Five years

It's weird to think that it has been five years since my Katimavik experience ended. Every time that I try to think about that and wrap my head around that I am not able to. Katimavik changed me. I wouldn't be the person I am today without this program. It helped give me focus, show me what I wanted (mostly) with my life, teach me how to be an adult and a functioning member of society. Katimavik was one of the best moments of my young life. I will end this on a positive note.

September 2011 in front of Lake Louise

Everyone in my group is doing well. Its quite obvious that some have gotten their lives together, and I'm proud of them. I miss them. We interact like most people over Facebook, a like here, a message there, but not much. It's sad. I messed up with my relationship with them. I want to talk to them. I miss them, they understood me but the question is would they understand me now? 

I'm proud of what I have been able to do this year. I left a job that I have hated (four years to get through school) and was able to be a part of a job that I loved. This summer I was lucky and I was able to work at a museum which is what I have always wanted to do. Although it was only for the summer it helped me realize what I want to do. If you want to read what I wrote about that experience you can read it on their blog (http://www.pittmeadowsmuseum.com/single-post/2016/08/11/Keagan-Rocks-the-Collections) Luckily I still volunteer at the museum and am trying to just breathe in and enjoy the experience!

My two best friends and myself this summer

I have finally been able to say that I am proud of where I am heading. 2017 is my year. By the end of 2017 I will be graduating (With a bachelor of art, major in history, with a concentration in British and Irish studies). I have a plaque that is going to be produced for the city of Vancouver (http://citystudiovancouver.com/projects/history/ My video is the Canadian Pacific Railway one), I will have helped produce an exhibit for the Pitt Meadows Museum for Canada's 150th anniversary, I will finally be able to move on from university and start my life (hopefully within a museum environment). It's terrifying, exhilarating, nerve-wracking, exciting, and so many more emotions that I cannot even begin to describe. 

Thank you Katimavik, my life would have no direction without the push that you gave me. I am the first member of my family that will graduate university. I want to experience my country once I graduate, see Alberta again, touch the Atlantic Ocean, visit Ottawa, See Northern Canada).

Katimavik, you are my everything, everyday I think about how much of an impact this program has had on my life. Everyday I think of the people that touched my life during this program. 

41164. I cannot imagine my life without your influence. I miss you.

If you want to find me you can always find me on tumblr ( keagerz.tumblr.com ) and maybe next year I will be writing again. It's nice to be able to reflect on my year, on my life, on where I am going. My life is coming together, I'm working on being happy. I'm working on me.

Are you guys ready to celebrate Canada's 150th?

Positive note.