Friday, December 31, 2010

2010 In Review

2K10 was the year I:
  • fought hard for, and won (!) a major promotion in my career
  • traveled: saw Regina, Saskatoon, Edmonton, Miami, Boston and Bermuda
  • made some strides in patching up certain relationships
  • got engaged!
  • got surprised a couple times - Miami trip and birthday dinner!
  • saw 2 of my fave artists, Teedra Moses and Jay-Z in concert
  • had some health setbacks directly related to my elevated stress levels :(
  • worked on conquering my fear of heights by sitting on the glass floor of the CN Tower
  • got better at networking and getting involved with initiatives outside of work


Boston: Where everybody knows your name

Miami surprise!

On top of the CN Tower


Hamilton, Bermuda

Gonna be a Mrs!

Jay-Z concert in the D

Miss Teedra killin' it on stage in Toronto
Won't bore y'all with too much, but these are my major events of 2010 - can't wait to see what's in store for 2011!




The Jump Off...

Well, it's technically December 31, 2010 - last day of the year. Just so happens that I got the itch to start yet another blog, but I'm determined to keep this one up...I promise!
I wanted to call this blog "Life As I Know It", to reflect just that - my life. However, that name was taken, so here I am :) Regardless, the point is that this blog is not a gossip blog, a fashion blog, a wedding planning blog, a natural hair blog, or anything else, but at any given time will be any one of the aforementioned. Just my life, as I know it, documented in Internet form. I'm big on the old-school art form of journaling, and will keep that up, but I'm a visual person and like the creativity I can have in the blog world...so there's your intro to '83 To Infinity!
Getting caught up in the excitement that the cusp of the New Year brings, today I worked on a vision board for 2011. I didn't have any glue sticks or bristol board, so I hit up Oprah's site and worked on her Dream Board application. Tons of fun, easy to navigate, and was strangely therapeutic to put the text and images together to represent what I want in 2K11:





I'm sure you can't see all the fine detail, but here is my smorgasbord of thoughts, goals, dreams, and affirmations to start me off right in 2011. I'm determined not to make any resolutions this year, since they usually fade into obscurity by March...but with my vision board, I'll have a tangible reminder of all the good things I want for myself - from there it's up to me to make things happen!

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