Challenges I choose to endure.

I noticed that the last time I posted on here, I was trying to figure out if I wanted to continue with PTSA this past fall or not.  Well just an update, I did continue and I became President. 

PTSA:

I set up an Asana account so all of our Executive Committee members could be in touch instantly.  In July and August I created and set up a workspace that could carry us on throughout the year.  It worked great!  We could make decissions as they came up in a formal setting that documented everyones imput.  We could stay on track easily.  In October when I became so sick, others took over and had everything they needed to keep us on target.  It is working well still.  What a relief.

Book Club:

My boss last year, decided she wasn’t going to carry on with the Libarary’s Book Club.  So I chose to create one.  It hasn’t been huge, but I know eventually it will catch on.  It is a wonderful thing for me to hang out with a few girl friends and discuss great books once a month.  You definetly cannot beat it.

Reading Challenges: 

Goodreads encourages me to challenge myself to reading more.  I read/listened to 99 books last year.  I didn’t meet my goal of 100, but I am still very proud of myself.   I listen to books a lot more than I read them because my eyes have difficulty focussing sometimes.  I have joined a few groups a few years ago.  This month I started 2 challenges:

1. Time for Tea- a challenge for January (goal 13)
2. New Releases Challenge 2016- Annual Challege to read New Releases every month this year. (goal 36, or 3 a month)

 

Regardless of how much stress these add to my life, I feel it is still an escape from my own head.  To me it is necessary to have an outlet when my life is feeling unsettled from the symptoms that I get.  Yes it can be overwhelming at times.  Yes it can also add to the burdens I already feel.  My thought is this, I am going to live my life as full as I can and this “Conundrum” I face, will challenge me to be the best person I can be for as long as I can.  I have children who look up to me for courage, how would I want them to face challenges?  I would want them to live and enjoy life.