#28

 

Somehow most of my Christmas dinners magically worked out to be a day after the other, and this is what basically happened last Sunday to Wednesday. It made sense that the recurring theme of last week was to celebrate the holidays and reconnect with great company — and in some cases, get to know others a lot better.

Looking back on the past year, I'm entirely grateful I get to surround myself with an amazing bunch of people. Whether it's with different groups of friends or with the YWiB chapters, I'm just happy I get to be a part of their lives, and be able to pick-up where we last left off!

In case you're wondering, I didn't eat any meat with the exception of fish at all five dinners (this called for interesting conversations as well). So no tryptophan or food coma for me, just really well-balanced Christmas dinners. I truly believe anyone can do anything after getting through that :)

#16

This post was inspired by Wreck-It Ralph, one of my favourite movies this year. It was an AMAZING Tuesday well spent at the movies!

I've had a recurring thought lately, and it had to do with questioning some of the decisions I make. In choosing how I live life and the choices I have to make in the near future, do I constantly try to answer and live up to others' expectations?

So it had me thinking that in my ideal career, I hope I don't ever make that compromise. We get so engulfed in finding success, whatever that might be — a stable but predictable job? Moving up at a big company? — that we answer to others and not ourselves.

#7

After doing a three hour presentation and having a full day of group projects, I was happy to make the trek downtown to have dinner with one of my closest friends since high school. We're both at completely different places in our lives than we were a few years ago; it's something we're happy to update each other on, as well as be extremely proud of.

As we grow up and our schedules barely have any breathing room it's understandable that now we hardly see each other. Yet when we do, we always pick up where we left off and I love her for that!

I've found that real friends don't let time passed get in the way. When it does get tough to catch up it's not enough to give up after you've tried reaching out and it just doesn't work. That is of course unless the other person has already made that decision, then it probably isn't fair to you. But most times, it will always work out in some way.

I love this post — it makes me so thankful to have some amazing people in my life I can always count on  <3