So we are finally done.

Done.

And by done I mean we are on the phase where we are debating where to hang our few art pieces and getting ready to compile the claim for the insurance for anything and all that broke during the move.

We have Purged with a capital P. It feels good. There is still quite a bit of stuff, but it feels good to have gotten rid of a lot of clothes, fad books and Stuff used once a year. The husband who is a notorious.. I should say *was* a notorious hoarder had the biggest break through in this.

So what happens during this time is I tend to reflect. It happens because suddenly I have no great and visible goal. And not because it is New Year.

So I am sat here and the question of “Has our generation any excuse not to be the best it can be as individuals?” surfaces. And I don’t mean in that Higher Purpose, Go Green or Die, Peace everywhere way..

Although that would be nice too.

I mean in a more introspective way: We have been bombarded for years on how to self improve (Oprah bloody built her empire on this crap), dissect our personalities and renovate and improve and build and grow. And after 30 something years (cough), I can honestly say that although I haven’t become the best I could be, I am hardly halfway there, but I do feel I have broken a lot of social afflictions passed on to me by my family, my social environment, friends and all that jazz.

One of the biggest break through for me is that showing joy and satisfaction is not making me a weak person. It doesn’t open me up to emotional assault. That happens when you trust the wrong people (and boy have I had my share of those through my years); It happens when you don’t wait and think before you open your mouth (something extremely hard for a person who is borderline Asperger who tends to say the most inappropriate things as jokes and chortle to themselves and doesn’t understand why people take offence to a good joke.. true story!).

So I guess the question is: What have you done to make yourself a better person for yourself and not for others? What have you done that makes you feel that slightly more comfortable in your own skin and what will you do now onwards?

Song of the moment:

Bulls on Parade by Rage Against The Machine (only because Dominic is playing Guitar Hero and that is what is on atm and is a good song)