Thursday, December 6, 2012
Pursuit of Happiness
"Obstacles are those frightful things you see when you take your eyes off your goal"
I haven't blogged in a while and I want to get more into it again. My life is so different now. Instead of stumbling through the college social scene I am experiencing the beginning steps of my career. I am currently determining my future path. It is exciting and intimidating at the same time.
I am blessed to have a challenging job in the field I feel I was meant to be in. Who knows, this may change over time, but for right now I am pretty happy in project management. My whole life I have been a planner/organizer/coordinator of people and events. It is something I am drawn too and almost cannot help but do.
The question is though - where do I go from here? The goal-oriented, ambitious side of me is growing impatient while the side of me that observes others and listens to my mentors tells me to have patience and work to absorb as much as I possibly can where I am at.
My current struggle is knowing when to say no, when to say yes, and when to push for more. I feel like I don't have enough experience to make this call and get it right, yet I find myself confronted with this decision on an almost daily basis. I am learning to doubt myself less and confidently stand behind what I say. At the same time I am learning to put myself in my peers, team members, and superiors shoes before making a rash judgement.
I know one thing for sure, which is that my number one priority in life is to be happy, however, I am still working on defining what happiness means to me.
Saturday, April 14, 2012
I like to Move It Move It.
Anyone remember where the line is from? For those of you who don't facebook stalk me, I am here to inform you that I moved to an awesome new place, right on Lake Washington. Living the high life, awww yeah. This makes my number of moves in the past 5 years approximately 12. TWELVE. Do you people realize how much freaking moving that is. Here are things I've learned along the way.
Rules to moving:
1.) Get some plastic storage tubs -my mom strongly encouraged me to get these when I first moved to college. Best investment ever! They are great for storing stuff and keeping water out, and they can be used for storage as well as moving
2.) Set up your internet ahead of time
3.) Get as many helpers as you can, and offer some kind of compensation ex) pizza and beer
4.) Move it and lose it. Moving presents a great opportunity to downsize, you should have at LEAST one bag of things to bring to good will
5.) Don't move your furniture unless you absolutely love it
6.) If you have a lot of big, heavy items you should probably just fork over the money for a moving van. You WILL regret it otherwise.
7.) Make sure you do your walkthrough BEFORE you move into a new place
8.) Get some frozen foods for those first few days when you don't have enough energy to cook
9.) Hang your pictures up and organize your living room ASAP! It will make your new place actually feel like home
10.) Get off to a good start with your roomie!
None of these are real profound, but I really needed a break from filing out my application. As far as an update on my life, I have been REALLY REALLY ridiculously busy this past month or so. My social life has taken a hit. For all of my lovely friends out there, please bare with me, I promise I am not disregarding you, I just don't have much spare time. My priority right now is getting my PMP certification by the end of May, so no promises on my social life improving till after whatever date I set. Can't wait to party it up in summer!
Rules to moving:
1.) Get some plastic storage tubs -my mom strongly encouraged me to get these when I first moved to college. Best investment ever! They are great for storing stuff and keeping water out, and they can be used for storage as well as moving
2.) Set up your internet ahead of time
3.) Get as many helpers as you can, and offer some kind of compensation ex) pizza and beer
4.) Move it and lose it. Moving presents a great opportunity to downsize, you should have at LEAST one bag of things to bring to good will
5.) Don't move your furniture unless you absolutely love it
6.) If you have a lot of big, heavy items you should probably just fork over the money for a moving van. You WILL regret it otherwise.
7.) Make sure you do your walkthrough BEFORE you move into a new place
8.) Get some frozen foods for those first few days when you don't have enough energy to cook
9.) Hang your pictures up and organize your living room ASAP! It will make your new place actually feel like home
10.) Get off to a good start with your roomie!
None of these are real profound, but I really needed a break from filing out my application. As far as an update on my life, I have been REALLY REALLY ridiculously busy this past month or so. My social life has taken a hit. For all of my lovely friends out there, please bare with me, I promise I am not disregarding you, I just don't have much spare time. My priority right now is getting my PMP certification by the end of May, so no promises on my social life improving till after whatever date I set. Can't wait to party it up in summer!
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