Hi Everyone,
This blog could also be called, What Did You Learn at Your Physical? This is what I mean.
I have had some bad years, yet 2015 was the worst. The only way to describe it is to say that if there was a year I should have committed suicide, 2015 would have been it.
Without getting into the gory details and the bizzare circumstances, I had to move twice. The vacancy rate in Toronto was a bit better than what it is now, but not by much. Do you know how hard it was to first look and then find a place while working. Some weeks I worked seven days for a few weeks straight. Other weeks I would only work a day or two. Inconsistent work meant inconsistent pay which did not help my bank account, or the debt that I owed. Having a good to great credit score only goes so far in qualifiying for places to live. In order for me, and the people I wanted to rent from, to feel comfortable, safe, secure, I needed to have more money. I also needed more time to build relationships and write.
If you are wondering how this ties into having a physical, it is the quesitons that they asked that prompted me to write this blog. I was asked things like, How are my finances? Do I have stress over money? Am I in debt? (The answer to that is not anymore and I am so incredibly grateful for that too!) How well do I sleep? What do I do for exercise? How do I manage my time? Do I go out, socalize? You know things like that.
As I was answering all of the questions, I realized that a lot of things have changed since 2015. Money is no longer something I need to chase. Instead of changing and rearranging my schedule and not having a life becasue I need to work because I need the money, I have reached two of my goals early this year and that makes things easier.
I may not have a great social life, yet it is getting better. And I may not live in the most glamorous part of Toronto, but it is my own place, I am okay with it and that is all that matters to me. At least now I have a bit more time to write and build relationships with people who I want in my life. I am so very grateful for many things.
One is that as hard as 2015 was, I learned a lot about myself. For everytime I wanted to give up, I didn’t. I kept trying until I got what I wanted. Not a lot of people can say that because they give up too easily. I survived every rotten thing that happened and I am, again, so grateful for all the backstabbing, gossip, and any and everything else that I do and don’t know about. You see, life has a funny way of working itself out. Good karma can not be bought.
Thank you for reading, A. Rebel’s Rant! ;D
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