Late 2017

Happy New Year! Yeah, I know, I'm late with this sentiment but know that it is sincere.

So, what have I been up to since my last post in...November! We'll I worked, of course, and I did a lot of reflecting on my life. I had a birthday in December and I spent it, my way. I work up and made a great breakfast, then I headed out and did a bit of shopping and then had dinner with a friend. The most important thing I did was get really clear about what I wanted the next year of my life to look like. Specifically, who I wanted in my life, what activities, work and personal, I wanted to be doing and how I wanted to earn a living. I considered partnerships I wanted to make, milestones I wanted to achieve and how I wanted to reward myself for a job well done.

See, I realized that I had given the control about all of these things to other people, organizations, and employers. On my birthday, as I reflected on how I wanted to live the next year of my life, I realized that I wanted to have more control. Sadly, I've always had the power to decide but even sadder, I didn't use it in a way that was best for me. I said, 'BEST FOR ME"! I've always been the accommodating one; not sacrificing myself but sacrificing my needs, The need to be paid my worth, the need to value my time, the need to respect the experience I bring to the table. I've demanded it and now I expect it and that feels good. It's only been a month and I've realized that taking more time for me, understanding me, celebrating the value of me, is the best birthday gift I could have given myself. I'm just sad that it happen so late in life. That's ok too! It's not when it happens, its that it happend and I'm celebrating that as well. Now, about this blog...

To ensure that I add consistent content to the blog, I plan to load new content every other week from today. So, I hope you have had some time to reflect and plan for how you'd like the next year of your life to play out. While you take time to ponder that, please come back to my blog to get an idea of how I'm doing things in 2017.

Good luck & Happy 2017!!!

~Felicia