One year
ago was August 15, 2012.
Which
means that was 365 days ago.
Thinking
back over the past 365 days, I’m really astonished at the range of highs and
lows that I've experienced. It hasn't
been easy. It certainly hasn't been
quick. The lows were places I’d never felt
before, and hope not only to never experience again but that no one else has to
go through.
The past
365 days have taken me from those depths to amazing professional and
experiences all over Europe, with more in the pipeline. They've been the time I needed to focus on
myself: my needs, my wants, and my happiness. Taking that time and working
tirelessly to make things better isn't a linear trend: things don’t improve (or
degrade) in a straight line. Instead,
life is made up of incrementally small ups and downs … but the trick is,
looking at a zoomed-out view and trying to make the trend a positive one. Like the stock market (ideally, at least).
I don’t
think I've been shy about thanking the friends and family in my life that have
helped me. I also don’t think it would
be an overstatement to suggest that I wouldn't be where I am without that love
and support and understanding.
There
will always be uncertainty, and there will always be doubts, about the future
as well as the past. But I know that I’m
in a really good place: My trend has been positive for a while and I have the
highest confidence that I am better prepared to handle whatever the next 365
days throws at me.
