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December 17 – Lesson Learned   What was the best thing you learned about yourself this past year? And how will you apply that lesson going forward?

Good question.  I have actually had to sit back and think about this for a couple of minutes.  Usually I can fire off answers to these prompts quite quickly. 

I learned that I can dream pretty damn big.  This is down to the art tour I have been planning since 2009.  (To read more about that, visit Heritage Art Tour Blog). The full extent of what I had been planning didn't really hit me until this year, when I started contacting all the venues and firming up dates.  I was met with a lot of 'uh, this isn't how things are usually done' and 'what gallery are you with that is doing this again?' and brick walls and bad days and good days and stumbling blocks and bull dozers to plow through those blocks.  I had no idea what I was scheming until only just a few months ago.  With the shelves of books and paperwork I have accumulated in the past 16 months, the beast of a project is getting restless and wants to get out. 

I think I also learned that I am not content unless I am planning my next big step.  Looking forward in a good way, not in a stressed out way.  I do live in the moment of the day, working as I do, imaging what the end result it going to be. 

How will I apply this lesson?  Hm.  Maybe I need to just learn to accept it.

What about you?  What have you learned about yourself in 2010?

 

Comments

[Vicky]

I've learnt that I am one resilient mo-fo!

2010 hasn't been the best year- finalising divorce, worried about my brother being away, tough & stressful times at work and then my sister got cancer.
There were times I wanted to hibernate from the world, although I knew I'd get through it I just didn't know when.
It is true that what doesn't kill us makes us stronger!

Here's to a great 2011 :)

[Cassandra]

Goodness, Vicks. All that sounds hellish. Your sister is well young. Is she doing okay? I agree with you. You are one tough mo fo. :)

[Vicky]

Yeah, hasn't been the most fun year!
My sister is (hopefully) on the mend- despite never going in the sun she developed skin cancer, which spread to her lymph system :( Moles removed, a large hole taken from her leg, skin grafts and lymph node removals constituted several ops and loadsa morphine. Hopefully it's not spread any further, but it is a very aggressive form of melanoma :(

She's one tough, practical thinking cookie. I'd be sitting around wailing "why me>!?" to anyone who'd listen, whereas she is already thinking about getting a wig made from her own hair.
My younger sister- only 28. Makes you think... I'm not as tough a mo-fo as her :)