Mid-Year Check-In
A very important time of the year for me is the first half of it being over. I'm a few days late to this celebration, but here I am now!
You'd think that (somewhat) starting to come out of a global pandemic, things would be getting better, but 2022 has been one of the worst years for me, so far. I really want to dedicate the second half of the year to ending it in a happier state.
But all is not terrible. We managed to close the house transaction with a mortgage bank back in November, before mortgage rates doubled. We started started making payments in January and I've kept up with making the additional monthly payments to pay off this mortgage sooner than the 30-year term. There's still a lot of work to do on the house and some pending transactions, but it's a step forward.
I'm not in a good place at work, but I'm also working on it. I started therapy for it a little over a week ago. The therapist said that I gave myself the therapy (I'm aware of my problems and their causes, I just need help working them out because a lot of it is out of my control and I don't really have the motivation to take charge of what I can) and that I'm easy to talk to (I am). I was in a giddy mood that day because I'd finally put out some work which was three months overdue.
Other wins in the first half of the year included paying off my Civic in May.