only five more sleeps and then it's xmas, which means only 21 more sleeps until my birthday, and of course in between all that, the start of a new year.....can you believe it? this year has gone SO amazingly fast...
guess there's probably a few reasons for that! one is that i was determined to do things a little differently this year - i'm not really one for new years resolutions (i never understand why people have to wait for an external event to decide on making change in their lives...) and this is probably evidenced by the fact that almost every significant change i instigate in my life is NEVER in the first few weeks of January...this is probably largely due to the inevitable mean reds that often descend upon me at this time - a time of reflection and usually disappointment! not so 2008, this one started a whole lot differently, and what a difference it has made!
2008 has indeed, on the whole, been a fabulous year!
i am now only 2 modules and 140 hours supervised work away from qualifiying as a counsellor! which is not amazing to anyone who knows me well and knows my passion for helping others....but is a long way from the path i found myself on (note use of words found myself, rather than chosen!) only 18 months ago...
i have plans to become accredited as an exec coach, so that i can combine counselling and coaching when i start my own business...
i have sorted out the financial side of my life such that if i choose, i can give up fulltime corporate work on 19 dec 09 (which is now less than a year away)...
i have 2 of my own web domains and plenty of ideas for the business...i've even done a business plan and worked out how many coaching clients i would need in order to give up corporate work for good...
i have spent much more of this year 'being' rather than 'doing' and you know what? it pays off..
and last but by no means least, i am enjoying a wonderful relationship with ben - the sort of relationship i used to tell my own therapist about and thought might never happen - i had all but forgotten the joy of having a supportive and caring partner - of finding solace in being part of a 'couple', in having someone to come home to every day, in having someone to go to sleep with every night and to wake up with every morning...the simple things in life really are the best...
sooooo as 2008 draws to a close and 2009 begins, my hope will be that i take whatever i have learned this year with me, and discard the stuff that just doesn't matter anymore so that 2009 (the year of my 40th birthday) will be my best year yet...
wishing you and yours a very merry xmas...
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