New Beginnings

Starting anything new can be a little scary but it can also be something to look forward to and embrace. That’s what we focus on here at Umbrella. Always the positivises. We have made a group decision this year to ride through whatever we are faced with and make decisions that will give us the best possible outcomes for ourselves.
 
Making decisions that take us in a new direction can open up an entire new world, it can give us confidence and it can push us to increase our confidence. Or bloggers today are brave enough to share their thoughts on new beginnings.
 
Today I am going to talk about what’s coming up in my life right now as we are preparing for more employment opportunities for me. This week will be my first day at Every1 Café hosted and supported by Amstel and supported by Umbrella support as well.
Last year I had the opportunity to find Umbrella Support and pursue my goals for the future and leading to open employment.  I joined Just Write Blog in June 2023 and have been here ever since, I even visited the café they ran after each blog group, but now it is my turn to serve customers in the café.

Naturally I’m a little nervous but I have sort of done this before back in high school.  Let me tell you about why and how I got to love cooking in general. It started in grade 11 when I chose my Friday electives for the year, none of the electives were interesting nor did they provide information for knowledge for open employment.  So a group of our class asked “is there another elective that will help us get knowledge and possible jobs after completing it?” They replied yes and organized a couple of us to do Cert 1 food handling and hospitality at William Angliss just across the road from school.

We were so fortunate and happy to finally find an elective that will help us get skills for more open employment, I have completed Cert 1 and 2 of food handlers and hospitality service during my 2 years every Friday from year 11 to year 12, it was hard and demanding but it is so worth the time and energy. I’m excited to get back into cooking and even possibly getting a job out of this, I really love showing empathy and joy to everyone I meet while I work on this goal. – Holly
 
 
Hi my amazing readers! I'm back from my break and I'm going to blog about my new beginning.

My new beginning for this year, 2024 is starting a casual job at Amstel Club and I'm so excited and nervous at the same time to start work, by the time you read this I will have already have worked my first shift and I'm getting ready for my second shift.
I am so happy to be able to work with some of my blogging friends.

My other new beginning is that I'm in year 12 this year, the FINAL year for me. I'm so excited to leave school but most importantly, I'm going to focus on my year 12 work.
This part of my life is the FINAL part for school so I have to concentrate on all my work in order for me to graduate, this will be extremely exciting.

I hope to stay in Amstel next year and improve my hospitality skills as a waitress along with learning new skills. – Angelina
 
 
It's important to look forward and aim for new beginnings. I've been starting a new day and with my favourite people who I work with. I love my job at Amstel and I love to hang out with my mates.
 
New beginnings mean trying to do something new and something different. It's good to try new things.
 
This year I'm learning about new food, because I love cooking new food. At work I will learn new skills this year and these are a new beginning for me. TJ
 
 
Hello Friends,  
 
According to linkedin.com a new beginning is “allowing yourself to accept changes that might bring good things to you.” When I read this, it really grabbed me and completely changed what I was going to write about. I was going to talk about the new beginnings of a fresh new year but now we are going down a new rabbit hole. I love this for us.
 
How do you feel about new beginnings? Just really stop and think about that question because I don't think we think about these things enough. Yes, I have homework for you the readers. I feel just like in the LinkedIn quote, that new beginnings bring us good things and that when given the opportunity we should run with it and make the new beginnings as positive as we can.  
 
I really love the opportunity to start fresh. This is something that really brings me so much joy, Change however makes me feel like a freight train that's hit a wall and this is because of the mixture of me being anxious and neurospicey (neurodivergent). Both these things are a part of me and I'm slowly learning to work with that. This isn't about me though, I'm just doing the writing and maybe giving you something to think about when it comes to new beginnings in your own life.  
 
We have many new beginnings in our lives, and some are bigger and more celebrated than others. When we are born that's the biggest new beginning that you can have in your life you probably won't even remember it. You have to be told about it or if you're one of the super lucky ones there'll be a video of it. (Yay).
 
Right now, there are kids starting their first day of school. That's a big new beginning and a huge change as well. Going into prep/foundation/reception is exciting, scary and emotional for both children and parents. Shout out to all the parents sending their little ones to school for the first day ever, be kind to yourselves today and congratulations on getting through this day.  
 
Starting a first job or a new job is one of those new beginnings that really get to you, you’ve got the job and you're not sure of yourself and everyone is telling you that you'll do fine, not to stress and enjoy the day. I mean you will be fine, and you'll probably stop stressing at some point when you get started and find your feet and when someone shows you where the toilet is.  
 
My point is there are so many new beginnings and these three I've mentioned can cause a whirlwind of emotions and change. We need to embrace the new beginnings and even the change too, because it’s a part of life and while each of us has our own journey we all share these experiences in life.  
 
Dive into the new beginnings and encourage others on their new beginnings journey  
 
Thank you for reading my friends  - Shan
 
 
 
This year is a new year to try new things, learn new things, and give things a go. I’m excited to see what comes around the corner it’s a struggle but the more you do the easier it becomes. I’m super excited to see what I can do with all my activities this year.

One of the activities I’m looking forward to this year is my work at Amstel Club and seeing how much I can grow from it. I would like to learn more about how to greet customers to their seats with a calm nature. 

