Imogen Lily (![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif){kind=small} imogen_lily) wrote,@ 2009-01-01 11:44:00 |
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2009
It's now almost midday in England, around the time most of us emerge with hangovers *G*
I've started the new year with a cold, which has been threatening for the past week, so definately a good sign to the new year.
Everyone nervous about 2009 what with global warming, resessions, unemployment etc etc, but on the plus side America has Obama takingover. I was so, so releaved when he won, I was positive McCain would win. I have nothing against McCain personally, he appears a genuinely decent guy, but Palin.....she represents everything I loathe.
As usual I've barely begun to cover my aims I wrote last year (I don't do resolutions) and most still need doing.
The most essential thing for me right now is getting a new job, but with things the way they are right now that won't be easy. 12 hours a week just isn't enough. I don't think I'll ever be able to work full time withmy ME so I'm aiming for 25-ish hours a week and a job where a) I can have enough pay each month that I don't go overdrawn b) a job that stimulates me.
There's a part of me that loves working at the library, I hate the college I work for but my colleages in the library are all fantastic, and I knwo from personal experiance how important it is to have a supportive team around you at work, because otherwise it drives you into the ground.
The major thing to happen to me was I got a puppy. Trust me it's not as fun as it sounds! He's a cocker spaniel and I called him Milo and he's now five months old. I adore him, but it's been difficult having him, with all his training (especially toilet training which was a *nightmare*) and he's still got a long way to go, but he's a lovely dog.
Also I badly need to improve my social life, especially since I actually don't *have* one. I seem to have lost touch with a lot of people of the last year including a lot of friends, I know that happens and I know people move on. I'm not a natural socialiser so it won't be easy, but nothing worthwhile ever is, is it?
Weight is still an on-going issue. My overall aim is to loose between 2 1/2 - 3 stone, then I'll be the right weight for my heigh, and it'll make my ME easier to manage. It's the whole 'one step forward three steps back' rountine. I just need something to motivate me.
My writting seems to *very* slowly be coming back, after not being able to write for the past couple of years, I can't say how happy this has made me.
I know for my next career step, I want to help people. Ultimately I think I want to be a dramatherapist but I'd also like to work in dyslexia and dyspraxia or even ME and educate people more about them, especially dyspraxia, because a lot of people - including my own family who are very supportive still don't always fully realise how it affects people in every day life.
I think I've rambled myself out now. I hope everyone has a good 2009. Yes the news will tell us things are worse than every before, and soem things are worse, but others are better, you just sometimes have to search for them. Remember, only the dramatic makes the news.
It's now almost midday in England, around the time most of us emerge with hangovers *G*
I've started the new year with a cold, which has been threatening for the past week, so definately a good sign to the new year.
Everyone nervous about 2009 what with global warming, resessions, unemployment etc etc, but on the plus side America has Obama takingover. I was so, so releaved when he won, I was positive McCain would win. I have nothing against McCain personally, he appears a genuinely decent guy, but Palin.....she represents everything I loathe.
As usual I've barely begun to cover my aims I wrote last year (I don't do resolutions) and most still need doing.
The most essential thing for me right now is getting a new job, but with things the way they are right now that won't be easy. 12 hours a week just isn't enough. I don't think I'll ever be able to work full time withmy ME so I'm aiming for 25-ish hours a week and a job where a) I can have enough pay each month that I don't go overdrawn b) a job that stimulates me.
There's a part of me that loves working at the library, I hate the college I work for but my colleages in the library are all fantastic, and I knwo from personal experiance how important it is to have a supportive team around you at work, because otherwise it drives you into the ground.
The major thing to happen to me was I got a puppy. Trust me it's not as fun as it sounds! He's a cocker spaniel and I called him Milo and he's now five months old. I adore him, but it's been difficult having him, with all his training (especially toilet training which was a *nightmare*) and he's still got a long way to go, but he's a lovely dog.
Also I badly need to improve my social life, especially since I actually don't *have* one. I seem to have lost touch with a lot of people of the last year including a lot of friends, I know that happens and I know people move on. I'm not a natural socialiser so it won't be easy, but nothing worthwhile ever is, is it?
Weight is still an on-going issue. My overall aim is to loose between 2 1/2 - 3 stone, then I'll be the right weight for my heigh, and it'll make my ME easier to manage. It's the whole 'one step forward three steps back' rountine. I just need something to motivate me.
My writting seems to *very* slowly be coming back, after not being able to write for the past couple of years, I can't say how happy this has made me.
I know for my next career step, I want to help people. Ultimately I think I want to be a dramatherapist but I'd also like to work in dyslexia and dyspraxia or even ME and educate people more about them, especially dyspraxia, because a lot of people - including my own family who are very supportive still don't always fully realise how it affects people in every day life.
I think I've rambled myself out now. I hope everyone has a good 2009. Yes the news will tell us things are worse than every before, and soem things are worse, but others are better, you just sometimes have to search for them. Remember, only the dramatic makes the news.
