Starting a New

Today is January 1, 2021. I am starting this new year on a quest to truly find my happiness and live unapologetically and boldly. I lost myself along the way, working, being married, becoming a mom, getting a divorce, and the next thing I know… I am in my forties living a life I had no intention of living.

For the past few years, I have been trying to live an authentic unapologetic life but I do not feel like I have truly succeeded. However, 2020 reminded me, once again, that life is short. I can’t keep living my life for others. I can’t keep being this version of myself. I need to get back to the parts that served me in my 20s… my zest for life, my capacity for love, my fearlessness, my grandness, and combined that with my 46 years of experience in order to create the amazing life I feel in my soul and see in my mind’s eye.

I went on a walk today, in an effort to start the year off right, you know…. do something healthy and whatnot. About halfway through the 5 miles, I came across paved pathways. Alongside the path, there was a patch of grass where you can see the marks where people have walked along versus going on the paved pathway. It made me think… did these people chose the grass because it was the path less traveled or because it was a shortcut, technically not much of a shortcut given their proximity, but a shortcut nonetheless.

It made me think about where I find myself today. I have an option to chose one path versus another. This new year, the new life I seek provides me with an opportunity to chose. That is what this blog is about, this year, this life. I am choosing me — where I go next — and I am choosing to be unapologetic about my happiness and the life I get to lead.