Yes, I am back in reality of my daily life. The vacation is almost a distant memory. Children are back at school. Hockey season started yesterday and I am at the end of my journey from Misery To Happiness.
Yes, my dear friends it's been a year I started blogging about my miserable life at that time in hopes of making big changes.
My first post didn't get any comments. My second post got two very supportive and caring comments and I was hooked.
I was determined to stop feeling sorry for myself and make big changes in my life.
Did my life changed in last 365 days? You bet your sweet petunias it did.
- Mr.Misery has been working steady for almost a year now
- Hormone Boy received an insulin pump and is (mostly) in control of his diabetes
- our bank account is slowly moving up instead of down
- we dealt with most of our credit card debt and are in a process of settling the last one
- our rehab house is finished and in a Spring 2011 will be on a market as planned
- we had our first family vacation without using credit cards to pay for it
- I know what I want from life and I am not afraid to go after it
- I completely changed my attitude and became better person
- I no longer cry myself to sleep and feel sorry for myself
- My family learned a life lesson about money, family and positive thinking
- I no longer live in a past and I no longer allow my past to control me
- I forgave all the people who let me down last few years and I wish them well
- I forgave myself for all the mistakes I made
- I no longer allow myself to be the victim
- I found joy in the simple things
- I learned that there is nothing wrong with being "Just Average"
Since this blog was my 365 days journey From Misery To Happiness I was thinking about starting a brand new blog.
Few days ago I decided to continue with this blog, but I do need to change the name, the direction and there little issue of Mr.Misery starting to complain about his name.
I've been thinking for weeks about my new name.
After days and days of thinking and discussing it with my family and my best friend we all agreed on Queen Of Average.
Why Queen of Average, you ask?
Well, it has nothing to do with me being full of myself and trying to feel superior.
Since the day I came to this world I was overachieving perfectionist (they call it OCD these days). Growing up I was priviliged so it wasn't hard to have the best of the best. I was a perfect princess living in a perfect world being sheltered from reality.
Till the day I fell in love with an Average Joe. Let's call it Uptown Girl Meets Downtown Boy (Billy Joel would be proud).
Suddenly I found myself living an average life in an average world. I struggled for years keeping the perfection in my life. I was successful for few years till Hormone Boy was born.
Even then I was fighting not to be average and last year I realized that most of my problems came from trying to live in a past.
I decided to embrace being AVERAGE and let me tell you.....there is absolutely nothing wrong with being average.
According to my family and friends I am not and never will be full pledged average person (too much baggage), but I am their Queen of Average and they love me just the way I am.
Queen of Average - (kwēn-uv-av′ər ij) noun
- when Perfect Princess marries Average Joe and embraces her average life, but still rules over a monarchy in her own right
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I am still trying to catch up and visit all of you so be patient with me. Also I am working hard on changing my blog to it's new name and format. I was hoping to be ready by October 1st. We all know that ain't happening. I might be the queen, but my loyal subject that is in charge of all things technical is required to attend high school classes during the day (yes, Hormone Boy just entered high school - good times).
