You know you need a new macbook when you've exhausted the full stop button. It was a good run, though. We've been through a lot.
I drafted my essays for the HSC on this thing. It was so long ago that they don't even call it the HSC anymore. It went with me to Spain and back, and processed every single university assignment I ever did.
Since my last blog I've shopped in Singapore, snorkeled in Koh Phangnan, rode an elephant in Phuket, and consumed a crocodile pie during a road trip to Byron Bay. This was shortly followed by force feeding myself an emu pie.
It was one of those instances where you do something for the satisfaction of your future self, rather than scolding your past self for not just having done it. Because really, when's the next time you'll get to eat an emu pie? Exactly.
Today was also my first day at my new job. So say hello to the Strategy & Insight Analyst at one of the world's leading media agencies!
After all the heartache and drama of job hunting, after waves of renewed hope, followed by relapses of self doubt - it all made sense. God was saving me from positions I was settling for, so that I could have my dream role later. The kind of role I was prepared to work at for years before branching off and getting promoted into.
I feel truly blessed now I can invest most of my energy doing something I'm passionate about; instead of going home tired from work, and waking up exhausted from all nighters just so I could keep up with uni work.
I feel blessed because I turned down a promotion from my old job - the salary of which would have been substantially more than what I make now. I had the luxury of choosing happiness over money, and I feel blessed for having the mind to choose the former.
I hope 2013 is as good to everyone else as it has been for me. Even if it means going through a few rough patches first.
Merry Christmas, Happy New Year, and good night!
Love, Noeline
xox
I drafted my essays for the HSC on this thing. It was so long ago that they don't even call it the HSC anymore. It went with me to Spain and back, and processed every single university assignment I ever did.
Since my last blog I've shopped in Singapore, snorkeled in Koh Phangnan, rode an elephant in Phuket, and consumed a crocodile pie during a road trip to Byron Bay. This was shortly followed by force feeding myself an emu pie.
It was one of those instances where you do something for the satisfaction of your future self, rather than scolding your past self for not just having done it. Because really, when's the next time you'll get to eat an emu pie? Exactly.
Today was also my first day at my new job. So say hello to the Strategy & Insight Analyst at one of the world's leading media agencies!
After all the heartache and drama of job hunting, after waves of renewed hope, followed by relapses of self doubt - it all made sense. God was saving me from positions I was settling for, so that I could have my dream role later. The kind of role I was prepared to work at for years before branching off and getting promoted into.
I feel truly blessed now I can invest most of my energy doing something I'm passionate about; instead of going home tired from work, and waking up exhausted from all nighters just so I could keep up with uni work.
I feel blessed because I turned down a promotion from my old job - the salary of which would have been substantially more than what I make now. I had the luxury of choosing happiness over money, and I feel blessed for having the mind to choose the former.
I hope 2013 is as good to everyone else as it has been for me. Even if it means going through a few rough patches first.
Merry Christmas, Happy New Year, and good night!
Love, Noeline
xox
Congratulations, Noels! Glad to hear you've found that great job after that last fiasco. Looking forward to Post Secret!
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