after 30 years. The first man I saw exclusively was a joy ride: rich, generous in love and experiences, and seemingly head over heels in love with me. I found out that this was his ammo, that he was not truly interested in my children, and I cut if off, before he ended it with me. Still, not a bad re-entry. After him I met another man, Peter, who has been good on all the other fronts: a kind friend, thoughtful partner, strong parent and generous lover. We're both interested in this becoming a long, long term relationship. But of course nothing is simple. We will see where life takes us this year. I welcome love back into my life. It has reshifted my priorities and I am grateful. Students from a local school raised funds to donate 130 copies of my self-published children's book to a children's cancer treatment facility in Portland, Maine.. The opportunity to be part of this incredible mitzvah, and in all honesty, sell a bunch of books, was huge for me. I was so moved by the community's generosity. One day in early spring, someone called me with the news that my book had been selected. I was so honored. This year I had many losses and gains. Life was up and down. But the only constant was LOVE. I was loved and have loved by a wonderful husband. I am both inspired and so discouraged for all that has occurred. I am so inspired by the ebb and flow of life and how things can pick up after they fell down but am discouraged about the many things that have fallen. I hope this year to gain and keep perspective. My daughter was born, who was our first child. So yeah, that was a game changer, to put it mildly. Aside from the instant shift in lifestyle, what changed the most was the perspective it provided on life. Her life is now an extension of mine and my wife's, and our decisions aren't as individuals, or as a couple, but as a family. This goes down to everything from where we live, what we do on weekends, to the temperature of the house. It made me grateful for her health and wellbeing, but also keenly aware of our own mortality. The Trayvon Martin case with its "lawful" but unjust verdict made me (and my husband) angry. So angry in fact that we are boycotting Florida this year. Friends have said that Florida won't notice our absence - true but we could not enjoy ourselves as long as that law, Stand Your Ground, and the unfair treatment of African Americans continues. My daughter received a liver transplant on 9/23/2013. I will always be grateful! The parents of the young man who was her donor made a very selfless decision at a very sorrowful time for them. I don't know them, and probably never will, but I hope they somehow know how thankful we are. Working at Starbucks. It has been incredibly good. Humbling - I try to approach sweeping and mopping the floors with the same integrity that I bring to teaching. I have met some wonderful people, both staff and customers. I've re-met myself from 30 years ago, and discovered that we may have liked each other had we met. I have rediscovered how much I like teaching, and how important (perhaps more than anything else) human connectedness is (as opposed to 'teaching content'). Every moment is truly teachable, the question is, am I up to the task? I met Scott! I am so incredibly grateful to have him in my life, and so thankful I've found such a great man. He makes life bright, exciting, and enjoyable. I am optimistic for our future and think he might just be my lobster. :) Uni has been both a steep learning curve and have had both triumphs and embarrassing wrong chooses too. The other big life changer was loosing my mother this year. Apart from the sadness, it's prompted me never to rate a moment or opportunity life presents to me. My step son in law had a kidney transplant. The new kidney came from his younger brother. The medical care and pre-op planning was remarkable. I literally broke in to tears in the hospital cafeteria as I marveled at how blessed we are to live in the United States and get the kind of care and advanced technology that we have . I know there are many inadequacies with our health care but there are more reasons to celebrate and be grateful for our access. He is doing great. Really, Really grateful. My husband and I made the difficult decision to treat our son who has a chronic dog phobia. This is equal parts painful, overwhelming, confusion, frustrating, a time suck. I am proud of us as parents but I am sometimes filled with doubt, guilt and fear. I am hopeful. Remarried. Married the mother of my child. I'm very grateful she's part of my life. Turned 38. Not a major number, but to me, anything I want to do or have done by 40 needs to start happening now. To be honest, it's kind of freaking me out. The Boston Marathon bombing. It affected me and a whole lot of people around me, but especially a good friend who did not loose a limb, but sustained some internal and mental injuries. She is still recovering. I am grateful that she is alive and I am saddened that she is still suffering from the incident. The arrival of Lucy (my niece) was significant. It was astounding the connecting I felt to her, which must be genetic as I don't feel such a connection to my nephews and nieces on my husband's side. It was also amazing to see how good my brother was as a father and how much he loves his daughter. I had to leave my job, sell my house and move to my home country after my work permit ended and my permanent residency had not been finalized. In the beginning I was down and shaken, but reflecting back I got a restart in life and am now focussing on new opportunities and reconnecting with family and friends. Resentful in the beginning, now looking at life with a new perspective and happy for all the good things to come! I fell at MCA Chicago and broke my foot, tore 3 ligaments on the outside of my ankle and tore my PTT Tendon. So much of my year has been about recovery and I have had trouble taking care of myself as a whole person when I was spending so much time on one small part of me. I got rear-ended in my 2005 Volvo....and it totalled the Volvo, but I was fine (because she WAS such a great car). As a result, I