Annual review

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Each new year, I pick a word for next year. For 2022, I picked stability. I should have picked relentless, it would have been more appropriate!!

After the past few years, I’d hoped to get back on an even keel. Boy did the challenges keep coming. It was curveball after curveball.

This photo represents my biggest achievement with Buddy. Competing at our biggest competition by far. It wasn’t the success I’d hoped for. We learnt a lot that day. And left the ring with tears and a huge smile! It’s also is a good metaphor for 2022. It wasn’t what I’d hoped for, but I learnt a lot. And I’m leaving it with tears and a huge smile.

Even with all the challenges, I still achieved so much in 2022. Here are some of the highlights:

  • saw my business grow
  • picked up new clients
  • went to Celtic Manor
  • met some incredible people
  • lost touch with some others
  • saw some friendships deepen, some wain
  • laughed till I cried and cried till I laughed
  • watched people grow
  • helped them to see how amazing they are
  • learnt new skills
  • kept blogging even if no-one read it
  • tried sidesaddle
  • joined Carleton Riding Club
  • took Buddy to training camps and clinics
  • won rosettes
  • won a trophy
  • got more bruises
  • had lessons from Nicola Wilson, Piggy March and other brilliant instructors.
  • visited new places
  • fell in love with Blickling
  • made many more memories
  • supported my parents on numerous emergency trips
  • spent time with people I love
  • felt the love and support of others

If you’re reading this, I’d like to thank you for being part of this year and my journey.

Here’s to 2023 and whatever it holds for us all. After the past few years, I know I can handle it – the good, the bad and the downright ugly!

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Published by langlep

So 2020 was going to be my year. The year I got my life sorted after being served redundancy notice from my job in November 2019. The year I ticked off more things from my horsey bucket list. The year I got my mental health back under control and reduced stress in my life. I had a plan. And it was a good one. Then the plan changed dramatically on 2 January. I came off my horse at speed and broke my ankle. Badly. Like all good equestrians, I got back on and rode back to the yard, sorted Buddy out and then drove myself to A&E. That’s where this journey really began... I was sent home from A&E and told to crack on, only to receive a phone call later to say they’d missed a fracture (and a rather serious one at that). Whoops! So fracture clinic on 3 January, surgery on 5 January and home to recover. I started this blog as a way to chart my recover back to the saddle. As I cleared clinics and competitions out of my diary and wondered what the next few months would bring, it's been a safe space for me to say how I'm feeling. The new plan was to get a new job, to keep Buddy is kept ticking over and recover from my injury. Another good plan! I didn't expect a global pandemic, lockdown and all that happened in 2020. This blog has changed over time but it's continued to be my safe space to share the things going on in my life, with Buddy and the cats. Enjoy!

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