Happy New Year to everyone out there who still checks in on
the ol’ Wahl Posts blog from time to time! As you can see, I have been pretty
lax in the updating department and rarely get to writing these days. I could
blame it on my busy life (as I just came off of having 11 whole days off of
work, ha), I could blame it on being lazy…. I don’t really have a great excuse.
The truth is, I have done a lot of re-reading of the blog from the last two
years that I have been writing and I realized that I used this place as a way
to kind of “vent” or give updates on life and then when the REAL LIFE updates
came into play (i.e. marriage, first career, and the like) I found myself with
very little time to actually sit down and write out the daily ins and outs of
my life. It’s funny because the farther back I read, the more I am aware of how
much growth has taken place in my life in just three years. I can’t believe I
started regularly writing on this thing in 2010. I started it out as a girl in
a new long-distance relationship completing her final year of college and now
my life is so completely different. In a lot of ways, I love the changes that
have taken place. Lately though, I find myself willing to give anything to go
back to the college days where I didn’t have much responsibility and had the
freedom to do pretty much whatever I want. I know it’s foolish to want to go
back, but I think I’ve made it pretty clear that I don’t do very well with
change. Change and I, we’re not BFF’s or anything… we just kind of learn to
tolerate one another.
So with that being said, I’ve been working hard lately to
try and accept change and put a positive spin on it. God has placed me in a
work setting that has been the most challenging, difficult experience of my
life so far. I love what I do, but these changes have NOT been easy. I have,
however, really tried to embrace the changes and express gratefulness for the
opportunity to even have a job. When I spent my first married holiday season
driving back and forth between family gatherings, I didn’t necessarily have the
most positive attitude about this being a change. I learned over break that it’s
not about the QUANTITY of TIME I spend traveling back and forth… It’s about the
QUALITY of TIME I spend being with relatives, friends and close family who I
love and want to be around during Christmas and New Years. Change isn’t always fun,
but it can be good.
I’m not really into the whole New Years Resolutions thing…
but I am aiming to attempt and embrace changes that come my way, whether they
are challenging or rewarding. It’s not really a resolution for myself for the
new year, but an ongoing resolution I’ve really been working hard on lately.
Also, in an attempt to really start to expand my horizons
and do something new, I have really taken to doing some fun new things lately.
Might be not be your idea of “fun,” but I have taken up the art of KNITTING and
I have to say, I’m completely hooked. I love it. I made 9 scarves in six weeks,
two of which I gave to my mom and sister for Christmas and I gotta say… I’m
really proud of myself for learning to do something and sticking with it,
creating a product out of it. My husband and I have done some decent DIY
projects around the apartment lately that I am quite proud of also. I guess
marriage has given me the project itch and with that, I am looking at possibly
making some changes with the blog by showcasing some of the work I’ve been
doing. I have contemplated starting a new blog, or “re-vamping” this one, I
haven’t really decided. But that’s kind of what I’ve been thinking lately. As
much as I love venting or dumping the details of my life on everybody else, I
am trying to find a way to showcase my newfound talents and passions and might
just do it in the form of a new blog, while occasionally updating the eager
reader on life details from time to time J
I hope you continue to check back and when/if these changes
take place, believe that I will keep you POSTED! On a serious note, I really do
hope your new year is filled with new beginnings , opportunities, and
blessings. 2012 was a pretty good year to me and I am looking forward to seeing
the path my life is on as we head into 2013!