had to get a 2009 Subaru Forester, which is newer (for which I am grateful). I am relieved that I didn't get hurt, and resentful that I lost my Volvo. My wife told me she wanted a divorce eight months ago. We finalized the divorce a month ago. I have been sad, lonely, regretful, guilty, angry—most emotions I've felt. I'm still reeling and tired and achy—physically and emotionally. I finished my MSIS program, got my degree, got laid off, landed a temp job, went fulltime and permanent, and wound up doubling my salary. It was stressful, but a major accomplishment. I went to BronyCon and New York City. The first was mostly just fun, but the second fulfilled a dream I've had since I was a little girl. I'm so glad I did it and I can't wait to go back someday! I moved in with my boyfriend of four years. I have a mixture of emotions. I'm relieved in many ways. But also confused because it doesn't necessarily feel like we're moving forward... Almost 1 year to the date of setting off on an epic mountain adventure, which is significant in itself, I completed a documentary film about this adventure to raise awareness of ovarian cancer. Through several breakdowns and near give-ups I completed the film no matter what. I had a vision, a dedication to do something out of my comfort zone; something bigger than me, and I stuck with it. I achieved so much from sticking through this, I never complete things of this magnitude. Ever. I got full circle healing and accomplishment. I also gained the self worth and confidence that I knew was in me. Later this year I put myself first and left my soul sucking, take advantage, corrupt employer! Here's to completions! I decided to change professional direction and become a coach. It has reinvigorated me and filled me with possibility and excitement. Right now I am straddling two jobs and starting to feel resentful of my old work. It's getting in the way and I want to move forward. I haven't felt this way in years. I feel extremely motivated and certain this is for me. I am grateful and ready to jump! I lived in Israel for a year. Teaching elementary school students how to read, write, and speak English, and see the joy in their eyes when understanding a concept was so inspiring. My year abroad post-college and a year of work was truly life-changing. I made the most amazing friendships and learned so much about myself. I have disliked my job for a while now but after a long time and putting up with my boss being an arsehole he made me cry and have a bit of a breakdown in the toilets at work. This was the final straw and has given me a kick up the arse to get a new job. It has made me feel motivated and also a little care free as I really don't care about the job I am doing now. Quite a relief. Just waiting to leave now... I got a job and then got laid off 9 months later. I had plenty of opportunity to build humility through my time in the labor force and following my exit. I was relieved to be laid off, as the job was excruciating. I can find all kinds of fault with the people I worked with, but it leaves me uncertain of my future employability. I finished all the outstanding work we had for the ANF. I am relieved yet incredibly sad because this work represents all that C had worked for and in the end in a way it killed him. I am so glad it's over, but at the same time it's crushing in its finality. My old life is really gone. I feel the same way about the sale of our houses. The stress is gone but the sadness is profound and will never go away. After being rejected last year, I got into my MSW program. I wasn't expecting it to feel as BIG as it did. After 12 years of work, and effort, and delay, I finally get to take the next step towards my goals. My oldest child got married this year and is more content than I have ever known him to be. It is a source of great delight and gratitude to see him and his lovely wife so happy together. This year I moved back home from Belgium. I'm happy the adventure abroad ended. I was feeling left out because I had to cancel plans since I had to travel a lot. I feel like I lost a few friends or at least the depth of the friendship is now a "surface" friendship. Now, moving back home, I can do things with friends again, do spontaneous things, do the sports I like, go to birthdays! I honestly can't remember! A significant experience? My husband got a pretty good fixed position job! I am grateful. I was in Jerusalem and Tel Aviv during the Amoud Anan conflict last year. My Dad was visiting at the beginning and as rockets began to fall nearby, we took shelter together upon hearing sirens. Being so close to the conflict, and being clear that the fire was falling on US, not on Israelis far away but on me, my father, my friends, my people- it made things seem a lot more simple. I prayed a lot that week. I am grateful that it was a short conflict with few casualties on the Israeli side. I am inspired by the awareness and instant brotherhood brought about by the threat of war. I also saw awful things being done to Palestinians. The ghetto in Hevron is astounding for its cruelty. I am aware that the Jewish people are in great danger, and not all of it is from external forces. We must work harder to do what is right, while keeping our guard up. I also am grateful to be home in the USA. I had an incredible and inspiring job over the summer which opened me up to close friendships with colleagues for the first time. I am grateful for my family and for the great pluralistic adventure that is possible in America. The most significant experience is the break-up of my eight-year relationship. I am still feeling its effects. I cannot say that it is a bad thing to have happened or that it wasn't necessary, but the way it happened was extremely painful for me and for my son. My heart hurts but I am getting through it. The silver lining is that I have many wonderful friends who have supported me - I am very grateful for them. I have handed in my notice at a company where I have worked for nearly 6 years. I have moaned the whole time I've been here but have actually loved most of it. It is the place I worked while getting