2012

Thank you, 2012, for the life lessons and changes you've provided.

I,
-Learned to establish some boundaries.
-Started to learn how to say no.
-Found that some battles are not worth fighting and how to differentiate the ones that are.
-Left a terrible relationship.
-Didn't go back.
-Made fantastic new friends.
-Got to spend time with the fantastic friends I already had.
-Learned the difference between alone and lonely.
-Started asking for (and listening to) advice when I needed it.
-Learned to put my time and energy towards the people and things that make my life better and build me up.
-Learned to ask for help.
-Learned gratitude.
-Stopped being so hard on myself.
-Stopped being so hard on everyone else.
-Started celebrating my important moments.
-Lost 20 pounds.
-Learned that the people who love me based on what I do for them don't actually love me at all.
-Learned to trust that true friends are willing to compromise.
-Remembered how to laugh.
-Started making deliberate choices to change my life, realizing that even if it's the wrong choice, at least it's mine.
-Re-discovered hope.
-Am happier and stronger than I was just one short year ago- and have so much love and gratitude for the list of people that helped me get here.
-Am confident that my life will only get better.


5. I love this new optimism.