Life’s Lessons

Life is a choice. Happiness is a choice.

I believe those two are enough but I am totally wrong when I bumped into this photo in Pinterest:

It’s 2012 and I wanted to make a year-in-review of how our life went last year. It will take time compiling all the photos but I am positive I can make it. When? Maybe next year!LOL.

Our 2011 has been great despite all the challenges we’ve gone through. It was a financially challenging year and we learned a lot from it. We were able to travel more and got to see places that we are dreaming of for years. We also had the chance to travel as a family (with my siblings and their husbands + the kids). 2011 was great as we get to meet new people, and we were able connect with old friends that we haven’t seen for a long time.

Work-wise, it’s good for me and Ace though Ace quit his regular day job on the first quarter of the year. We’ve been praying for him to find an online job and after months of praying and waiting, he got a word that he qualified for the position he applied for in the same company I am working with. He will start to work anytime this or next week. So that was the great BANG as we ended 2011. Life’s really good! There are lots of job postings in the net for Web Development Jobs, Healthcare Support Jobs, Hospitality Jobs, Construction Jobs, and others but Ace’ qualifications doesn’t fit in any of those. Besides, we are considering for a work-at-home job so that we will both work at the comfort of our home.

So many things to be thankful for in 2011 and I can’t list them all in one sitting. I need to take time so I must make a separate post for that (soon!).

Life is indeed a series of stages/phases (I am not pertaining to the biological aspect here but more on the psychosocial). Years ago, I was so addicted to bags. Since I cannot buy everything that I wanted, going around the bags section of the department store (specifically SM City Davao) – looking at every bag and looking at myself in the mirror wearing it is already a therapy. It’s a stress reliever for me! So Ace and I don’t miss those Sunday afternoons at the mall going around from one floor to another, checking every department and stores. During those times that the mall is our favorite place to hang out, we also do our Fashion Walk after work or when we wanted to sport something.LOL.

Lately, we noticed we have passed through the stage of itching to hit the malls anytime we wanted to for a leisurely walk. Weee! Now we go to the mall on purpose and one is to pay bills. We find it convenient to pay bills in SM City Davao – Globe, Sky Broadband, BDO, light, water, and others. So we’re hitting more birds in one stone! Then after paying our bills, we do our grocery shopping and a quick stroll. So that’s how we are spending our time at the malls lately. And we can count with our fingers how many times we hit the mall in a month. If only ach payments is available thru Ace’ bank, then we will most probably be paying bills online through online banking because it’s hassle-free!

I wonder if that “mukhang mall” phase of our life will recur. How about you? Are you still in the “mukhang mall” stage of your life?