married, having my two children. I've learned most of what I know about my industry and also made life long friends. I am excited for my new job but also worried I won't be able to cut it back in the 'real world'. I will also miss my friends Liz and Sam. I started a HBS women's networking group in my area. It made me feel very proud that I was able to make that happen. It was an empowering experience. Ben and I moved in together, it's brought us closer than ever. I love this man so so much!!! It's been fantastic so far :) Well, I got my first job out of college, so that's pretty significant! I am so grateful to have this job and overall opportunity, and I am so relieved I have a job at all. That was one of my biggest concerns last year, whether or not I'd even have something to do outside of living at home doing nothing all year, and I'm so glad I was at least able to accomplish that. I really struggled in grad school, work, and life. I took on too many responsibilities and assignments. In the end, I either did mediocre or failed at them. It was defeating. I realized I need to compartmentalize my life and my tasks. Find a way to do less with more. Concentrate on important things and set realistic goals. It will be okay. I started dating someone who has turned out to be the best and most supportive friend I've ever had. It's stellar because it's made my whole outlook on life much more positive. Not because of dude validation really, but in that it's definitely made me like myself more, because he's shown me all the positive qualities I have that I didn't believe I had before. I had a chance to go to Qatar for work and loved it. I loved being in another part of the world surrounded by a different culture. I found it very interesting and enlightening. I was hugely grateful for the opportunity and would like to go back. My car blew up and I had to buy a new to me one. I like my new car it's little and cute. I don't like having payments but it's a relief to know I have a care that is reliable. I also have a new granddaughter who I am absolutely in love with. I am so happy about having her. We bought our first house! We moved out of constantly living with roommates (though we've taken in visitors and half of a relationship that broke up until he can find his own place so we aren't really living alone yet). I'm happier than I expected. I always thought that a house would be a pain. Everyone always spends their weekends working on the house. We've always spent our weekends running around outdoors: hiking, biking, playing sports. Now we are one of those people. We had no furniture so every weekend we try to spend half a day to a day at furniture stores to fill our place or to home depot buying some thing that we never needed before. I garden despite previously killing everything I've tried to grow. It's interesting since we've never been people who have lots of stuff. Now we have already more than doubled our previous possessions. I constantly turn to him and tell him how much I love our new house. At the same time, I get a little sad that our house doesn't feel like a home yet. It's still empty. It's not decorated. Our first couch just arrived last week and the second won't come for another couple months. It doesn't feel like "us" yet. We've already lived there 3 months. Celebrated the 50th anniversary of my ordination as a rabbi. That gave me special reason to reflect back on these 50 years and to recount some of my achievements as well as some of my disappointments. In all I have been extraordinarily blessed with a fulfilling rabbinic career. I am, indeed, grateful. And I am inspired to keep on serving my people as a rabbi as long as my health (physical and mental) and strength permit. I gave birth to a baby boy- it has totally changed my life, as i thought it would. I am so grateful that he is healthy so far and that the birth was as uncomplicated as it was (given that it was a little complicated). I get stressed out enough dealing with life in general, I have to be glad that things are as simple as they are. Ben has been great, out communication has been as good as it ever was, things to work on, but generally lovely. I am a little resentful of the constant work, but I had that coming. I am inspired by my ability to be a mom. ok, he's crying now. gotta go. I found out that I could sing. I am thrilled because it's opened up a whole new world to me, I'm having lessons and I've joined the synagogue choir. I haven't missed a single rehearsal and if they had one every day I'd be there. I left my country and started a weird new life. I didn't enjoy it in the beginning , but now I have realised that this is real life. I left my studies at university and continued to study but not in university, because English is neither my first nor second language. Also, university in this country is expensive. I started studying English to help me to make my life easier in here . I didn't know what was going on in the world when I was in Indonesia ( my country ) . I have to much to learn here about life and culture . It's funny how difficult I find it, choosing just one significant experience, even though in a lot of ways I feel as though the past year was pretty ordinary. Every morning of waking up to our son (now approaching four) feels significant, sometimes. Often I am amazed and awed by his early-morning good humor, his silly songs, his cuddliness. (Sometimes I am too tired, or too cranky, to want to wake up -- and then I'm chagrined at my own failings.) I try to always wake with gratitude for our son and for my life as a mother. I try to always wake with gratitude for my life as a rabbi and poet, too. And then there are bigger things. We took our kiddo on his first real family vacation this year, a week at the beach. Seeing his amazement at the ocean was, like the MasterCard ad says, priceless. :-) And, of course, being away from home posed its own frustrations and challenges. But by and large, taking him to explore someplace new was a real blessing. It's been a good year. Bringing it to its close is a little bit bittersweet. I got pregnant! It took a long time and a lot