{"id":23,"date":"2018-01-06T16:55:00","date_gmt":"2018-01-06T16:55:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/aisaziacreations.com\/blog\/2018\/01\/06\/goodbye-2017-hello-2018\/"},"modified":"2018-04-16T19:41:12","modified_gmt":"2018-04-16T19:41:12","slug":"goodbye-2017-hello-2018","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aisaziacreations.com\/blog\/goodbye-2017-hello-2018\/","title":{"rendered":"Goodbye 2017, Hello 2018"},"content":{"rendered":"<div dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: left;\" trbidi=\"on\">\nI&#8217;m alive!!!! See ya 2017, I&#8217;m so ready for 2018!<\/p>\n<p>2017 ended up flying by for me the last half of the year. Lots of things happened. Some good, some bad. It&#8217;s all a roller coaster adventure with its highs and lows.<\/p>\n<p><b>2017 highlights:<\/b><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li>Got a new job! Started December 1 and so far so good! Still can&#8217;t kick some of the habits I learned from the previous job but I&#8217;m working on it.<\/li>\n<li>I&#8217;m getting used to wearing &#8220;fancy clothes&#8221; for my business casual work place. I use that term loosely. That means anything that isn&#8217;t a t-shirt, sweatshirt, jeans, shorts, athletic shoes or flip flops. Depends on the season. For those who don&#8217;t know, those are my go-to clothes and would be totally fine wearing that everyday.<\/li>\n<li>Rediscovered my passions and what I want to do with my life. This is helping me set some goals for 2018.&nbsp;<\/li>\n<li>Finished my latest sketchbook! Only took 5 years. haha But I&#8217;m proud to see the progress.<\/li>\n<li>Figured out how I&#8217;m using some of my Traveler&#8217;s Notebooks and pens! Instead of just collecting them and gazing adoringly at them on my bookshelf.<\/li>\n<li>With the help of a dermatologist&nbsp;friend I&#8217;m finally able to manage my adult acne.<\/li>\n<li>Realized I am fortunate enough to have pretty much everything I could want so trying not to buy any material things unless I truly need them.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\nThat&#8217;s all I can think of at the moment. I may update the list later if I can remember anything else.<\/div>\n<div>\n<br \/>\n<a name='more'><\/a><\/div>\n<div>\nUltimately, I feel like 2017 has been an introspective awakening period for me because it helped me determine what I really want in life.&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\nI also learned what not to take for granted because you just don&#8217;t know how great some small things&nbsp; are till it&#8217;s gone, so try to enjoy the little things. I realized that I can be resilient even if I&#8217;m crying and feeling terrible, I don&#8217;t love crying, actually I wish I could control it but there is some weird sensitive part of my soul that won&#8217;t let me. I&#8217;ve always been like that and I wish I could change but I can&#8217;t. That&#8217;s just part of who I am. Those are particularly painful moments but you know what? They made me stronger and even though I don&#8217;t love sharing my vulnerabilities, I know there is someone else out there who feels the same. The only thing you can do is move on and continue to do your best.<\/div>\n<div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\nI know that I can be a pushover because I&#8217;m a people pleaser. I guess I like to help and try to see the good in people and often times it doesn&#8217;t work in my favor. That said, I&#8217;m also skeptical and suspicious of people when I first meet them so it takes some time if someone breaks my trust. With those traits, I&#8217;m trying to learn to stand up for myself and be slightly more aggressive for the things I want or believe in.&nbsp;<\/div>\n<p>\nLately, I&#8217;ve been having to remind myself to stop comparing myself to others. The older I get, the more I fear that I&#8217;m missing out but life is more about growing at your pace. Some days will be better than others but remember that it&#8217;s ok to take breaks or distance yourself to rest. I&#8217;m still trying to find myself and I&#8217;m realizing that doesn&#8217;t ever end. I&#8217;m not perfect and will never be. All I can do is keep trying my best and don&#8217;t let others drag me down.<\/p>\n<p>So this is my reminder to you that you shouldn&#8217;t compare yourself to others. That you keep taking one step forward at a time at your pace and breathe.<\/p>\n<p>Remember, every moment is temporary. If you&#8217;re in pain, it will pass. If you&#8217;re happy, enjoy the moment. All time ebbs and flows. <\/p>\n<p>That&#8217;s what&#8217;s been going on with me! Hopefully you all are doing well and wishing you all the best in 2018!<\/p>\n<p>-A<\/p>\n<p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;m alive!!!! See ya 2017, I&#8217;m so ready for 2018! 2017 ended up flying by for me the last half of the year. Lots of things happened. Some good, some bad. It&#8217;s all a roller coaster adventure with its highs and lows. 2017 highlights: Got a new job! Started December 1 and so far so good! Still can&#8217;t kick some of the habits I learned from the previous job but I&#8217;m working on it. I&#8217;m getting used to wearing &#8220;fancy clothes&#8221; for my business casual work place. I use that term loosely. 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