Thursday, August 28, 2008

Dark times

The world seems like a sad place at the moment.

The sun hasn't shined for most of the summer. Young people are killing each other on the streets. The economy is in crisis and no one has any money. The housing market is bad. There might be a new cold war. There seems to be no hope, no good news, no light.

Even in the street everyone seems to be struggling. Walking awkwardly, struggling to stand straight, weighed down by difficult bags; difficult times. No one is smiling.

Maybe because I'm struggling at the moment with work and with life that I can't see the good things. I've had some great times recently, a lovely weekend with my sister and I know I'm loved by lots of people. But the sadness creeps in and with nothing good screaming out to me from the media or the outside world, sometimes I wonder when it'll all end.

Thursday, August 07, 2008

What a difference a year makes!


In May last year I blogged about my Mid-Twenties criss. I was coming up to 25 and terrified about it. I felt like I hadn't acheived anything worthwhile in my first 25 years on this earth and that I was still waiting for my life to begin.
It's now two days before my 26th birthday and things couldn't really be more different.
My main issues last year were:
* I still lived with my parents
* I wasn't going anywhere in my job
* I was single
I now live on my own in a wonderful flat. It's rented because buying somewhere just wouldn't be right for me at the moment.
I have been promoted twice at work and following the resignation of my manager, I'm now leading the department. Things aren't exactly rosey and I've probably now been at this place for too long so I'm looking to move on but things are certainly different to where they were last year.
And I have the most wonderful boyfriend in the world! I could never have expected to find someone so fantastic but I have and the past 10 months together have been so happy.
So turning 26 suddenly doesn't seem so bad. Officially I'm no longer a 'youth'. I'm not in Radio 1's target audience. I'll have to tick the next age catagory on forms but hey, I'm settled where I am and excited to find out what the next 12 months will bring!