This last year has been quite the adventure and obviously challenging in SO many ways. I have had lots of positive changes in my life. I didn’t end up doing a Year In Review post here in 2020, but to be honest I have felt kind of lost. I changed jobs this year, moved and I have been working to try to figure out this new version of myself. Before we moved a friend told me “you get an opportunity to redefine yourself.” That is true and it is extremely overwhelming!
We moved and I took this new job in Cincinnati, because I wanted a new challenge with more opportunities. That is what I got! But if you have ever left a job where you were familiar and comfortable it is hard to now embrace a challenge. Plus it is lots of hard work! It is challenging to push yourself in ways that you aren’t confident or comfortable. Day in and day out you have to work hard to learn new things, meet new people and then try to gain new skills. It can be exhausting and then you find yourself longing for being confident and comfortable again.
This move and a new job really did push me into feeling uncomfortable. That is what I signed up for, but it is hard. I feel that my confidence has been shaken in ways, but I am working hard to learn more and build that confidence up. I want to actually improve skills for my work that needed attention and I am excited to reach that end goal of new found proficiency.
With all that being said, I have been reflecting on RD Anna - this website and blog. I have always loved having this outlet for my creative side and putting my viewpoints out into the world. I think that RDs should be on social media sharing evidence-based nutrition information and serving as a resource for people. During 2020, with all the challenges I felt personally and things that were happening in the world, I didn’t always feel like my voice on this platform was making a difference. I haven’t posted as much as I had in the past and I wasn’t always sure what to say.
After talking with my husband and a dear friend, I realized why I was holding myself back. Being challenged so much at work and left me not having much energy to try to put into this blog. Previously, I have needed a challenge/outlet and this blog/website gave me that. Now that I am working hard to push myself in a new job it leaves me tired and just lacking that drive/motivation.
Well 2020 has come and gone! 2021 is now here to stay and I am eager to brush myself off, pick myself up and provide some more content for you on this website in the year ahead. I am wanting to be real with you all and give you content to support you, provide you with evidence-based recommendations and encourage you to be the best version of yourself! I think after the rough year we have had, we all need to know that we can handle whatever 2021 throws at us and we can do it together.
Stay tuned for some more posts this year focusing on the dietetic profession (ways to change to embrace more diversity), feeding recommendations for children, and involvement with the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics!
