Wow...I just realized it has been a long time since I have actually taken time to put my thoughts on paper with respect to my personal growth. Now that I've had the chance to think back to all the things that have happened since my last post, I have to admit, I've kind of blown my own mind. This summer, my focus was more on professional growth and less on personal growth. Although I still worked hard on my health and wellness, my actions and time really were committed to my career goals and aspirations.
My last post was written the on the heels of a huge job interview. Success came the following day when I accepted the position of Secondary Pathways Consultant with the school board. I also had just begun what would hopefully be my last university course to promote myself to the next pay category. The month of June, as noted before, has always been a crazy month. This year made even more so based on the crazy emotions of excitement for the future, sadness leaving the place I called home for so many years, and the stress of wrapping up one stage of my life while preparing for a new one.
July brought summer school craziness, extra busy family activities and more excitement, sadness and fear for the upcoming school year.
August dropped me into my new position and I was, for half of the month, consumed by studying to achieve a mark high enough in my course to help me achieve my goal of a category change. A week in Northern Ontario, surrounded by my family and nature offered me the relaxation and renewal I needed before heading back into the biggest change of my life.
September brought fear! The realization that for the first time in 29 years, I wouldn't be in school for the first day of school. The fear of not knowing what to expect in my new position. The expectation of loneliness, missing the colleagues I had come to know as family for the past 10 years. I'm happy to say that all of those fears were irrational. I've discovered I'm still surrounded by amazing people, my McGregor family is still there and I'm truly loving the new opportunities I have been awarded.
Now that October is here..I'm excited to see what comes first and am taking the opportunity to regain my focus on my health, fitness and family. I'm proud of the hard work I put in to achieve some of my goals and I'm looking forward to the challenges and changes heading my way.
It's amazing what you can accomplish in a short time frame if you work hard and believe in yourself! Now it's time to put it all together. Here goes my commitment to put my best foot forward in my new position and to regain my focus on health and wellness. It's time again to set my goals for the next three months to see what I can achieve. Explore what matters to you, set your goals...let's see what we can accomplish this time around!
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