It's been a while and I suppose I have a lot of explaining to do...
About the future, nothing is etched in stone at the moment, but I'm considering a job here and if it works out this time (meaning, my hopes have been dashed before), I will stay in New York.
This surprises me, mostly because I was making serious plans to go home and start my life! What I am beginning to understand that life began quite a while ago....
I will become a NEW YORKER! That's something I didn't imagine saying. I have grown tremendously in the past few months...if my job goes as planned, I will be making strides towards my future that I have
been unable to make.
Of course, this means that I will be here for 2 to 3 more years, but what's three years compared to the rest of my life?
I am going to get my counseling license while I am here and work towards building a savings. Sounds like a plan, huh?
I am staying busy right now, working at a local hospital for my art therapy intership, continuing my graduate assistantship, and going to classes! Yesterday was the first day off I have had in three weeks. I am not exaggerating this time! I am keeping so busy! I have been drawing but I haven't been painting...which I should have attempted to do yesterday, but I've been relaxing and catching up on tasks like laundry, cleaning, and studying.
So that's it for now, I'll check in again when I can.
About Me
- Kimberly Colleen
- Why I write: language emerging truthfully as an intimate friend, overcoming obstacles, exposing flaws, accepting and practicing journaling as a gift, reflecting and gaining understanding from every experience, regardless of the outcome, generally finding a particular purpose in rambling; formulating and uttering an in-cohesive stream of consciousness, leaning indiscriminately towards acceptance and rejection; interrelating the need to be translated, writing both carefully and most carelessly, attempting to become in plain sight, underneath aluminum sky. Quotes that inspire me to share my narrative: “Confront the dark parts of yourself, and work to banish them with illumination and forgiveness. Your willingness to wrestle with your demons will cause your angels to sing. Use the pain as fuel, as a reminder of your strength.” -August Wilson Why do any art if you’re not going to bring out of yourself the thing that is most vulnerable and most precious, that has to be said? Why do something unless you’re really trying to get at what it’s really about? -Marc Kelly Smith, New York Times, June 3, 2009
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