of intervention. I am incredibly grateful, and equally anxious. I was forced to sue a person who hired me and failed to pay me and I prevailed. I have healed from so many things that I feel like a new person. All of that pain that once weighed me down, is gone and I'm able to live a normal life. It has been a liberating experience! I suppose there were several significant experiences all in the name of creativity. Having my music featured in a short film that has been accepted to numerous film festivals, having my photography end up on a novel, continued graphics work featured on a large scale in parades and such. This past year, without the heft of school, has allowed me to seek out my hobbies and legitimatize them and monetize on them, and it's made me the go-to person for many people I know. That feels good. This past year my family traveled to Israel on the JCC Israel family adventure. It was amazing and even surpassed my expectations. All three boys came home with a love for Israel and a desire to return one day. It made me feel incredibly fulfilled. I graduated from college and began a new job in a new city. My life is full of so many transitions. I know that I will eventually get through these growing pains, but it's difficult right now with so many new things being thrown at me at once. I am proud of what I have accomplished and how it has led me to where I am, but it's a difficult place to be without the support network I was so used to having at my fingertips while at college. I went to ireland.. it was beautiful. now i want to live there... i want to be with the one i love and make a life there with him. im scared. Zoe's bat mitzvah. I had to step back from being a rabbi and be a parent. This was not an easy task, but in the end, it allowed me to be present for her as her mom, as opposed to her rabbi, and this is what we both needed. I saw her through the eyes of a mom, and it was amazing. I cried when she stepped out onto the bimah, somewhat in disbelief that we were already here, that she was old enough and that I was old enough but also because it was an incredible moment. To see your child stand on the bimah, leading the congregation, standing before God - it was amazing. But I recognize it also was one moment. There are so many more moments to come. There will be annoying moments with her, amazing moments with her, and as I think back upon that moment more than anything I am thankful and grateful that I get to have those moments with her and with all three of my children. I had my gastric bypass. My life has significantly changed. It saved it. I can do so much more than I used to, and I am so much more confident in everything I do, and its come across in more changes. I got to move into a bigger apartment, I got to ask for a raise, and I got one too. As I become more confident in the woman I am becoming, I get happier and happier. I can't imagine how life can get better from here, but I know it can, and I can't wait to see whats waiting aroudn the next corner. Falling in love with a good friend. And then having to go back to being friends after 5 months of being a couple. I'm grateful because he is simply an amazing human being. I'm resentful that it seems a little bit too easy for him to switch away from being a couple, but I can only hope is is just hiding the struggle that I'm also facing. Also getting into Stanford! Right around my 24th birthday, I transitioned my career focus away from film and video game design and into Jewish Education. I got a new job at my synagogue doing media production and adolescent education, leaving behind the industry life I thought I wanted. I also got into school for Jewish Education, which may have been the highlight of this transition. I'm proud, I'm grateful for the opportunity. I'm also finding it's not as warm and cushy as I thought it would be. I get criticized at by the administration almost daily, yelled at by helicopter parents, people expect me to do things that are far outside my job description, and it seems like people just view me as the "new kid" who has no idea what she's doing (and they talk down to me as such). It's not glamorous. Still, I know my path is heading in the right direction but I think it will take more time for me to discover where my real niche lies in the Jewish Community. Perhaps it's just not in media production/administration. With greater experience I will also build a better foundation to stand on. Time will tell. This year I moved from my home of 8 years in Central Pennsylvania to Philadelphia, my hometown. In SC I experienced so much...three boyfriends, my dad's health problems, two degrees, two jobs, three bands, and so much more. I grew from a naive 18-year-old to a, hopefully wiser, 26-year-old. Moving into a new place has been so incredibly rewarding (albeit expensive). I've been able to discover new people, foods, places and ideas. I've found a city I think I could raise a family in and around. I've been able to see my family more. Most importantly, I've found out that I can recover from trauma, find a few job in a poor market, and excel at being who I am. Parenting a toddler. Grateful, inspired. Filled with joy. Finding a good balance with work/life. I went to my doctor to finally address my chronic fatigue. It has been a difficult journey. I was embarrassed about it because I felt that it was a sign of laziness, but it had gotten to the point where I could barely function. I am very glad that I reached out and started the process. Unfortunately no easy solution has been found. My blood tests all came back fine. I have been working on improving my diet, taking supplements, and getting accupuncture. I definitely feel better than I did last winter, but I am very far from energetic. I hope by next year I will have energy again and be living a more healthy life. I met Jasmine. So very grateful for that. She is amazing! She is loving, kind, strong, and honest. She completes my life and I love her so very much. She will be my future wife, and she is my universe. She is the first person who made me want to value a person above my career, and that really says something.