“A new year means a new journal!”
While some enjoy more traditional formats for documenting, I’ve been a digital resident since I was 11. So it’s only natural that I’m keeping a photoblog on my own personal website.
My friend Voranouth loves collecting stationery and journaling and after seeing some of what she’s created I have to admit it they look really pretty. She likes to keep track of things she did on her days as well as take note of upcoming events or plans she has during the year. Another friend, Mary, is keeping track of her progress toward specific goals and milestones she wants to hit in her own journal. I’ve never really been one to set such specific goals and always just kind of improvised as life happened around me. I accepted very early on that whatever happens, happens, and the only thing you truly have control over, is how you react or behave in the face of adversity. So instead, I set broad guidelines and hold a list of core values and principles that I adhere to. I don’t know how well it works but I’m still alive now so I can’t complain.
Hailing in this new year, I finished up a contract job as a developer. I’m now without work again and back on the search. I can’t say I feel completely comfortable with my situation but it’s definitely not the first time I’ve been here. In the past, as long as I kept myself collected and confident in my abilities, there was always an opportunity waiting for me to find.