So we finally made it here to Yellowknife. The boys love it here and truthfully, I am surprised how beautiful Yellowknife is. I am still working on getting used to my new surroundings and it is going well. I love walking, I do. But I find that I do not do as much walking here. I am not worried about it because I know that in time I will have the enthusiasm to go out on my own. For now, I have come in peace that Yellowknife is now our new home.

Some of you may already know that my family is moving to Yellowknife and how I feel about that move.

I am working on this company for 5 years now and moving to Yellowknife has left me no choice but to let my manager know that I will be leaving my job.
But then I thought to myself, I love my job so why not bring it with me to Yellowknife. I have an access to work from home. It will be perfect. So I told my manager about this situation back in February.

Today, five months after, I was given the sad news. I cannot bring my work to Yellowknife. It sinks to me now that I am really leaving. I am filled with mixed emotions. I held myself together as I listened to his reasons why I could not bring my work to Yellowknife. As I listened to him, I was feeling that I was not good enough but then it was as if he could read my mind that he said this is not because we do not value you, in fact we considered it because we like you. But after some thought it is decided that this is something that our team is not ready for and that we are not equipped to do.

I wanted to bring my work to Yellowknife because how easy it would be to be working from home and at the same time doing something that I am already familiar with. But now that this is not going to happen, I am faced with uncertainty. Uncertainties that I have to face with courage and positive mind.

When one door closes, another opens. It's true. I am not able to bring my work to Yellowknife and it makes me feel that a part of me is being taken away. It is hard to let go of things that have made me comfortable, the lifestyle, and the routine that I am used to. I tend to cling to such things. And because of this, I think that it is a good thing that a decision was made for me so that letting go would be easier. If not, surely I would continue to do the same thing over and over again maybe for the next five years.

My manager told me that he believes I will do well in whatever it is I would decide to do in Yellowknife. You have come a long way and have done very well. You are a strong woman, he says. You are bright, hard worker, your work ethic is high, you communicate well and you work well with others. These are good qualities that not everybody has. So there is nothing you should be afraid of.

And I believe him. With all honesty I believe him. I agree with him. His kind words filled my heart with courage.

My horoscope says, "the next opportunity does not come from you, it calls on you." I always believe that things happen for a reason. There is something better out there for me and I will find it. It can be a challenge but I always have risen up to challenges. My choices are limitless. This is not the end. This is just the beginning of new and better things to come.

I am fortunate to have the opportunity for a change. Not everybody is given the chance for a change. Change is good. It is. Change is an opportunity. Opportunity to be better, to grow, to discover, to experience. And this is what is presented to me. This is what is given to me and change is what I am going to make.

The Power of Three is a concept from a social scientist Brian Wansink, who believes that "if you repeat a behavior for 28 days, it becomes a new habit. You can change your default behavior to something else." I think that the concept is brilliant because it can help in dieting or changing eating habits, (i.e drinking two glasses of water for every glass of soda drinks, including a protein at breakfast, and eating French fries only on weekends) I thought to myself that it could work to about anything.

So this is how it works. At the beginning of every month, you can decide on what behavior you can change. As you make a conscious decision on changing that behaviour, you will be surprised how your life becomes better.

For this month (although it is not the beginning of the month), I have decided on these three things:

1. Take deep breaths and slow down. As a mother of three boys, I am always in a hurry to accomodate all their needs (from breakfast to lunches to dinner and all other things in between). I have found myself always rushing and screaming, "hurry up, we are going to be late!" or "my goodness, I forgot I had to the laundry!" Now, I have decided that whenever I feel that I need to rush, I will take deep breaths and slow down so I can chanel positive energy that I need instead of wasting energy whining and being all stressed. I now have the thinking, "what's the worst thing that can happen if we are late for 2 minutes for school or if I did not do the laundry today?"

2. Inspire my children. I got this idea from an article that I read (I forgot the name) on how to connect with your children. One mom wrote that she always put a surprise on her children's lunchbox and her children love it. It makes her happy knowing that her children are thinking of her everytime they open the lunchbox. For my own purpose, I will write funny jokes on post-it-notes for my son Janvier, and love notes for my son Justin. ^^

3. Drink 2 glasses of water every time I have coffee. I am such a coffee lover I should be a H2O lover too!