What a year 2016 was. Scrolling though my FB page, people are quick to denounce that they are happy to be rid of 2016. Yet, I have to disagree. 2016 brought me the motto "Make it happen." It was my phone wallpaper. 2016 was the year I made things happen.
I started my blog.
I was given the opportunity to be acting nurse unit manager. I grabbed the chance and boy was I surprised by my own strength and leadership skills. My team was simply awesome. Goes to show how we can all lift each other up when we work together. Yay team!
I also stepped into the clinical nurse educator role for a while and I am grateful for the experience.
I ran my first ever 7km run at the Bay Run. Ran the whole way through! What a feat!
A couple of months later, I ran 10km more at the Blackmores Fun Run. Why? Because I wanted to prove to myself I could run 10km straight without stopping. And because I wanted to tick off running across the Sydney Harbour Bridge from my list of things to do. So I ran 10km across one of Sydney's iconic structures - without stopping or walking. Tick and tick.
Signed up to do a 30km walk along with three other workmates later on this year! Watch this space.
Finally was able to take the kids to one of my favourite childhood holiday destinations - Tangalooma Island. It feels so good to be able to share with them holiday places my parents had taken us to when we were kids. This time, I am creating memories with my own children.
One of the highlights of my year - I was given the opportunity to go to Ahmedabad, India to join a cardiac mission trip. Everything fell neatly into place for this to happen - it was like the universe whispering "Go." So I did. I can not even begin to describe the experience. One week that opened my eyes to another way of life and made new friends and helped fellow nurses along the way. And to top it off, I was able to visit a new country that I have not been to before. Thank you!
I came second place in my first ever national photography competition! And had my photograph displayed in my first ever photography exhibition in The Glasshouse in Port Macquarie. This sealed the year nicely into a nice little beautiful package. More ticks on my bucket list!
Lastly, my little happy board at work continues to bring smiles and positive vibes to people who happen to stop and read it. The head of the anaesthetic department thanked me personally for the positive words that graze that board because it is often the highlight of his day. Wow. I am truly humbled by his kind words. It is moments like this that make the Happy Board a worthwhile project for me.
Last year, I made it happen.
This year, I will continue to make it happen. My new phone wallpaper states "she believed she could so she did." And you know what? I might just do that. Why? Because I can.
Happy 2017. Let's be awesome!
