Well since we last spoke I have had a lot going on. Around this time last year I started a new position at work. This has been the most challenging position I have ever been in. There is a ton of pressure and visibility and so much work to do I still feel like I am drowning on a daily basis. I am still at Lenovo but now I am in charge of the ThinkPad sales on lenovo.com for North America. All of them. It's a lot of pressure. And work. But I'm still alive a year into it.
But I miss blogging. I miss documenting my life here. I miss having posts to look back on to see what was going on in my head during a particular time and to help me remember when certain things happened. (getting old is no joke y'all!)
I started this blog originally to keep track of my adventures marking off the things on my 30 Before 30 List. Last week I turned 34 and I STILL have 3 things left on my list: Get in the best shape of my life, catch a fish, and kiss in the rain. I still want to do those things and other things I would have thought I'd done by now like get married and have babies (seriously I feel way behind where society says I should be right now!)
One thing I have learned in life is that God doesn't always take you where you planned to go. And that is the beauty of it. Proverbs 16:9 says "We can make our plans, but the Lord determines our steps." I have loved where the Lord has led me. He's allowed me not only to do a lot of the things I had planned to do but also go above and beyond on some of the things on my list:
I'm not only paying all my bills with no help from my mom, I'm also giving away more than 10% of my income now!
I didn't just run a 5K once, I've ran a bunch of 5Ks and even a half marathon!
I've not only made a baby laugh and changed a diaper, I've led preschool classes (and volunteered in the nursery) for over a year at church. I took a small break from it while I started my small group, but I'm officially starting back with the preschool class tomorrow!
Not only did I go on my first mission trip and first trip abroad in 2010, but in 2 months I will be going on my second mission trip to Africa!
Not only did I upgrade one room in my house, but I finally got my whole house almost exactly the way I want it- new light fixtures, paint, appliances, hardwoods, the works!
Not only did I visit Washington DC, but I also went to San Diego, Chicago, Iowa and Austin, TX. Hopefully I will be able to say I've been to all 50 states before I die! (27 and counting!)
Not only did I read the Bible all the way through, after spending 4 years in a fabulous bible study group I now lead my own bible study group with 13 fabulous ladies!
Not only did I go to see a movie alone, I traveled by plane to a city I've never been to before and stayed there and explored for a whole week all by myself!
I can't wait to see where God takes me next! I pray that He will help/allow me to complete the last 3 things on my list (and get married and have babies) but that is not my main goal in life. I no longer live for myself, but for Him. I am glad that I have learned to trust His timing and follow where He leads me.
"My old self has been crucified with Christ. It is no longer I who live, but Christ lives in me. So I live in this earthly body by trusting in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me." Galatians 2:20
I am going to try to document my life on here again and also look forward to trying to read some blogs again because I miss this so much. I know I won't have time to devote to it like I used to, but I do hope to resurrect this little space of mine! It's good to be back!
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