New Hobbies and a New Plan

It is amazing how humans continually reevaluate their lives and change, like pieces of Play-Doh... or Gak. Remember Gak?

This year has changed my life entirely. So many small things happened, that I was just BUSY all year long. In the large scheme of things, not much happened if you compare my life to others. Seriously. I'm just not used to constantly having something to plan for.

Now that things have slowed down, I am needing some change in my life. I decided to take up sewing and embroidery. I am also hand-making recipe cards for an antique recipe box I bought on Ebay. Overall, I'm pretty pumped about these new things. Like I wasn't spending enough money on knitting... right?

In addition to that stuff, I renewed my membership to the campus gym and purchased a new pair of running shoes. The goal? Run a half marathon. This is something that will not happen anytime soon, as I need to work on getting back up to three miles just to start the training schedule, but overall, I like having a goal.

I think that is what I have been lacking for the past couple of months. Something to look ahead to and say, "Yeah! That is going to be awesome!"

I know I can do it. Just watch me.

The Personality

As a career counselor, one of the things that you try to help students with is trying to figure out who they are as people so that they can better figure out where they would be happiest working. I was reminded of this in class today and my colleague interpreted the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator for my class, who just took the MBTI online. The test, for those who don't know it, asks you a series of questions that sort your personality type into a particular category. People can be divided into one of 16 categories.

I am an INFJ. I took the MBTI when I started working as a career counselor and the more I look into this personality type, the more I know that I KNEW before I took it what I was.

I am an (I)ntrovert, I(N)tuitive, solve problems with (F)eeling, and organize things by (J)udging (but not in a bad way).

What does this mean? I Googled this personality type this morning, just to remind myself why I view the world the way I do, and came to this website:

http://www.personalitypage.com/INFJ.html

Turns out, I am less that 1% of the population. Hurrah? At least I now realize that those gut feelings I have all the time that usually get laughed at by one person or another, I need to start listening to those. Plus, I am apparently ALWAYS right. So there. HA.

I recommend taking the MBTI to anyone. Even if you think you know yourself, at least you can see on paper an explanation of how you move through the world. It helps to have something like that in black and white.

The Year 2010

I realize that it is a bit early to start looking back on the year, but so much has happened this year, that I am pretty sure no one will care if I start early.

So far this year, I have:

- Been to/in 4 weddings
- Got hitched myself
- Traveled to Washington DC -- and consequently met Bo (the dog) and passed out in front of the Oval Office
- Got a promotion
- Taught a couple times - and launched an online course
- Moved to a new apartment (2 weeks after our wedding)
- Had some other, personal things happen that caused an emotional rollercoaster that has yet to end

Overall, I'm pretty satisfied with this year. Yes, I could have done some things differently, but I am not sure that given the choice, that I would change anything at all. So, what have I learned?

Do not take anything for granted.

Do not look back and dwell on things that you can't change.

Try to be the best person you can each and every day.

and finally... It's not WHAT happens to you that is important. It's how you REACT.


So. Enough with the cheesy, corney stuff for now. On to life.