Chasing Dreams

The last few weeks have been such a whirl wind.  I had a friend email me the other day and ask do I every sleep.

Within the last few weeks I have accomplished a few major things on my “List” for 2010.  First I wrote my CHRP (Canadian Human Resources Professional) exam.  I have always seen this as a required step in the journey of my career.  A few years ago, 2004, I decided I want to get in to Career Counseling.  I found this really interesting program at Conestoga College that I want to take.  I required some previous education so I decided having a foundational knowledge in HR would be of help in the future.  Anyways after 10 courses spread over many nights of night school from 2005-2009 I accomplished all the courses needed to write the certification exam.  I decided now was a good time to do it.

I began the studying process in about mid March.  What can I say nothing like getting back from Vancouver and jumping in to a massive project.  One down fall to this process was that I sold all my HR books to get to Vancouver (hey sacrifices needed to be made to accomplish that dream).  This definitely made the studding process fun.  As I went through my old notes I realized that the HR skills I have learned over the years are actually woven in to who I am.  My ability to think strategically when it comes to managing the skills and abilities of people is something I don’t really think about at all.  It felt good studying and realize I knew the content I was reviewing.

Secondly, I think I have become an author.  Okay I am a little unsure of a what point you are able to call yourself an author.  I wrote a book, published a book with an ISBN number, have it for sale in a retail location (107 Edward St., St. Thomas, Shoppers Drugmart) and sold at least 30 copies of the book.  The point it all the work in creating the book has led me to a much funnier place of being able to talk about my creative work and hearing feed back from people who have bought it.  Through out the process I just knew there were things that needed to be done to accomplish it and I  did them.  As I have been talking to other people I am beginning to realize that it is kind of a big deal to have written a book.  Who knew?