Around this time last year, I was just finishing up my final semester of college before graduating. I was working full-time, finishing my practicum courses, and was fully entrenched in my websites and blogs. I was busy. I very much looked forward to graduating, so that I could pick up more hobbies, do more \u201cfun\u201d stuff, and have a little time for myself.<\/p>\n
I convocated in October after starting a different job with the same company I was working for pre-graduation. I had a month between the end of my final semester and my convocation, but it was extremely busy between going to New York City, being a bridesmaid in one of my good friend\u2019s weddings, and starting a new job.<\/p>\n
After convocation, I threw myself into work and house hunting. No rest for the wicked, they say. House hunting is a surprisingly time consuming endeavour, which brought me straight through to winter with nary a thought of \u201cwhat next\u201d on my mind.<\/p>\n
We took possession of our new house in late December, creating an onslaught of work as we prepared the basement.<\/p>\n
February 1 rolled around and we were getting into the groove of changing what we wanted in the house, saving money, and working hard. I found myself aching for a project; something to keep me busy and engaged and motivated, like school always did. My mental health began to suffer as the winter blues set in, and I began feeling like I wasn\u2019t doing very well in my job (not true) or in my personal life.<\/p>\n
I grasped for a project, anything to keep my mind off of this nagging feeling that my post-graduation time was not going as I\u2019d planned. Suburban Finance was born from this rut.<\/p>\n
Spring came and like it usually does, my depression passed. I found myself enthusiastically doing the things that I was so sure that I wanted to do when I graduated. I found myself living my post-graduation life how I pictured it.<\/em><\/p>\n I began to start to make an effort to see family and friends more often. I threw myself into a workout routine. I vamped up my new website (while neglecting this one, I\u2019ll admit), made plans for the summer, made connections and worked hard.<\/p>\n I went to Winnipeg, Toronto, Chicago, Niagara, and Nelson, BC. I made my loved ones a priority by saying \u201cyes\u201d to every opportunity to see them that was granted to me. I\u2019m making more than enough money, so I don\u2019t have to worry about where my next meal is coming from or whether or not I\u2019ll be able to meet a goal. I\u2019ve been reading, travelling, bike riding, and blogging my summer away happily.<\/p>\n Do I have to work hard for what I have? Absolutely. Every single day. I wake up at 5:00 AM when I don\u2019t have to be at work until 8:30 AM so I can get some work done. I do this on my vacations, I do this on my weekends. I make some time for work in the morning and when the day is winding down, also in the evening, my muscles aching from a bike ride or from crouching in the garden, a nice, cool breeze finally coming in from the window, the sound of J and my brother playing basketball in the court that we made for them, I work.<\/p>\n I work so that my life can be how I pictured it. And sweetly, it is<\/strong>.<\/p>\n Are you living life how you pictured it?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Around this time last year, I was just finishing up my final semester of college before graduating. I was working full-time, finishing my practicum courses, and was fully entrenched in my websites and blogs. I was busy. I very much looked forward to graduating, so that I could pick up more hobbies, do more \u201cfun\u201d …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[232],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\n