It's been a while since I've blogged and I've had a lot of ideas rolling through my head, but haven't had the time or wanted to dedicate the energy to writing it down.
Since I've been away, not much has happened. Positive changes are hopefully coming from the last blog post I wrote. There's been an effort on their part to change their policies and procedures, mostly because I was no longer silent and basically put them on blast. Sadly, my bridges have been burned, BUT they are forced to make changes and to ensure nothing like that happens again. And for that, I am thankful. Also, it will be a killer anecdote for my interviews eventually, right?
Aside from that, I've mostly been chugging along. I recently cut someone toxic out of my life in an effort to better myself. It was definitely not easy, but it was the right thing to do. Thanks to some guidance and support from friends, I'm still here and working on being okay with it.
I've been thinking a lot about the people who come into our lives, mostly along the lines of friends and significant others. I am firm believer that people are placed in our lives for a reason. Whether the time with them is long or short, everyone has a purpose. There are some people placed in our lives who help us overcome a difficult time and then are no longer apart of it. There are others who put us in a difficult time and teach us things about ourselves we never thought we'd need to know.
As I previously mentioned, I recently let go of someone from my life. I fell for them, hard and fast as I always do, but it was not a healthy situation. Once the honeymoon stage was over, the truth came out. Without going into detail, the gist of it was we were incompatible on so many levels that it was just never going to work, despite our best efforts. Had I not gone through that, I would not be able to love and appreciate the people in my life who are so supportive of my job, my grad work, and my ultimate career path.
Some things to take away from a not so savory situation:
1) You are stronger than you think you are
2) You are important and you matter, even if you have someone telling you otherwise
3) It's not going to always be the easy thing to do, but doing the right thing will always make you feel better in the end
4) There's a purpose for everything, whether or not you can see the bigger picture right now
5) It's okay not be okay
I know this post has been kind of a hodgepodge mess, but it's how my brain has been processing everything as of late.
There will probably be a big, emotional post coming at some point, but for now, this is all I plan to share.
Here's to chugging along and making positive changes.
