Lucky

I'm laying here on my bed in Shanghai.  Everyone I love is fast asleep back home (there's a 3 hour time difference) with the exception of Lily Cat, who's probably remaining vigil in the bedroom window looking out for the fox who roams the street after midnight looking for food and "screaming" or howling, what ever it is they do, keeping the neighborhood pets awake.

People who know me know China is not my favourite destination.  But this trip I've tried to look at the experience through different eyes.  It hit me today how fortunate I am to travel Asia for work, experiencing new cultures and doing what I love.  Recruitment.  This is what I wanted.  This is what I chose.  And I made it happen.  It wasn't luck.  It was hard work.

So I'm going to suck up being here and accept it for what it is.  A world of different experiences. A world so vastly different to mine.  A world I wouldn't necessarily want to live in every day.  But an exciting world none the less.

Blogging

Sometimes the hardest thing in the world is to blog about things you think people want to read..  Then I reminded myself my blog is for me..  Just because it's out there on the WWW doesn't mean it always has to be about things that are important to everyone.  As long as they're important to me..  

I'm going to remember that next time I want to write something and then refrain because I think I'll cop flak or upset someone because it's a point of view they may not agree with.  Or because they may think I'm mad.  Here's to it being my blog and being myself. 

Just saying!