moving on

We are moving on this week! Yay! No, not graduating with my MSW or anything like that... at least not yet...

First off, I graduated from counseling today :) I feel like that's a momentous occasion that I can share about. I say it's momentous because I've made a lot of progress (and because it's expensive, and we no longer need to pay for it)! Over the last couple of months, I've learned a lot about myself and my take on the world, and it's been well worth it. My default mode is anxiety. When something's going on in my life, my first response is to get anxious... which starts snowballing into confidence issues and procrastination and inactivity and depression. And on down the list it goes!

Through working with Joan, I've been able to identify that whole process, and that's allowed me to start making changes in my life. First step of change = recognizing that there's a problem! And that's been the hardest part, is just recognizing how that "default mode" comes into play in different areas of my life. Now, I've learned that I have a choice, and I can choose not to give into that anxiety and react more constructively. I know it's going to take practice and that I'm not going to be perfect, but I'm excited to move forward.

Now, for the more exciting news... we're selling our house! It's officially "on the market" as of today. Eric and I have been talking about moving for a while, and we've just decided that now's the time for us. I'd say the biggest reason is that it's just not "our" house. Eric bought it before we had even met, so he had no clue where we'd be 5, 10 years down the road. We want to be able to pick something out together, that can be our own, and that we can be in for a long time.

So in talking about houses, we talk about our future... where do we want to be, when do we want to start a family, where will we be working, what area have we based our lives in, and what do we feel that God is calling us to do? Now that we've started to answer some of those questions, we wait. And we pray that the Lord brings us a buyer, that the finances work out, and that He puts us where He wants us to be.

:)