I recently celebrated my 39th birthday. Most people who know me know I love to take time to reflect and appreciate. Quietly in the early morning hours of September 3rd, I sat at my computer and looked over the past year with the help of my google calendar and made a list. I made a list of wonderful things that I had done over the past year, people that I had encountered and experiences shared. I was blown away by the completed list. In the back of my mind, I knew this past year to be a transformational one but the list confirmed it for me beyond a shadow of a doubt. I have been gluten free for 1 year. I completely changed the way I was eating and learned more about how to exercise than I ever thought possible. I started doing CrossFit. It makes me happy and I am having fun. I have had more amazing experiences with family and friends this year than perhaps ever before. I am grateful for all the new people that have come into my life over the past 365 days... some new folks and some reconnections with people I have known along time.
Now I am sure most of you don't want to read a blog post on how much I love my life and how I am thankful for every part of it. :) My intention in sharing it is that I challenge you to sit back, reflect on the past week, month, or year and take stock of what you have. What do you have that you need to value more? What is making you happy? Do you have enough of that? What is stressing you out ? Can you reduce that? What is working? What is not working? What do I need to be doing differently?
Would love to hear from any one who does the exercise and what you learned from it.
