Endings & Beginnings

I’m finished! I’m finished! I’m finished! Yipee! Yahoo! I did it! I did it! I did it! I’m done! I’m finished class and the exam is completed and ready to hand in. Woohoo!!! The year is over. I walked out the door this morning and it wasn’t to make my way to class, it was to head out for a walk, just because. Because I felt like it, because the sun was shinning, because I need the exercise, because the birds were singing, because it’s something I love doing. Imagine that. Doing something just because, it feels good and it’s what I “want” to do.

Just for the heck of it, I pulled out my entry from last year on the very same day. I read it and I almost started to cry. Here’s what it says.

"Today. It was school day. My first. Suffering succotash! My head is still spinning and reeling from it all. The class time flew by and I was mesmerized, captivated and overwhelmed. I came out of there feeling like I had spent a very worthwhile day but desperately wondering if I will ever pull this off. A whole course in three weeks, a five page paper due by the end of it, five case studies to do and practice as well as a book to read, all of this outside of class “lecture and practice time”. Yep! Overwhelming and challenging for sure."

My travels aren’t over yet, there is still much to do, but I did see my way through the year and I’m starting another leg of my journey now. I have to get my act together and complete all the requirements to be part of the CPCA (Canadian Professional Counselor Association) and part of that is another exam. I’ve been told this one has 200 questions but at least it’s a multiple choice and not written out answers like the one from the school was.

Once I get that all taken care of, out of the way and paid for – yes, it costs to have the pleasure to write another exam – then I’m going to buckle down and start working on marketing myself as a counselor, marketing workshops, building another website and getting myself known. In between that we have to make sure this house gets sold, move out and find another place to live. It’s never a boring world, that’s for sure. Onward ho!