WOW.. it has been quite a while since I have written, and I apologize. At the end of the day, I find it hard to look at a laptop not related to work. But, boy to I have tons to catch you up on! I am the list-y sort, and I love me some bullets, so enjoy:
- My travels: In the past two months have gone on a flight in a Cessna 172, a college football game, helped with a colonization of one of our chapters, and walked down Bourbon St. It's been insane and wonderful, and the opportunity to build friendships with my sisters that I may not have ever met otherwise is beyond words.To me, its so special to be able to meet a women, spend less than a week interacting with her , but have the ability to open up and instantly have a bond- one of the many reasons I love being a member of a Greek-letter organization. I have shockingly become accustomed to airports- in fact they might be one of my favorite places -anywhere with optimum wireless, a Starbucks, and available outlets is my home sweet home.
- New Habits: Finding balance has been by far one the most difficult things to do. When you are so passionate about your work, I mean I am bonded to it for life, its hard to turn it off. I am beginning to learn how to say time out, and take a moment for me. I found a really great journal that's called " A Line A Day", and you write one line to sum up your day, and it tracks it over 5 years. It's going to be so nice to look back on what I was thinking or feeling during this year. Keeping a journal is a great moment for me to commit to myself every night before I hit the hay, a nice piece of balance in my normal life. I have also started using the phone! ( for people that know me, this is not a small feat) I usually hate, nay LOATH talking on the phone, but I have found that having those hour, hour and half conversations with friends and family has really helped maintain that connection. I was always so afraid that after college, we would all fall apart ( kind of like the after high school drift), but I know that the friends I have will be an important part of my life.
- New Perspective: As this semester comes to a close, a lot of things I always expected to like or to want to do have kind of changed. I have always been pretty driven to succeed, but now I relish those few days or weekends where at 5 o'clock, I can just take a breather for myself. Not that I am no longer driven, but I find it nice to have separation, and for some one that's never been good at building barriers or setting limits, this is a biggie. I also used to want to travel and get as far away from North Carolina as possible, but these days I miss home so much! Even though I went to school several hours away, its something comforting about your home state. Knowing how to get everywhere, the colloquialisms, the regional traits, and the similarities regardless of where you are are priceless. As much as I love to travel, I definitely will always come back to North Carolina as my home base.
That's it for now dear friends. I have a few more days at National Headquarters ( including a weekend trip to Gettysburg!!), and then one last chapter visit for the semester. Look for an update next week!
XOXO
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