A year of moi

Last year was a blur. I realized that while I had made a lot of professional achievements, I hadn't made many personal ones.

I had been in decent shape quite a few years ago, then I was involved in a car accident. It tore up my knee pretty good and it took quite a few years of therapy, and ultimately surgery to get my knee into usable condition. I still can't wear all my fabulous heels, but I still have hope...

After the surgery, I didn't want to ruin the work that the docs did and my knee was holding so I didn't want to mess with a good thing. So I just let it be. A couple more years passed and there I was, back up in weight, not working out in any fashion, and my blood pressure was starting to feel the effects of my sedentary lifestyle.

I was mad and depressed. I stopped looking in the mirror and was beating myself up for letting it get so out of hand.

Then this little voice, tucked deep in my soul, pointed out that I wasn't dead.

I could wallow, or I could do something about it.

So I didn't make a resolution or anything, I just decided to make 2013 all about me. I decided to put me first, be selfish or at least honest with what I wanted.

I joined a gym and enrolled in a 10 week healthy living class and I made a commitment to eat to fuel my body, not my emotions.

So here I am at now at a point where I am ready to start sharing the journey I have been on. I hope this added level of accountability will help me achieve greater success. I hope documenting it, will help me apreciate it all the more.

As Ferris Bueller said "Life moves pretty fast. If you don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it."