I’m also looking forward to celebrating my 2 years of work with the Salvos who have been such a huge support on my journey. One of my favourite tasks at Salvos is serving customers at the register as this helps my communication skills. This year I would like to learn how to price Items a bit more at first with support from staff and then in the future do it independently. 

This year I’m super excited because it is nine days till Taylor Swift I have made loads of bracelets even for Cindy and her sister Mel, they will be able to hear it from where they are.

This week's joke is related to our topic, the joke is a fresh start is like a blank canvas- add some colour, some laughter, and make it your masterpiece. Thank you for reading this blog have a great week. - Scarlett
 
 
Hi friends my new beginnings is starting at Every1 café.  I feel very anxious.  I get very overwhelmed about starting at a new place as I am not very talkative so don’t ask me about it please. I know I will be fine, I have great support with Umbrella Support and at the cafe.
 
This year is going to be very busy as I have something on everyday.
My friend Jess showed me how to change my photo on TikTok, thank you Jess for helping me.  It is important to always work toward new things. – Beth
 
 
Hi I am Kiara, I’m new at blogging I would like to tell you bit more about me I live with my mum her name is Claire, my stepdad James, my little sister Kristin, my big sister Katie and my dog Froggy. I love movies and my favourite is Home Alone. I like playing with my dog and like doing puzzles.

This year is going to be good because I won’t be at home alone this make me happy that I have joined Umbrella Support group on Monday I have "Handmade" which is my craft group, Tuesday is cooking with Yumbrella, Wednesday bowling and Thursday Blogging with Just Write. I’m very excited that I get to do new things and that it is a new beginning for me thank you for reading my first blog. - Kiara
 
 
Hello fan club readers. Today’s blog is "New Beginnings" and throughout this year you will read about my garden and the success and how I have been so lucky to have zucchini and parsley growing which has over grown. I am waiting for my capsicum to appear. Unfortunately, my tomatoes looked great but the snails got them before I picked them.
 
I will also be talking about my work at Vinnies and how I am the boss and training people especially my friend Tildy.
 
And of course you will hear about my family and fiancé’ Robert and the things we get up too Enjoy reading about our New Beginnings - What are yours?
 
Have you got a garden? Do you love to keep busy?  - Love from Jess 
 
 
My dream job in the whole wide world is to be a pop singer and working for NASA in alien ufo research. My focus for this year is my art group “Handmade” and writing blogging group with Umbrella Support.
 
I am going to make my singing my real focus and recording music and my song writing, script writing and book writing. I really would like to focus on my dancing but I haven’t danced for years because of a knee injury but really want to overcome my fear of anything going wrong.   
 
I have made my decision that I am going to work around my knee issues. I am not going to let my knee stop me anymore. It has stopped me for far too long and has been a major cause of my unhappiness and my mental health but now I have made my decision to start dancing again it is going to make me so much happier.
 
My focus is not be scared to do things that might be challenging. My focus is to get through things that are a challenge.   My dancing used to be a big part of my life as well as my singing, script writing, book writing and my alien ufo research and I have started learning how to write songs.
 
I really would love my dancing to become a big part of my life again that would mean so much to me. When I perform at dinner with friends some people sing or do a dance and when I watch them dance I really feel a big part of me is missing and sometimes I feel very emotional because I really miss dancing.
 
My new focus is overcoming my fear of dancing and when I dance to take it really slowly and look at doing some private dance lessons.  I hope to learn new dancing techniques, and will get so much better. I have been dancing since I was  a very little girl and that is why I feel very strongly emotional about it because it is something that I have always loved so much and something I will never stop loving.

Now I have to work out my first dance routine. Wish me lots of luck and I will let you know how I go and every dance routine I do I will keep you all up dated.

I hope you enjoyed my blog and my promise to you all, is to give you lots of updates. Take lots of care – Gipsy.
 
 
Last week’s topic was new beginnings and it's time for new beginnings. 2024 has just started and I'm very excited for new challenges and obstacles but I'm also happy because it’s my first year out of school and I'm back to work at Amstel on Friday's which it’s about learning new skills and different new things.
 
This year is going to be an extra busy year for me as I have different activities four days a week. You will be reading about my adventures throughout the year. It's going to be a good year. What are you looking forward to this year? -  Charlotte
 
 
This Year I started Umbrella Support, I closed a chapter of finishing Year 12 and Gre8 and I opened a new chapter in 2024. I am working  towards getting a job and Tom from Jobco that is helping me do that. I am also working towards saving  money to be able to do things I like. I would like to travel more with my family and of course my best friend and I are planning to go on a holiday to Queensland. I’m also trying to get my own place this year. Thank you for reading my first blog – Kathryn
 
 
This year I started with Umbrella support group, I closed a chapter of finishing year 12 and opened a new chapter in 2024. I am working towards getting a job and Tom from Jobco is helping me do that.  Trying to go away on holidays more in 2024, because I like go away, especially if travelling by car. It’s important to have new beginnings, and working towards new challenges. I am also working towards saving my money to be able to do things like go away and spend money on stuff. – Katie
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