Plans

"Plan out your life on paper but life you life by your heart"
Warren DeMike


After the previous post on this blog, I went through a personal crisis. I needed thorough change. I made mighty plans for the year to come. But you can only plan so far. Usually life has something else planned. And this becomes your new plan to live out.

Last March I and a friend of mine decided to go to Australia to work for a year. I quit my job to work in a hospital to gain work experience in a different field and put lots of money into getting the right papers for the working license. A few weeks ago I got a letter from Queensland Nursing Council saying that I needed to provide some papers that my school didn't have. I talked with my friend, and she knew she'd face the same problems as I. So, Australia as the way we planned it is off. I made all those changes for nothing. Or did I?

I believe in the cliché of everything happening for a reason. I find it relieving, whether it's actually true or not. Also, when you look hard enough, sometimes even to the point of getting a headache, you can find something positive in everything. In this case, there are multiple positive factors.

Careerwise, I found I had the courage to quit a "safe" job and gain experience in something new. I'm actually not that bad in what I do. And by changing scenery, I know what direction I want my career to head. Personally, I gained confidence in myself. I have the ability to make big changes in my life. I would be missed if I went. But thinking how things could be different, I'm quite happy already with that I have.

One of my goals for Australia was to look at my current life from a distance. Seems like I didn't have to go that far for the revelation to come...



"Failure is nature's plan to prepare you for great responsibilities"
Napoleon Hill


Plans may fail, but failure gives room for new plans and opportunities. My not-so-mighty, but all the more meaningful plans for the autumn are:

Redecorating. It's soon been a year since we bought our flat. And the decor is horrid! I plan on making a good old life-style magazine type series on how the renovation is going. Right now the flat is so messy, that it won't be too difficult to stun with the aftershots!

Studies. For three years I've been looking interestedly at the Helsinki Open University virtual course on nutrition. This year I finally enrolled. The web page for the course opens tomorrow. Be prepared for some health education in the future. ;)

Sports. Two varieties fall under this category, HEMA and yoga. I've been neglecting both for awhile, but no time like the present to step up. And I have good reason to do so, one of the biggest HEMA happenings in Europe, Swordfish. I don't know if I'm crazy or just insane, but by the encouragement of a friend of mine I offered to hold cold down yoga after classes at Swordfish. It shouldn't be any harder than what I've done in our school, but of course it's a little nerve wrecking to stand in front of 30 strangers and ask them to pose silly. If I get that many to come. At least my husband and previously mentioned friend have promised to attend.

Christmas. OK, say no more! I will hush up about Xmas for now, as it's hardly autumn yet. But to let you know, I have started preparations. Hand-made pressies and cards take time to produce...

Plans on paper, but definitely thought through with my heart.