I don't know if this last year even counts, though, I've posted so infrequently.
During this year, however,
- I graduated with my BA
- I moved back to the California foothills
- I adventured in England
Those are probably the biggest external events. Difficult to list are the internal changes I've undergone. In many ways, I am not the person I was a year ago. Many of my goals and interests have changed dramatically or have been cut entirely. I even feel that my personality has changed. I like the person that I am becoming, simultaneously more interested in change and firm in what I believe.
It's been a tough year, but I am so happy to be where I am today, surrounded and supported by friends and family. I have a job that I love, live in a breathtakingly beautiful area, and am taking my time discovering what I want to be. One of the biggest ideas I've embraced over the past year is that there is no "arriving." Life is not a journey from point A to point B, it's a network of points and each moment, each decision is an important node on the web of life. I'm working on relaxing into that philosophy. Enjoying being present, "here." I'm in a really great place in life at the moment, though, and it's getting easier and easier.
Anyway, thanks xanga, for all you've been to me over the years. My readership has come and gone in many waves, but it's neat to have my last 8 years of development so nicely laid out.