Missing Piece Found

Life is funny.

Like, really really really funny.

People you thought would matter forever have faded almost entirely out of your life, leaving nothing but distant memories that are almost too sad to think about.

People you never thought would be more than a "class friend" become your "heterosexual life partners" & one of your anchors in life.

That guy you thought you were going to marry becomes another ex who really was just a jester masquerading as a knight.

You feel like a visitor in the town you spent the first 23 years of your life. 

The house you grew up in is now referred to as "mom & dad's".

Your postage stamp of an apartment becomes "my house."

The city you were always fascinated by as a child is now home and STILL fascinates you... even more now.

The gym you joined at the needling of your besties becomes your solace, second home, your happy place.

The hobby you picked up so you could lose a few pounds becomes a deep passion.

The ideal career path you had planned out for yourself suddenly seems like it may not be enough.

At least life is never boring.  Don't get me wrong... I LOVE what I do.  I can't imagine not doing it.  However, lately, I've been feeling antsy. Unsettled. Like I am waiting for something.  I wasn't sure what.  I was feeling like I was missing a critical piece. Maybe critical pieceS.

I think this piece is just a small piece of what I was looking for, as I believe we are constantly and forever growing, learning, changing. Sometimes it is easy to find our missing pieces.  Sometimes, it is a battle and a struggle and exhausting, but it is always worth it.

I am currently toying with the idea of getting my personal training certification and then threading that in with therapeutic practice.  Possibly I would want to actually be a personal trainer at a gym, but I am undecided on that. I firmly believe in a holistic approach to "fixing" yourself and I know it could be a really awesome way to combine two things I love.

I'm researching CPT programs, ways to combine fitness & therapy, and all that jazz.  I'm going to be meeting with someone in the next little while to ask how she got started doing it and what she hopes to do with it and go from there.

I apparently intend to really have the entire alphabet after my name.