bssc
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Thanks for the update and am glad that you are in a good place. Haven't talked to my ex in 25 years or so.
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My friends and family are just amazing. I have had so many new experiences in the past few months, and I am loving life. I thought I was happy before, but now I truly am.
East Texas -- thanks for asking!
It's now been over a year since I posted here and received some of the best advice of my life. It's really amazing to me how much my life has changed in the past year. I had always thought I was happy, but I now realize the constant stress I was living with trying not to upset him.
Perhaps the best thing to come out of this is that I have grown much closer to my parents. They were extremely supportive when everything happened, and that's brought us closer. My dad has season tickets to a local college basketball team, so I go to all the home games with him, and my mom and I paint together.
My mom and I are planning a trip next year to France so she can meet the family I stayed with when I was a high school exchange student. I qualified for the Boston Marathon again, as did a friend who'd been trying for years, so we're going to head out in 2014 and run it. Three of my friends are doing the same 50K as me, so I'll get a lot of time with them running on the trails this spring.
I still hope to buy a house in the spring. I will meet my running mileage and books read goals for the year. Did not finish the painting of my city's skyline or knitting this wonderful purple scarf, but that just means I can do that in 2013. Realized how much I enjoy going to movies alone; joined a film club with a screening once a month so I'm seeing some great indie films.
On a professional level, things could not be better. I have amazing coworkers who really have accepted me and made me feel part of the family. (As hokey as that sounds.) The work is interesting and challenging, and the organization I work for has extremely high ethical standards. As always, I must make the disclaimer that FIRE is still in my future!
I really can't think of anything negative to say about my life. Except for the fact that I'm not already FIREd as I have so many outside interests and hobbies and not enough time for them! But since I am working on living in the moment more instead of always being so focused on the future, I am just enjoying every day as it comes.
I hope this post doesn't come off as boastful. I realize that I am very lucky to have so many supportive, wonderful people in my life who have helped me get to this point. And that includes everyone who posted on this thread, giving me reassurance that things would be OK, and helping me find the strength to do what I needed to do.
Hello-her name is Marathoner.I haven't read a lot on the subject and it's definitely not an issue for me but be careful of the long distance running.
The Marathon Myth: Is It the Quickest Way to a Heart Attack?
Hello-her name is Marathoner.
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