2009 has been a year of great change for me. Not change enough that will allow me to pour out my heart on my blog (yes I know some people do – I am not some people……although the initials are frighteningly similar).
If I look back to the Pencil that was in January and the Pencil that is now – I am pleasantly surprised. I am sharper now, more colourful and I can stand up really well on my own. I went through a bit of a sharpening mid-year and believe me, it hurt like hell. But, here I am all pointy and new. Fresh and ready to write.
There were the physical changes
- My hair is dare I say, quite blonde now. Ok not blonde per se but it has blonde in it (and in dodgy light some lovely, olive green streaks)
- The chip in my front tooth has miraculously disappeared. I call it a miracle. Mr Pencil calls it thousands of dollars of dental work.
- I have lost 5 kilos and I have decided not to look for them. Ever. At all
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And the work changes
- This was my area of greatest change – it was the year I became The Sharpest Pencil (last year this time I was a piece of plasticine)
- I left a very unhealthy work environment for Twitter. Well okay, I did not leave for Twitter but when I did leave (with half my soul still residing in the job) Twitter carried me on its little, blue wings and got me to my next station
- I found great work, work that I love and that fulfils me and pays me not very much at all.
And of course the relationship changes
- Mr Pencil, Little Pencil and Fluffy Pencil know how much I love him – they know that this love grows daily, if not hourly and they also know that this is not my chosen forum to express my deepest emotions so let’s leave them out of this one. Let’s focus on you.
- I have met the most amazing people this year – many of them through Twitter. There were some pretty dark times this year and you tweeps (yes you!) kept me going and laughing. Thank you from the very bottom of my heart
- I met an alien who lives in a spaceship who has brought oxygen and light from her planet to my planet and given me more than I could ever have asked for. And I promise I did very few drugs this year but that really happened.
I grew, I stopped worrying so much about, well about everything and although at times I hated this year (like really hated it with the force of a sledgehammer cracking an egg) I think I am glad for the year that was 2009.
I am quite sure next year I will still worry, for worry is in the fibre of my lead and I am not so naive as to believe there will not be many challenges (hey we are renovating this Pencil Case – therein lies an entire can of challenges just of the physical type). My heart will still be over sensitive and my emotions will still be strong, my fears will still be real and I hope my dreams will still be tangible. I will still be The Sharpest Pencil and I hope to share the journey on this blog and with you all.
How was your 2009? Did you grown and learn from it or will you just be shoving this year under a carpet and hoping it never trips you up?