Five hundred twenty-five thousand six hundred minutes, five hundred twenty-five thousand moments so dear. Five hundred twenty-five thousand six hundred minutes, how do you measure, measure a year?
The reason this is the subject of this blog post is that I just happened to login to my Blogger dashboard today and I noticed that it has, in fact, been exactly one year to the day since I last visited The 'M' Unit.
Normally I have some funny anecdote or a ridiculous story to share - but I'm going all introspective and philosophical on you this time.
Rent answers its own question, "How do you measure a year?" with the answer, "Love."
Makes sense - I can get behind that answer; however I think there are several answers.
In the past year I have lived in two different apartments, run two marathons, completed a triathlon with my mom (it was her first!), been laid-off from a job at a company that I absolutely adored, been a freelance writer, started a new blog (www.livingon25sense.com), made new friends, built stronger friendships with old friends, and lost touch with some other old friends.
A year is interesting to me, because it seems like such a long time in some circumstances and such a short time in others. I think it is both a long time and a short time.
So much can happen in a year, but it also goes by so quickly - you'll miss it if you blink twice.
Normally I have some funny anecdote or a ridiculous story to share - but I'm going all introspective and philosophical on you this time.
Rent answers its own question, "How do you measure a year?" with the answer, "Love."
Makes sense - I can get behind that answer; however I think there are several answers.
In the past year I have lived in two different apartments, run two marathons, completed a triathlon with my mom (it was her first!), been laid-off from a job at a company that I absolutely adored, been a freelance writer, started a new blog (www.livingon25sense.com), made new friends, built stronger friendships with old friends, and lost touch with some other old friends.
A year is interesting to me, because it seems like such a long time in some circumstances and such a short time in others. I think it is both a long time and a short time.
So much can happen in a year, but it also goes by so quickly - you'll miss it if you blink twice.
I was in a better place in my life one year ago than I am now, and visiting this blog today made me realize that as I began to truly think about where I was on October 1st 2009 and how I was feeling.
Now that gives me something to strive toward. I want to be in a better place on October 1st 2011 than I was on October 1st 2009. And since we're talking about October, I'll put in a shameless plug for one of my favorite blog posts that will always hold true in its entirety: Oh, October.
And I'll leave you with one small bit of humor: I recently started a temp position at a company that makes printers and sells paper (read: Dunder Mifflin). I work in a cube and everyone seems to have the same boring life (read: Initech).
There is a woman like Phyllis, a man like Andy Bernard, a guy like Jim Halpert and a girl like Pam Beesly in my current office. I have yet to meet Dwight Schrute, but there's a man that dresses exactly like him and acts like Creed.
It's entertaining to say the least. The nature of the company is much more like "The Office," but the size and setup are much more like "Office Space." Anyway you slice it, it's a good time.
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