2009: the year that was
Usually I can't wait for a year to be over, however this year I actually kind of wish it would last a little longer. 2009 was a pretty wild ride in some respects. Up and down but always forward.
Started the year in with my best friend at the ghetto, which was awesome. Discussing dreams, making plans and laughing, a lot. Had some extremly interesting experiences in the ghetto, a place I am actually very glad I lived in. I know it wasn't the nicest place in the world but it was where I needed to be to learn what I needed to learn to move on. Living in between junkies, drug dealers, a drug lab and a man who slept in a tent at the front door is one way to learn you can look after yourself. I am glad a couple of people actually saw the ghetto though because some of the stories I have - if I didn't live there, I wouldn't believe. It was the weirdest place I have lived in to date.
I put down the foundations to do the things for my brother I always wanted to do but wasn't in a position to before now. We got a place in Coburg and spent a few months settling in. Matt's made amazing progress in such a short time and I am really proud of him. I'm looking forward to seeing the changes in him over the next year and to seeing him be a happier person. Seeing the people I love be happy, is probably one of the things that makes me happiest in the world.
I applied for a job in the field I want my career to be in and am currently waiting to hear whether or not I got it. It's working with children and their parents who have had a bit of a rough time of it, facilitating their contact so they can build a relationship back up from the rubble that currently exists. It's my foot in the door to child protection sort of stuff and my way out of administration.
I started the year in a counselling degree however was having a lot of back troubles and couldn't sit in the class. I went to switch to online however I looked around a little and saw that open uni had a new course up online - behaviour studies, which means my degree is now a BA Behavioural Studies - Psych major, criminology and human resource management minors. Absoutely perfect because it is the degree I always wanted to do but never existed. I am also scheduled to do my training and assessment course in February so I will be able to use all of my administrative/office experience to get a job teaching and get out from behind a desk.
When I finish my degree I want to do one on one psych sessions with abused and neglected children to give them the things their parents cant. I want to use my criminology studies combined with psych to move into forensic psychology - assess offenders for fitness for trial and other court related things. I am doing the human resource management studies just because it's an area I have enjoyed working in and having that experience formalised with a qualification will help me in the future when I run my own business. I would also use it to do some random ad-hoc change management consultancy work because that's the area of HR I love the most.
I've also met some or got back in touch with some pretty awesome people over the past year as well. Some of them were in my life for a short time, some are still there but all taught me something. There are reasons as to why I've segregated myself over the past couple of years which aren't appropriate for a public journal entry, but I am really looking forward to my theme of next year - 'reconnect'.
I am looking forward to reconnecting with old friends, staying in touch with new ones, and just basically reconnecting with life again. A couple of years ago I decided I wasn't going to do new years resolutions as such, I would see what my life lacked over the past year and make that the theme for the next - starting with random and boy did that year live up to it. Followed by relax - getting there! next year.. reconnect - see you there.
Started the year in with my best friend at the ghetto, which was awesome. Discussing dreams, making plans and laughing, a lot. Had some extremly interesting experiences in the ghetto, a place I am actually very glad I lived in. I know it wasn't the nicest place in the world but it was where I needed to be to learn what I needed to learn to move on. Living in between junkies, drug dealers, a drug lab and a man who slept in a tent at the front door is one way to learn you can look after yourself. I am glad a couple of people actually saw the ghetto though because some of the stories I have - if I didn't live there, I wouldn't believe. It was the weirdest place I have lived in to date.
I put down the foundations to do the things for my brother I always wanted to do but wasn't in a position to before now. We got a place in Coburg and spent a few months settling in. Matt's made amazing progress in such a short time and I am really proud of him. I'm looking forward to seeing the changes in him over the next year and to seeing him be a happier person. Seeing the people I love be happy, is probably one of the things that makes me happiest in the world.
I applied for a job in the field I want my career to be in and am currently waiting to hear whether or not I got it. It's working with children and their parents who have had a bit of a rough time of it, facilitating their contact so they can build a relationship back up from the rubble that currently exists. It's my foot in the door to child protection sort of stuff and my way out of administration.
I started the year in a counselling degree however was having a lot of back troubles and couldn't sit in the class. I went to switch to online however I looked around a little and saw that open uni had a new course up online - behaviour studies, which means my degree is now a BA Behavioural Studies - Psych major, criminology and human resource management minors. Absoutely perfect because it is the degree I always wanted to do but never existed. I am also scheduled to do my training and assessment course in February so I will be able to use all of my administrative/office experience to get a job teaching and get out from behind a desk.
When I finish my degree I want to do one on one psych sessions with abused and neglected children to give them the things their parents cant. I want to use my criminology studies combined with psych to move into forensic psychology - assess offenders for fitness for trial and other court related things. I am doing the human resource management studies just because it's an area I have enjoyed working in and having that experience formalised with a qualification will help me in the future when I run my own business. I would also use it to do some random ad-hoc change management consultancy work because that's the area of HR I love the most.
I've also met some or got back in touch with some pretty awesome people over the past year as well. Some of them were in my life for a short time, some are still there but all taught me something. There are reasons as to why I've segregated myself over the past couple of years which aren't appropriate for a public journal entry, but I am really looking forward to my theme of next year - 'reconnect'.
I am looking forward to reconnecting with old friends, staying in touch with new ones, and just basically reconnecting with life again. A couple of years ago I decided I wasn't going to do new years resolutions as such, I would see what my life lacked over the past year and make that the theme for the next - starting with random and boy did that year live up to it. Followed by relax - getting there! next year.. reconnect - see you there.