Love_Young said:
Been having another rough day today. Been so hard to keep my hopes up and believing I will get AIP when I see so many being transferred, refused, or files completely messed up. It is so hard to relax when someone is in control of what our future is and we are expected to sit back and relax. These next 4 months are going to be the hardest.
How does everyone else keep their spirits high during this process and keep the romance alive?
I feel all I talk about these days with hubby is the application and stuff that happens on here. I can never seem to relax anymore and that isn't fair for him. And I want to make plans for our future, like getting our own apartment but how can do that when I don't even know what is going to happen over these next few months? This is why I haven't come on lately. I just don't want to bring any of you down. It just isn't fair to all of you.
To make it up, I am going to start posting activities to do during the wait and inspiring quotes etc. I feel my job here is to not only keep my spirits up but to keep all of you pushing through when times get hard and to celebrate when things go great. Let me know what I can do to help all of you.
I used to feel really depressed about everything, felt that my whole life was on hold and I felt really useless. My hubby and my friends would always tell me how lucky I was to have spare time as they were stressing out with school or work. And with time I realized that it was all true, this year of my life was to do those things everyone wished they had more time for. And honestly, from now on things are gonna get really busy with me being in school and working. I really don't know if I'll ever have this much time off to just lay back and enjoy myself.
Here are some things to help you fill out your time.. volunteer work. There are so many interesting programs and I remember seeing one about helping people who are new to Canada, not really sure what the duty was. There was one program in particular that I wanted to enroll in so badly, but unfortunately it was a long term commitment and I had my friend visiting me the month after and then my mom 2 months after and I wanted to make sure I would be able stay with them the whole time.
Another thing is to do sports, zumba, yoga or even just workout. I got a membership at the YWCA and they had all those activities available. I used to go 5 days a week and it gave my life a little boost. Besides, it's always good to be in shape. I felt really energetic and positive, and I realized that my time was worthy and that I couldn't complain as I've found my soul mate and have amazing friends around me. And ever since then, really good things started happening in my life. I guess staying positive is the key for everything.
Recently, I've been "obsessing again" with this process because I feel like it's so close to the end. It's like you are so close to get to your destination, that you can't help but feel anxious.
I wanna visit home SO BADLY, I miss my family so much, and I was hoping to go in November, then in January and now HOPEFULLY March.
I know everyone has different things going on in their lives and that what worked for me might not work for you, but I just wanted to share my experience with you guys.
