Friday, June 3, 2011

Thanks




When I began my first 'real' job after college I remember thinking I would reevaluate it in six months. It was a good job; one I had hoped would be offered to me and one I intended to take. I wanted however, to be sure it was the right one and a good fit. I wanted to be a valuable employee and an asset. To be sure that I was not in any way misrepresenting myself to myself, to my employer or to those I worked with. Even though the economy was not in the same state it is now, I also knew that there were not a lot of jobs to be had and so was thankful to have one. The deal I made with myself was that I would reassess every six months and if it was the right thing to do, would see what my options were.  I stayed for ten years.

It was just about six months ago that I began working on this website. It's now time to reevaluate......a practice I've continued in many different areas of my life since starting that first job and one I find to be helpful, calming and centering. It helps me to step away and stand back. It makes me think about the hours in the day and how I choose to spend them. It causes me to look forward, assess, ask questions. What is important? Am I doing what I set out to do? Have my initial goals changed? Have I made a difference? Do I need to reset?

I won't necessarily bring up this practice twice a year, but it's what I was thinking about today. When I first started, six months seemed far into the future and I was a little stressed about making the commitment to post photos and writing twice a week. Truthfully time has flown by......and you know what they say about time flying when you're having fun......

So thanks for visiting, following, reposting, emailing and recommending. For comments, suggestions and encouragement. Thanks to the friends I've made by doing this. See you next week!

Warmly,
Margaret

5 comments:

Anonymous said...

I LOVE your blog and visit often... more than twice a week to look at your photo's! Your food shots are mouth watering and I love the people and scenery. It's relaxing to look at them and I have to admit I get a big smile when I see there's a new post! It's usually after a long busy day when I'm catching up with email and fb... then it's a click on your site. It really is inspiring Margaret. Thank you so much for sharing!
.......Maureen

thisfriendlyvillage said...

Thanks so much Maureen! So are your fb posts! Margaret

Donna said...

Oh my goodness! As I was reading I thought, "Oh no! I just found her and now she's gonna quit?!"

I'm happy to see you are enjoying this as much as I have enjoyed going back to the beginning and reading every post, up to today's post, and looking forward to the next.

Thank you!

thisfriendlyvillage said...
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thisfriendlyvillage said...

Thank you Donna for that nice comment! I'm happy that you are stopping by and reading. :)

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