Some updates for you guys

Hi guys, it's Muriël here and I thought it would be good to share my progress in a brand new blog post.

These past couple of days were all about good and bad moments. After my mom left on Sunday November 23rd, I felt kind of empty. Like I couldn't get myself to do anything in particular. I kept on feeling this way a few days after and this feeling stopped me from writing blog posts for my website.

As you guys can see when you check my website, I managed to publish three new blog posts, but I planned to have four posts published by now. This means, that I'm a little behind in my writing and I'll be behind in my writing from now on. See, there will be one additional blog post that I have to write to catch up.

You said you wanted to share your progress, so what happened?

All right guys let's get to the chase here. On Thursday November 27, I had a meeting with my dad and my supervisor about my move to the Philippines. I was very nervous for this meeting, but it went okay.

My dad expressed his concerns and telling me that he wants me to be happy there. There's a lot that I need to look into to make sure that everything goes by the book with both the Dutch government and the Filipino government.

After feeling overwhelmed with all the questions asked by my dad and my supervisor, I managed to send an email to the Filipino Embassy in my country asking them if they can assist me via email. I'm waiting for their reply as I'm writing this.

The embassy isn't located in my city and in my current financial situation, traveling by train is very hard. My dad assured me, though, that he would pay for my train ticket, so that's good.

This Wednesday, I'll have a meeting with my social worker about everything tax related. I feel nervous for that too, but I know that my social worker has my best interest in mind.

Aside from the Filipino embassy and tax office (if that's the correct term??), I'm waiting for an email or a phone call from my job coach telling me when we'll have a meeting with the organization that provides for people with disabilities. They are the one who support me financially.

This organization is part of the Dutch government and therefore when I satisfy their "demands", I satisfy the Dutch government's "demands". I know Christmas comes up and a lot of people take time off, but if I only knew when I would have a meeting with them, I'd feel a lot better already.

Back to my progress here at WA

Well, I did make some progress here at WA. I'll list those below.

- I published new blog posts

http://howtofindthecheapestflight.com/greenwich-pizza-cebu-the-most-popular-pizza-chain-for-a-reason

http://howtofindthecheapestflight.com/chowking-cebu-the-place-filipinos-visit-to-enjoy-chinese-food

http://howtofindthecheapestflight.com/how-to-travel-the-world-on-50-a-day-review

http://howtofindthecheapestflight.com/how-to-be-the-worlds-smartest-traveler-review

http://howtofindthecheapestflight.com/pitlane-restobar-and-billiards-center-more-than-a-restobar

- I commented on the websites of other WA members

- I answered a few questions asked by other WA members

- I started experimenting with StumbleUpon and it seems like more people read my blog posts since I started sharing them here

- I started to publish and share my posts on specific moments of the day after I read an interesting article on AngelaHall's website about the importance of sharing posts on specific moments of the day

- My WA following has increased to 528. I'm still amazed how many people decide to follow me. I want to say thanks to each of you who decided to follow me, though!

What I'm determined on doing to provide myself with inspiration to write blog posts

From now on, I'll watch a lot of "feel good" movies and spiritual movies. They provide me with an instant boost of inspiration.

I'll listen to positive thinking youtube videos.

I'll drink a lot of water. For some reason when I do that, I allow positive energy to inspire me and I'm better at refusing negative energy to take over. You know, currently I live in a country that I know I don't belong in and this feeling consumes me on a regular basis.

I know that good things are about to happen, but to "be happy in the now" is a challenge for me. It does make me more and more determined each day to get to a situation where I can be "happy in the now".

I could go on and on about this, but I won't. Thank you for reading my blog post and as soon as I have news for you about my progress to make it to Cebu, I'll share it with you.

Have a great Monday!