[I realize that this post is almost a month late, but life has had an extraordinary amount of interesting twists and turns.]

Lately, I have been thinking about what all happened in 2010, from the changes in my job, to the changes in my personal life. I am struggling to come up with a “top 10″ list of things from the year, so let me take a walk down memory lane instead.

January brought along the end of my run as a cashier at Dick’s Sporting Goods. It was a great job while I had it, but it wasn’t the right fit per se. One, I know almost nothing about sports, and that never helps. Two, I am very ADD, and I could not handle standing in one place for too long. However, by the end of January, I was employed with Old Navy.

I stayed with Old Navy from January until August. Nothing special their, except that it was the first job I ever had that was remodeling the store while I was there. That offered an opportunity to work all kinds of crazy hours, and so mornings I would watch the sunrise over the parking lot, which signified that quitting time was a mere couple of hours away.

The job Old Navy was good for a personal reason. It was my first job since Lemstone-Parable that I felt like I belonged there (see above about Dick’s Sporting Goods). I definitely felt like I grew up at Old Navy, and grew into my own skin a little bit more.

From Old Navy, I joined the bigger than life company Walmart as a cart attendant. I kept thinking that I wanted to get a gym membership while I was at Old Navy, but pushing carts makes up for that. I am now more excited for a day off work just so I am not being pushed to my physical limits.

I have to say though, I spent the start of 2010 in a bitter, upset mood, I felt like that was needed. I can never truly share every lesson that I learned, but I can be confident that 2011 will be one interesting year with its own twists and turns.

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