What Im Thankful For, 2013

WHAT I’M THANKFUL FOR, 2013 It’s humorous, wanting back at my “annual” Thanksgiving publish from 2012, how little seems to have modified (once more). I’m left beginning this publish out just about the identical means it started out last year. It’s interesting how a number of the tasks I mentioned then have barely crept ahead, and there are a few I’ve already accomplished that I hadn’t imagined a 12 months in the past. Taking my very own advice from last year, I set about making an inventory of issues to be thankful for and ended up with this yr’s record being similar to final’s. It’s even sunny today, which is just as unusual this year as it was final, though possibly we’re spotting a trend. So yeah, I’m thankful for some more nice instructing alternatives, some more nice (secret) projects, some extra nice purchasers, and some extra nice opportunities. But is that it? That’s a lot, certainly. I could possibly be sitting here telling you I have nothing to be pleased about, my business h as failed, my purchasers have fired me, and it’s raining cats and canines. But should I be thankful that there’s primarily been no change within the final yr? In some cases, you guess I can. For instance, my household and I proceed to take pleasure in good well being, each bodily and psychological. We still have medical insurance and entry to (moderately) affordable medical care. Lately, plainly Facebook has seen extra posts from pals, acquaintances, and associates reporting sickness, deaths in the household, and crises huge and small. I even have none of those to report, and that’s worthy of thanks. On the skilled aspect, I am thankful for a yr that, though not all the time easy, has seen my spouse and I really get our private funds in shape. We’re wrestling some old demons to the ground and boldly going the place lower than 1% of Americans have gone before: a very debt-free life. I’d prefer to see that happen by the top of 2015, however that’s pretty ambitious. Still, you hit what you aim at, proper? Last 12 months I was thankful for lastly managing to get out of the home extra, which seems as comical to me as I’m sure it does to you. But this can be a drawback for the freelancer. I’m a one-man operation and tend to get busy, which implies I tend to remain residence and work. But I’m thankful for a 12 months’s worth of alternatives to attach with nice new individuals and stretch out into extra initiatives. It’s funny. You can begin a enterprise thinking it’s going to be one factor, then find it’s something else totally. And I love what I’m turning into, from an expert standpoint. Keep those projects coming! But as we ease into another Thanksgiving vacation, be grateful that we’re all right here, and though we could have some things to sort out and a few fences to mend, there’s nothing we can’t repair so long as we remember to often shut up and hear to each other. â€"Philip Athans About Philip Athans Gratitude is commonly missing in our tradition. But I actually have to ask, to whom are you grateful? I am grateful to God, our Creator, Who has given me all things â€" even adversity â€" for His good purposes. I’m not a spiritual individual, so I’m thankful to the individuals round me, but positivity in any type makes the world a greater place! Fill in your particulars under or click on an icon to log in: