Newcomer, want to keep my hope alive!

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Now, wanted to document what I have seen since doing these GAL activities above, as the results to me are just as important..

My self esteem house bounced back, my PMA at work has been improving, and at home. I noticed the signs below that directly point to it.

I am getting more attention from Female's at work than I am used to or, even expected at all.

There's a 28 year old girl here, who the other day told me she and some friends rented a place on the water for weekends in August, and why don't I join her for a weekend.. (I declined, but I was kind of blown away at this, who the heck could have seen that coming???)

Another knockout women that sits in the building near us and has been for about 8 months, I started to talk with more, and one day I was talking about getting some lunch with the guys, and she chimed up, "I'll get some with you IWITW." The next 3 days in a row we ate lunch together, and chatted, and have gone a few times since. She's married herself, but for a guy like me who has always been anxious and shy around women, these interactions have been a huge boost to my self esteem..

I have been making a point of when I am at work, saying hello to people, talking with them in the lunch lines, etc, and started making some new friends..

On the work front, I just got 10% overall raise this review cycle. My first thought was are you kidding me! (In a good way) a 10% raise, in this economy, and during these economic times!!!

Then, last week, my boss pulled me into a meeting, and discussed our groups organization, and that he would be accepting a raise himself, and personally asked that I be promoted to take his job!

Darn, just writing those down makes me feel good about myself, and I know that I will be ok no matter what happens in the future with my current sitch.

Also help me detach as well, but all these things take TIME to do, there's no overnight changes, and I am only at the beginning of my changes that I want to do for me.

Watch out world, there's a new IWITW in town!