At the start of the year, I felt that it was time to meet up with a few virtual contacts from Linkedin that I have not met in real life. Somehow, I became like a 94 year old. I ended up telling all 3 of the new friends the same stories of how the volunteers I used to work with helped to declutter and convinced a 94 year old to throw decades of things out just to keep the bugs out. Even though I felt that I should dwell on my new dream I somehow went into many long grandmother stories about my old jobs and ended up with the same thread of how I got bitten by dust mites. It was still great that all of them are great listeners and commented that the exclusive untold of stories of my old jobs being insightful or provided them more understanding about social service or teaching.
If I can use the ABCD to sum up the meeting up with my Linkedin contacts in January went.
Arranging – I ended up arranging almost every item in the room and vacuuming every other day due to being attacked by dust mites.
Believing – I wanted to start the new season with confidence again as I tend to be my harshest critic. When I met all 3 contacts, they all sing the same tune that I will have to believe in myself again especially in the area of pursuing new dreams.
Cartharsis – The most memorable encounter is at a restaurant where it talking about the past just feels like cartharsis. I felt that a contact who worked in a pragmatic occupation in the finance sector could have made a really good counsellor or psychotherapist. I tried to convince the person to pick up counselling as he seemed to be a natural at inducing catharsis when he said you look like you wanna cry already.
Decluttering – Decluttering helps restart a new life as I felt that I could not bring in additional blessing in my life with a cupboard chocked full of clothes and shelf with yellowing books that I have not read in a decade.
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