A friend recently asked me…what came first? The increasing life or decreasing weight?

I pondered which came first and considered the past few months and even years. What I discovered is that for me the decision to do more – increase my life came first. Was the decision done in a timely manner? NO!

I am very careful and often fearful of change, but at age 50 I decided I wanted more of life. Now, that being said, that was 3 years ago. When I turned 50, I decided to do 50 new things in my 50’s. It started as a joke.

That idea has now blossomed into me increasing and expanding my life and to find out more about myself. Who I was? seems strange but it is true. All my life I have been what I thought people wanted me to be. I rarely considered myself, it was everyone else first.

This self-discovery journey has brought me here- to this blog. On my short list of adventures to do in my 50’s was a blog. A blog? I write and share, I am introverted, non-confrontational and private. But I decided I needed to go out of my comfort zone and share something, and maybe even learn something new about myself.

At first, I thought I would do a teaching blog, being a teacher, and then I considered a cooking blog- I catered, owned a cafe. For the last 3 years, I have looked at the list of ideas and considered what to write about.

But it is all becoming clear to me now. I could share my story of increasing my life and decreasing my weight. A story that continues to unfold each day as I journey outside my comfort zone and become the person I feel I was meant to be…it has just taken me 53 years to evolve.