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thoughts and other randoms
The first 6 months of 2008.
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I think I have realised the two strongest contributors to the evaporation of time;
1) Taking it slow and steady
2) Age.

Taking it slow and steady (CERTAINLY wins the race).
This first 6 months of 2008 have definitely been consumed with less on my plate. I have tried to tackle each task as it has arisen and in doing so, I lost track of time.

I welcomed in the new year while volunteering with Kristina at the Woodford Folk Festival. It was a wonderful opportunity to take a break from work and reconnect with everything else I love; people, food, music and the environment. It was a break I was definitely craving and it left me with some clear resolutions for 2008.

By the time my birthday came around I realised just how unhappy I was at work. The job itself was fine but the organisation was not a fit with me, this was emphasised by a few key people who were determined to drive me away. So I gave myself a much needed present and quit the job in favour of working part-time at the Queensland University of Technology as a tutor of marketing and creative industries classes, and volunteering part-time at the Hear and Say Centre for deaf children and their families.

I am so delighted I gave myself the freedom to move onto QUT and the Hear and Say Centre because I LOVE WORKING AT THEM BOTH. I am able to keep up my marketing and communications skills as well as meet, interact and shape the learning experiences of many intelligent individuals. I get to guide, share and learn with my students in a very rewarding exchange that has made me very happy.

There have been other projects that have come up this semester but nothing in particular worth mentioning just now. Maybe sometime soon though...

Age.
The other factor I have recognised as the major consumer of time is age. The older I get, the more time slips away! I haven't quite recognised why this is the case but I have recognised that there are probably only about 65 years or so left of my life (and at this rate, that is going to disappear in what will feel like 5 years), so I have to take advantage of this second before it passes!

It is kind of in this mentality, of living for this second and valuing everything that it is offering that I got married, vary spontaneously (yet a long time in the making), in June. We were on a walk and looking out over the ocean as a storm became ever-present. We decided there and then that it was the right time and so asked the wind and the sea and the earth to recognise the fire within us and bare witness to the exchange of our commitment to each other, to our relationship and ourselves. I have no doubt that I am with the right person for me and although not legal, we, and those around us know that our relationship is real, our commitment is real and our love is real.

So although I haven't travelled anywhere in particular this first 6 months of 2008, I have come a very long way. I am very much looking forward to keeping up with the next 6 months of 2008.

Thank all of you for your support along this journey.

Kristiana

July 1, 2008 | 1:43 AM Comments  0 comments

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