*revives journal* 2011 WHAT
Um, hello everybody, long time no see! 8 MONTHS WTF TIME SURE PASSES QUICKLY
First of all, my best wishes for a happy and eventful 2011!! May the new year bring you the things you desire most ♥
Since I've been away for so long from here, let me tell you in a few sentences what last year's been about for me!
For the first time in my life I actually did what I set up to do last year; I left and spent 3 and a half months abroad. Not as much as I was hoping for, but now I know I can consider my wish fulfilled anyway... I don't suffer anymore when I hear people talking of their lives abroad (I felt so envious and bitter before, and that's so out of character for me!). And I've kind of made peace with the fact that I won't be able to work for the EU anytime soon - nor away from Italy for that matter. Family bounds yada yada. If only I had siblings.
Despite being quite short-lived, this experience had definite impact on my attitude, and this lives me wonder what would have happened if I had tried it when I was younger... maybe some things would have changed for the better and I could have avoided some wrong choices that still influence my life now. Anyway, now I know some things about me can still be changed, and I have that to work on from now on :)
I haven't written anything after coming home last May, so let me just tell you that I was terribly lucky and found a job, an actual job with a contract and a salary and taxes and all that, and that's what I've been doing until now. As I suspected, last year's underpaid and very stressful job proved to be a great "business card" for me... looks like I'll be stuck in the pharmaceutical branch still for a while. The contract ends in 5 months and I don't know if I'll be reconfirmed, but still: big improvement. And money at last!
I surely feel more laid back than last year, even though I'm still quite unorganised and that becomes a problem sometimes. I'm slowly trying to correct that part and I'm definitely still in a learning phase. It's not the job of my life, that I already know (the Purchasing Dept is as far away from my personality as it can be, haha), but for the moment that's where the path is leading me.
On the other side, I feel I've been so absorbed by work that I've hardly had the time and strength to do anything else... I've secluded myself! orz
It's just that during the weekends I only want to relax or I have to spend time with my parents, so I haven't been meeting my friends much... or at all, in some cases. I've been very very quiet especially from september on (then again it has rained for most of the weekends, stupid weather) and interacting only via Facebook. THIS PART NEEDS IMPROVEMENT ASAP. I'll try and be more active this year, I swear!
A more light-hearted and fandom-related post will be up in some hours, just to make up for the long absence :D
First of all, my best wishes for a happy and eventful 2011!! May the new year bring you the things you desire most ♥
Since I've been away for so long from here, let me tell you in a few sentences what last year's been about for me!
For the first time in my life I actually did what I set up to do last year; I left and spent 3 and a half months abroad. Not as much as I was hoping for, but now I know I can consider my wish fulfilled anyway... I don't suffer anymore when I hear people talking of their lives abroad (I felt so envious and bitter before, and that's so out of character for me!). And I've kind of made peace with the fact that I won't be able to work for the EU anytime soon - nor away from Italy for that matter. Family bounds yada yada. If only I had siblings.
Despite being quite short-lived, this experience had definite impact on my attitude, and this lives me wonder what would have happened if I had tried it when I was younger... maybe some things would have changed for the better and I could have avoided some wrong choices that still influence my life now. Anyway, now I know some things about me can still be changed, and I have that to work on from now on :)
I haven't written anything after coming home last May, so let me just tell you that I was terribly lucky and found a job, an actual job with a contract and a salary and taxes and all that, and that's what I've been doing until now. As I suspected, last year's underpaid and very stressful job proved to be a great "business card" for me... looks like I'll be stuck in the pharmaceutical branch still for a while. The contract ends in 5 months and I don't know if I'll be reconfirmed, but still: big improvement. And money at last!
I surely feel more laid back than last year, even though I'm still quite unorganised and that becomes a problem sometimes. I'm slowly trying to correct that part and I'm definitely still in a learning phase. It's not the job of my life, that I already know (the Purchasing Dept is as far away from my personality as it can be, haha), but for the moment that's where the path is leading me.
On the other side, I feel I've been so absorbed by work that I've hardly had the time and strength to do anything else... I've secluded myself! orz
It's just that during the weekends I only want to relax or I have to spend time with my parents, so I haven't been meeting my friends much... or at all, in some cases. I've been very very quiet especially from september on (then again it has rained for most of the weekends, stupid weather) and interacting only via Facebook. THIS PART NEEDS IMPROVEMENT ASAP. I'll try and be more active this year, I swear!
A more light-hearted and fandom-related post will be up in some hours, just to make up for the long absence :D