I am alive! If this blog address is the only place you hear from me, you've probably wondered.
It's been so long since I've posted a blog here; mainly because the past year or so of my life has been spent traveling around the world to over 11 different countries, and my experiences in these countries have been recorded at www.courtneybuckner.theworldrace.org.
I am now back in the United States for a little while and living in Georgia. I work for an organization here and coach college age students as they travel on journeys very similar to my own.
Over the past several months I have found myself in constant transition and have, at times, found it difficult to function in the swirl of the lives and circumstances surrounding me. Fun? No, but I am learning so much about myself and the God who created me that I can be nothing but thankful.
For example, I have learned that I have some MAJOR trust issues. I always knew I was a guarded person, but I am just now realizing how high I have built those walls around me...and I am beginning the process of tearing those walls down. Even if it's brick by brick.
I have also learned that God has gifted me in the areas of leadership, wisdom, and influence; and I want to spend my life utilizing these gifts to bring him glory.
Some other tidbits...
I am great at strategy, not at dreaming.
I love working with people, not so much with computers.
I can usually see through the issues in front of me and find the root of problems.
I really love coffee and red wine.
Efficiency is something I seek to accomplish in my work and daily activities.
I am a very decisive person. I would rather make the wrong decision and live with the outcome than spend a lot of time deliberating.
I would always rather walk than run, and dance than walk.
I love reggae music.
Blue will always trump any other color in my list of favorites.
I feel trapped if I go a few months without traveling somewhere.
I love big cities.
Bees/hornets/anything with a stinger can intimidate me out of a chair, away from a meal, or off a specific space of grass.
I love to read.
I will never be satisfied with a job unless I know that I am somehow contributing to the growth and development of people...in the end, that's the most important thing to me.
Don't you love self-discovery? Good, bad, or ugly, I'm finding out more and more each day who I am in this moment....discovering my place and my purpose in this world....and actively deciding what to do with it all.
Wish me luck!
It's been so long since I've posted a blog here; mainly because the past year or so of my life has been spent traveling around the world to over 11 different countries, and my experiences in these countries have been recorded at www.courtneybuckner.theworldrace.org.
I am now back in the United States for a little while and living in Georgia. I work for an organization here and coach college age students as they travel on journeys very similar to my own.
Over the past several months I have found myself in constant transition and have, at times, found it difficult to function in the swirl of the lives and circumstances surrounding me. Fun? No, but I am learning so much about myself and the God who created me that I can be nothing but thankful.
For example, I have learned that I have some MAJOR trust issues. I always knew I was a guarded person, but I am just now realizing how high I have built those walls around me...and I am beginning the process of tearing those walls down. Even if it's brick by brick.
I have also learned that God has gifted me in the areas of leadership, wisdom, and influence; and I want to spend my life utilizing these gifts to bring him glory.
Some other tidbits...
I am great at strategy, not at dreaming.
I love working with people, not so much with computers.
I can usually see through the issues in front of me and find the root of problems.
I really love coffee and red wine.
Efficiency is something I seek to accomplish in my work and daily activities.
I am a very decisive person. I would rather make the wrong decision and live with the outcome than spend a lot of time deliberating.
I would always rather walk than run, and dance than walk.
I love reggae music.
Blue will always trump any other color in my list of favorites.
I feel trapped if I go a few months without traveling somewhere.
I love big cities.
Bees/hornets/anything with a stinger can intimidate me out of a chair, away from a meal, or off a specific space of grass.
I love to read.
I will never be satisfied with a job unless I know that I am somehow contributing to the growth and development of people...in the end, that's the most important thing to me.
Don't you love self-discovery? Good, bad, or ugly, I'm finding out more and more each day who I am in this moment....discovering my place and my purpose in this world....and actively deciding what to do with it all.
Wish me luck!
