Showing posts with label gratitude. Show all posts
Showing posts with label gratitude. Show all posts

Thursday, February 27, 2014

5 years, 4 faculties, 3 co-op terms, 2 homes & 1 chemistry tutor and a bachelor's degree.

I promised I'd try to update this blog a little more, after all writing saves my sanity. Plus I like to know where the time goes. 

Speaking of which, where has the time gone! 

5 years ago I started out on an incredible journey to complete a post-secondary education. 

Looking back on 18-year old Janine is funny, I laugh... I thought I had everything figured out. I started my journey in the faculty of Engineering, and had the next 8 years of my life planned out, which included marrying someone who did not share any of the same values as I do. I laugh now because that plan fell apart 4 months in. 

After quite a few trial and error faculties, I found my home in the faculty of business, and I couldn't be happier. I'm graduating with a degree that will keep me gainfully employed (I have had employment plans post-graduation for 2 years now) and I've met some of the most remarkable people. 

Would I go back and change anything?

No.

If it weren't for the Faculty of Engineering I never would have learned the importance of knowing the things you don't want to do. If I hadn't tried the Faculty of Science I never would have met the man of my dreams, and while my stint in the Faculty of Agriculture was short (read a week and a half) I know that I will always have a passion for a healthy lifestyle. All that aside I'm glad I pursued (and finished!) a business degree! 

There are so many opportunities for me in the future, and I'm so excited to try them all! 

Watch out world, here I come! 


Monday, October 14, 2013

happy thanksgiving - a list of gratitude.

lots to always be thankful for.
always try to be positive.

gratitude unlocks the fullness of life.
it turns what we have into enough, and more 
it can turn a meal in to a feast
a house into a home 
& a stranger into a friend. 

it's not happiness that brings us gratitude 
it's gratitude that brings us happiness. 

happy thanksgiving friends.
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