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If I Were to Count My Blessings

It’s not the end of the year yet, so I’m not going to draw any conclusions about 2011… except a couple of things.

1. “It’s a funny thing about life; if you refuse to accept anything but the best, you very often get it“. – William Somerset Maugham.

The mistake we often make regarding the above is that we patiently sit and wait for the best to come to us. We have to go after it. It doesn’t mean that we should take any path. It simply means that we can create a fairly precise picture of what we want to achieve, have, and do, and then work/walk towards getting it.

It’s been over a year since I came back to Moscow. I still don’t know how long I’ll stay here. But I made a career decision at the turn of 2010, and although the first few months of 2011 were a bit of a wild ride, I eventually did most of what I planned. And if I didn’t get to do something, I know it happens in 2012 because I also know how to make it happen. It’s a much-desired change from my time in England since 2008.

2. I’ve always been grateful to God, Nature, whatever for sending wonderful people my way. This year I’ve had books, too. Some help me to understand business better, some – Cinema and Translation Theory, some assist at personal development. They make me better organised, better focused, better at doing things. The truth is that there’s never a limit to how much better we can be. Like many of us, I sometimes struggled with deadlines, but it looks like I mastered this skills in 2011 when I was engaged in over 50 projects as translator, editor, and journalist.

So, if I were to count my blessings, I’d be grateful first and foremost for my WILL (no, it’s not the Duke of Cambridge, nor is it Mr. Shakespeare), LOVE, and FAITH. And this is what I hope each of you has a plenty in 2012.

Author: Julia Shuvalova

Julia Shuvalova is the author of Los Cuadernos de Julia blog. She is an author of several books, a translator, and a Foreign Languages tutor. She lives and works in Moscow, Russia.

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