Ack! It is already September. Where did the time go? Yesterday it was the 2nd week of August. I guess that’s what happen when you have too many things to think about and not enough time management skills to be able to effectively use your time to get it all done. The last few weeks have been a blur of working, writing bibliographies, house sitting, packing and moving out. Somehow I managed to fit time in to see my nieces and nephew, yay! However I’m still slogging through last minute tasks… and tribulations, on my journey towards graduating this fall. It has been a long four years getting to this point, though it hasn’t felt like nearly long enough.
Looking back over the last year, and remembering my unofficial goal to say yes to any and all opportunities or challenges presented to me, I can identify many success, some attempts, and yes some failures. What can I learn from this? I am human, and definitely not perfect. So I should stop holding myself to my vision of perfection and just take it all as it comes. Failures are not failures if something can be learned from them. It is all a part of growing up, and forging your own path. I’m not proud of my behaviour following certain failings of mine, but next time i will strive to do better and not get caught up in the negativity.
Moving forward into the next year I want to affirm my new goal of trying new things and as Ms. Frizzle says “take chances, make mistakes, and get messy!” I have so many dreams, many that I often see as unattainable, but why should that stop me from trying. If it doesn’t work out I haven’t lost anything, but along the way I may have gained friends, experiences, new perspectives, and confidence that even though that didn’t work I will be that much closer to something that will.
Reining myself back in, I have to focus on the now before I can experience the future, so I guess I should get back to writing bibliographies.
This image, of me taking a test, from my first year in Rosebud suits the topsy-turvy feeling of getting close to graduation. Everything is Upside Down and Backwards!!!
I’m going to miss school. 😦
Never thought I’d say that.
Faerie Heart Art 