Real, Not Ideal

                 Around this time last year, I wrote a blog post about my one-word theme. Last year, my word was move. On reflection, I didn’t think I did this. The thing I was the most excited about when I set this theme was being able to do exercise again. And to be fair, I did do that – it just wasn’t as much as I thought I was going to do after not being able to move for about a year due to my knee injury.   I’ve been feeling disappointed that I let myself down. Then, I started looking at it in a different way and realized that I did a lot more movement that I had initially thought. I moved jobs. I was in Adult Education last year and while I know I was put in that role to be in some people’s lives and I learned a lot, it just wasn’t for me. I’m back in high school, and I am feeling so much more fulfilled. I moved into my own house. This is a HUGE accomplishment from 2022. To be able to own a home at my age, in the mar...