Yesterday, I officially set the dates for my last day at United Ability and the first day at UAB.
I keep finding myself looking at new clothes and was even looking at pins to order to decorate the backpack I'll be carrying (since I'll be trekking back and forth to a parking deck everyday).
I realized - I feel like I'm starting a new year at school. Like I'm deciding how I want to present myself for this new opportunity and these new people. Like there is such promise ahead.
I also realized that I truly, for the first time I can remember, feel grateful for my past experiences. It's like I can see the different seeds of lessons they each planted that are finally blossoming in my life.
This literally may be the first job I've ever had where I feel like I'm running TOWARD something instead of trying to escape something.
I also realized today that my attitude has matured as I'm trying to set up United Ability to be ready when I leave. At first, I felt overwhelmed by the responsibility I was putting myself to make sure they knew what my plans were so they could follow through, but that's not right. I want to make sure they have the basics, but I honestly think that the path they find from here is going to be better than what I had in mind.
This is an uncharacteristically optimistic and hopeful period for me. It is truly rare (which also scares me a bit).
I have felt like I have been off the "track" of my life - what I kind of thought was "supposed" to be happening, and I feel like I've finally crossed back onto it and am moving in the direction I was meant to.
