The world is full of fresh starts and new beginnings. All around us things are constantly changing. It is one of the very few things we can be certain of in this life. Things are constantly in a state of change, death, rebirth, renewal, upheaval. This author is no different.
I too have begun a fresh start. Several months ago my husband and I learned he was being relocated to another state. This not only meant that our lives would be in a different chaos than they were before but that my life would change completely. My days started to consist of going to work and coming home to clean, organize, and pack our lives into boxes. As possessions and memories went into boxes to either be given away, thrown in the trash, or take with us to our new home, time slipped further from me. Things I had committed my time to such as my language studies and this blog. Needless to say, so did the exercise and healthy eating I was trying to start.
As time has passed and the big moved happened, things have continued to be put on the back burner. First it was because I was busy unpacking and trying to find anything I might could use it a specific moment in the mountains of boxes we were living in. Then came Christmas and prepping for my family to spend the holiday with us in our new home. I could come up with lots of excuses not to get back to those things I had left behind. I think part of it is grief of what I left and part of it is stress. See, I had to leave my job when we moved as it is hard to visit hospital patients when you are hundreds of miles away.
This leads me to now. Now is the time to stop sulking and return to excitement of the change. Now is the time to take that deep breath, pull up my big girl pants and embrace the possibilities; of what I’m not sure yet, but I know they will come. Now is a time of new beginnings and fresh starts.
I’m not sure what all this world has in store for me but I plan to learn and grow and prosper from whatever comes my way. As I told some co-workers before I left, this is a time to reinvent myself, I just don’t know what to yet. I have faith that God will see me through and something will come along that is just the right place for me. For now all I can do is keep going.
Since part of this site was founded as a weight loss journey, I guess I should add in that my weight has not changed much through all of this… I am still round. My diet has seemingly gone from bad to worse I must say but I am working that. For Lent, I have given up fast food. This is very difficult, especially since I am one of those people that as soon as I am told I can’t have something that is what I want. But so far so good. Almost a week now. I am trying to convince myself to exercise, its not working so far but it will. And I getting back to working on this site.
As far as this site goes, I’m not sure it would have some small changes. Now might be a good time for it to have a fresh start as well.
Thank you for joining me on this journey through time. My each day be a new beginning for you.
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Ally