How has life changed since last November?

 

Today I want to look at how my life is different than what it was a year ago.

The end of October marked my one year since I came back to blogging, and I can say that I am proud of that achievement. I’ve blogged consistently, besides a few missed Weekly Obsessions. Life just got busy, and then boom, it was Sunday. So, I definitely want to apologize for that.

This year, I also started to work outside of the house, which was awesome to get back out of the house after years of just being a mom. Last month, I left that job for another job that was more up my alley. My first job was way more physically demanding than expected, and it caused me to have more severe pain where my scar is on my back, and I started to get stiff hands, and the pain in my finger joints was starting to get unbearable. I was barely able to lift my dog over our doggy fence. So I made the decision to leave, but not before I signed a conditional offer with my new job.

As I am typing this, I am waiting for my orientation and as well as for my background check and fingerprints to be done and come back as good to go😊 Wish me luck 😊

Other than that, I still homeschool, which looks a little bit different now as I assign more work for kiddo to complete on her own without my supervision. Or we do things when I get back from work. So, our schedule is a little bit all over the place at the moment, but I hope once I start working my new job that things will fall into place.

From a mental health perspective, I think I am doing better than I did last year. I was able to bring the dosage of one of my medications down, which is incredible! I still have my moments where I spend too much time in my own brain, but I am trying to get better with that.

How is life different for you guys? Any changes? Did you start a new job? A new hobby? Feel free to leave comments 😊