Happy New Year from the Shwarners!
This NYE we took it easy. Champagne, Fire, and the Avengers.
We had a moment to reflect on the last year- our accomplishments and our struggles.
As I was creating my Top Nine Collage for social media, I realized that just nine pictures would not suffice. So I created two!
2017 was a year. From traveling within the US to Colorado, Alaska, Missouri, Pennsylvania, New York, Illinois, and New Mexico to venture over the Pacific Ocean to explore parts of Asia- Malaysia, Indonesia, Taiwan, and Hong Kong, to making my first trip to south of the border- Mexico, I'd have to say that 2017 was the year of travel.
I also had some of the best experiences with volunteering/ designing/ building 5 little free libraries, completing and graduating from the Emerging Leaders Program through AIA Dallas, along with developing life long relationships. My personally business of painting and photography even thrived more compared to the previous year.
However a lot has happened personally. This has been one of the most challenging years for me, personally, financially, emotionally, and physically. I lost a few loved ones and gain forty pounds from the start of the year.
I've learned a lot about myself and continuously over committed to things that left me zero time focus on myself, my career, my health, and most importantly those who are close to me. Coming to this realization has me a little terrified about the change in focus for 2018, but what the hell- I thrive on challenges.
-Cheers!