The struggle year
I figured I should pop in after that last post, just to let any readers know that I'm managing. It's a struggle a lot of days and I feel like I should be doing more than I am, but..this is the year of the struggle. When I look at this year from the big picture, I've actually accomplished a lot. I've moved provinces, done some big renovations on my place, survived what feels like the biggest breakup of my life (no, it has been the biggest breakup of my life), oh - and here's the big one - managed to stay relatively sane while Alberta's economy has kicked me when I've been down. It doesn't feel like it most of the time...and I feel like I'm failing most of the time, but I've had to get creative, I've worked at a job that pays me less than a third of my regular salary (and while was rewarding to get out was so boring that my eyes wanted to close half the time). I've had to learn to do things like fix my dishwasher (from the part that's u...