The Journey to Living Well

In life there is not a point where we have arrived.  We continue to grow and learn each day.  There are times that life is amazing and times that life feels insurmountable.  It is a continual journey.  Whether we are moving forward or backward is up to us.  Life is a series of experiences and choices. Is there something you feel you should do but are terrified to take the steps to be able to do it?  It can be terrifying to take a chance.  It has been said so many times that real change comes you step outside of your comfort zone.  Not to sound too cliche, but it is so true.  I am currently living this out.  For the first time in a really long time, I have no guaranteed income, no safety net.  It is utterly terrifying, but I know the life I want to live, the life I want to build which means making my own rules and fighting hard for them.   I share this because the journey belongs to each of us.  We get to write our own rule...

 I am going to get on a soap box here for a bit, but it comes from a place of knowing.  I know what it means to put yourself and your health on the back burner for awhile.  I know what it is to barely be surviving.  I know what it is to feel like you can barely make it through the day.  For years I was on autopilot.  I thought I thrived on being busy and always having something that needed my attention.  What I didn't realize is that even though my life an my career at the time were based on living healthy, I was running myself into the ground creating one of the most unhealthy versions of myself.  Stress was wreaking havoc on my body from the inside out.  It took me getting really sick to come to terms with where I was at.  For the lifestyle I lived I should have been able to rebound back from having COVID, but my body was in such a weakened state for so many reasons.  Life came to a halt.   The lessons I learned during this s...