I am still on the quest to better myself. It's a long journey, however, I believe I have grown a bit.
I am a follower of The Daily Love and one of their contributors is Christine Hassler. She posted an idea of doing "A Year in Review." I think this is a great way to cap of 2013 and start 2014. Find her article here.
January
I have to pull up my calendar just to get a glimpse of January because it was felt so far away. Let's see, in January I was still trying to market my business as a Sign Language Interpreting Agency and hating every minute of it. However, I was doing a lot of subcontract work and I remember thinking how lucky I was to have the opportunity to work in the settings I was. Not too bad. OH, we re-financed the house to a wonderfully low interest rate!
February
My husband turned....26. We didn't do much, because he's not a big celebration kind of guy. I continued to do a lot of ongoing work as a subcontractor, but I am starting to feel disillusioned about really doing my business in this market. However, I did my first workshop. No one pre-registered, but 8 people showed up. I really started to think I could do something different with my business...
March
Really more of the same. I remember being a bit dejected about marketing my business and deciding to change what I was doing. I started looking at what I could do to turn my ship around and add some more light into my life. I also did my second workshop, I doubled my participants. Exciting!
April
I started this blog. It started sort of strong, I felt motivated and excited. It felt like I was really changing my life (I was) and reading some great stuff. I went to the state Interpreter Conference. It was a blast!
May
This is when I realized that no one was really reading my blog, that the 'traffic' was from hoaky sites. I decided to trudge on, I didn't trudge very far... It's around this time that I think I really got that emotions and feelings stem from 2 places - fear and love. I didn't get a lot of work as a subcontractor, thus I spent a lot of time living out of fear. We also hit the 2 year mark of being homeowners.
June
Work picked back up and so did my social calendar. I also had my trip home to look forward to in July. I remember feeling like I was digging out of 'fear' and moving towards love.
July
I spent most of this month in bliss. My 2 year anniversary with my beautiful husband. I went home for 2 weeks and visited my family and friends. My husband came home for the first time in 5 years, we had a great time! Then, my parents came to my home for a week! It was amazing! I worked on my home with my Mom and Dad. We accomplished so much and I can't even describe what it means to have the love of my parents worked into my home. YAY JULY!
August
I got a new interpreting gig. I had been going after this gig for a bit. I knew that it would do great things for my skills. I also, through this gig, have continuing education opportunities. My subcontracting gigs pick up again. It's also hot.... really hot!
September
I am in the rhythm of both gigs, adding in social things to help balance me out. I am still reading self discovery books.
October
A good friend is created in Theresa Powers. By listening to her dreams I decide to to challenge her. I am terrified that I have offended her, however, I am able to help her start the process of creating her dreams. It is fascinating, fascinating in ways I can't even describe. It's so much fun watching her be the success she deserves.
November
It's my birthday. I love my birthday!! I got a "Thank You Mood!" shirt and the complete hardbound collector's edition of "Calvin & Hobbes." Needless to say, it was great! I also did a lot of traveling. I got to go for a week long training and to Las Vegas for the first time. I watched my husband give his mother away in a beautiful ceremony. It was great.
December
Looking back on the year, I have had struggles with life. However, I think the year was great. I did a third workshop and worked with Theresa and she has helped me to plan out and make a shift in myself. I did a vision board workshop and realized that my goal in life, at this time, is to Facilitate Growth. There are financial aspects to this, but I realized at the end of the month, I have already done what I wanted. I facilitate growth in my workshops and I bet I am already making my hourly goal with how my work unfolds. Pretty amazing.
So, that's my year. 2014 looks really great.
I am excited!
