Ok, so I've taken 3 flight lessons in four days adding up to almost 4 hours in the plane. I'm just about ready for my checkride! Today I went through literally everything I've ever learned in a plane. My instructor said if it had been my actual checkride I would have passed. Woo hoo!
It feels so good to be near a big goal in your life.
This makes me think about other goals I have for myself. I plan for even more life-affirming goals as this next year comes in. If it's one thing I've learned about myself it is that I like challenges and I'm not afraid to fail at something. At the end of my third year of professional life I have gone through 3 very different jobs and moved across the country twice. I have become certified as a flight controller which is something very new to me. I honestly thought it was just not going to be in my personality but it turns out it was. I remember even asking somebody for their advice and they said I should probably get more experience in analysis, that I was just too young. Well, that sealed the deal... I had to try. And I am glad I did, this life experience is so unique I could not pass it up.
All that said I still wrestle with my job, wondering if it is truly the right one for me. That's ok though, I'm still young :)
So I'll leave with a quote from one of my favorite authors.
"I fly because it releases my mind from the tyranny of petty things . . . "
— Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
