Thank You, 2016
At the beginning of every month, I write a new "List of Priorities" that I hang at my desk, to keep me moving forward, and help me organize my work. Here is a quick overview of this years priorities:
Yes, dynamic dating is a real thing, and yes, we are set to implement it in April. Actually, I have quite a few projects all set to be published in March, to go live in April.... which is pretty much a repeat of this last year. We seem to love going live with a million projects all at the same time. It is the life of an Assistant (to the) Registrar, I suppose.
It's funny to look back at this year, with all it's craziness, and adventures, and travels, and friends, and courageous moments, and realize that on top of all of that, I also managed to publish so many big projects, rewrite so many programs, code hundreds of requisites, present at a national conference, and solve weird system problems. I sometimes look at my life accomplishments as all the things I do outside of work, and forget that I do so much at work! As I'm reflecting back at everything I've accomplished this year, I'm quite surprised with all that I've done.
A little overwhelmed, if I'm being completely honest.
How was I able to work 40 hours a week, pulling late nights to meet deadlines, devote 4 months to play practice and late rehearsals, travel from New York to Arizona and a dozen places in between, work 6 hours in the temple every week (a lot of times more... the morning shift looks to me as an honorary shift member, since I sub so much), attend the temple weekly, graduate from institute, move into a new place, spend countless hours on countless adventures with countless friends, perform in the conference center, the tabernacle, the stake choir, the institute choir, our ward choir, work the ysa temple nights, lose 20 pounds, go on and off Tinder and Bumble, study for the GRE, read hundreds of books, and more?
No wonder I am so exhausted. No wonder I seem to freak out when I have a moment of silence. My life is so jam packed full of adventures I can't seem to handle those quiet moments very gracefully.
With all of that being said, here's to you, 2016. What a year. What a crazy, insane, fun packed, exciting, wonderful year! I just can't believe how much I was able to pack into one year. I am a little tired, if you can believe it.
I did that "most used words" quiz on Facebook the other day, just to see what it would say, and I was not shocked at all when this came up:
Most of my posts on Facebook consist of my praising the Lord, mostly because I am in awe everyday of His greatness and His love for me, the imperfect being that I am. The post-it notes represent my priorities at work, but this word jumble represents my priorities in life. I love life! I love Christ! I love the temple! I'm so grateful for my friends, family, faith, Jesus, time in this world, etc.! As amazing as it is to accomplish so much this past year, these represent what is truly most important to me.
Yes, life is crazy, insane, unplanned, painful, disappointing, and sometimes downright awful. However, by placing Christ first, and putting His plan in front of our own plan, life can be wonderful, exciting, happy, challenging in ways that help us grow, and bring so much joy we will not know what to do with it. And guess what? By putting Christ first, we are able to accomplish so much more than we would have ever even tried on our own. I cannot even begin to say how much my life has changed because I try to put Christ first in all things. There is so much joy to be had, and it all comes through Christ. Thank you, 2016, for teaching me so much about myself. Thank you for helping me hold firmer to my covenants, grow more confident as a person, and find so much joy in the journey!
Yes, dynamic dating is a real thing, and yes, we are set to implement it in April. Actually, I have quite a few projects all set to be published in March, to go live in April.... which is pretty much a repeat of this last year. We seem to love going live with a million projects all at the same time. It is the life of an Assistant (to the) Registrar, I suppose.
It's funny to look back at this year, with all it's craziness, and adventures, and travels, and friends, and courageous moments, and realize that on top of all of that, I also managed to publish so many big projects, rewrite so many programs, code hundreds of requisites, present at a national conference, and solve weird system problems. I sometimes look at my life accomplishments as all the things I do outside of work, and forget that I do so much at work! As I'm reflecting back at everything I've accomplished this year, I'm quite surprised with all that I've done.
A little overwhelmed, if I'm being completely honest.
How was I able to work 40 hours a week, pulling late nights to meet deadlines, devote 4 months to play practice and late rehearsals, travel from New York to Arizona and a dozen places in between, work 6 hours in the temple every week (a lot of times more... the morning shift looks to me as an honorary shift member, since I sub so much), attend the temple weekly, graduate from institute, move into a new place, spend countless hours on countless adventures with countless friends, perform in the conference center, the tabernacle, the stake choir, the institute choir, our ward choir, work the ysa temple nights, lose 20 pounds, go on and off Tinder and Bumble, study for the GRE, read hundreds of books, and more?
No wonder I am so exhausted. No wonder I seem to freak out when I have a moment of silence. My life is so jam packed full of adventures I can't seem to handle those quiet moments very gracefully.
With all of that being said, here's to you, 2016. What a year. What a crazy, insane, fun packed, exciting, wonderful year! I just can't believe how much I was able to pack into one year. I am a little tired, if you can believe it.
I did that "most used words" quiz on Facebook the other day, just to see what it would say, and I was not shocked at all when this came up:
Most of my posts on Facebook consist of my praising the Lord, mostly because I am in awe everyday of His greatness and His love for me, the imperfect being that I am. The post-it notes represent my priorities at work, but this word jumble represents my priorities in life. I love life! I love Christ! I love the temple! I'm so grateful for my friends, family, faith, Jesus, time in this world, etc.! As amazing as it is to accomplish so much this past year, these represent what is truly most important to me.
Yes, life is crazy, insane, unplanned, painful, disappointing, and sometimes downright awful. However, by placing Christ first, and putting His plan in front of our own plan, life can be wonderful, exciting, happy, challenging in ways that help us grow, and bring so much joy we will not know what to do with it. And guess what? By putting Christ first, we are able to accomplish so much more than we would have ever even tried on our own. I cannot even begin to say how much my life has changed because I try to put Christ first in all things. There is so much joy to be had, and it all comes through Christ. Thank you, 2016, for teaching me so much about myself. Thank you for helping me hold firmer to my covenants, grow more confident as a person, and find so much joy in the journey!
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