for the end of year questions: 3, 19 and 27? c:
Yes. That’s not to say I can’t regress to a 12 year-old the moment there’s a good fart joke to be made, but this year has made me grow up a lot, realize my value, understand my limits, and rooted me firmly in myself. It’s given me a lot of confidence in who I am and a willingness to have a louder voice then I ever used to have and that was always something I associated with middle-aged women. Now I’m there, and I very much like it.
19. What was one nice thing you did for yourself?
Oh... it’s a toss up between taking painting lessons and returning to church. The lessons have made me re-examine my arting skills and have me rebuilding a lot of them from the ground up. Church has given me a rl community I was lacking and an automatic group of many like-minded people who I can support and ask for help when it comes to some community service projects I’d like to be engaged in.
Also for church, Eucharist. I love Eucharist. Love, love, love. It’s probably one of the most grounding and affirming experiences of my week, even if I’m probably one of the most faithless Xtians in my church. :D
27. Have you done anything that scared you?
Omg, yes. I’ve had to speak up for myself in a few scenarios where I always tended to go with the flow. It’s a lot less scary that I always supposed.
But I also had to start taking over bigger parts of the course I teach. That’s me, a homemaker who never went to uni, leading parts of a religion class with a co-mentor (and friend) who’s been a priest for decades and has his MDiv. This isn’t Bible study either; this is four-source theory and Plato’s cave analogy and bitching about Augustine and Original Sin. I started this September with huge butterflies in my stomach, but I’m going into Christmas knowing that although my friend and I have different levels of knowledge and expertise, when it come to leading that class, I can do a damn good job too.
