You know, that’s the way my life goes. The further I get away from the beginning of something, the more blurry it becomes. When I’m looking backward, anyway. So, I went back and found this post to refresh my memory.
Ah yes. I wanted to begin exercising. Actually, it was my daughter who wanted to exercise and I decided I would join her. So we did. Or, we tried. It began to prove itself a bigger challenge than I anticipated (doesn’t it always) and then as time rolled by, my 47 day challenge morphed into the 6-month challenge.
Then, of course, the 6-month challenge morphed into all kinds of things that tend to rise to the top when one decides to change something about one’s life. That’s actually the challenge part, I think.
However, in spite of the “challenging” part of the challenge, I’m glad I did this. Because though it puts pressure on me, I think it’s a good thing. Without pressure very little would get done.
Here’s what I’ve learned during this challenge:
- I’m really unorganized
- It’s easy to *say* something. It takes backbone to *do* it.
- When the going gets tough…….it’s hell.
- What are you trying to prove anyway?
- Are there really people out there in the blogosphere? And if there are….do they care if you fail or not?
- Will the real Magnolia please stand up?
- What the hell am I doing this for? (loosely related to: what are you trying to prove any way?)
- If you keep doing this maybe you’ll figure out what the hell you’re doing it for and what, exactly, you’re trying to prove.
Okay? So that’s that, ladies.
Now, onto something different.
I did my first radio interview with Feisty Side of Fifty’s, Eileen Williams, at Blog Talk Radio. You can read about it (and listen) at The Perimenopause Blog. You can also go here to listen if you prefer. I must confess, it was a bit nerve racking, but all in all, it went very well.
The Perimenopause Blog is taking off in ways that I didn’t anticipate. I think that is part of my overwhelmed, chicken with the head cut off phenomenon I’ve been experiencing. That, and I can’t seem to do anything without complicating my life with a million other distractions simultaneously. It’s the ADD talking, I’m sure.
My readership is growing. Google seems to be liking me over there and I’m finding myself achieving something in the SEO (Search Engine Optimization) world, called Page Rank. This is a good thing. Trust me on that.
So, the readership is growing, I’m receiving books practically every week to read and review and well, the pressure’s on. The pressure is on to get organized and focused. Now, like I said, already, this is a good thing. But, before anything can get accomplished, well, you have to figure out what you’re going to focus on exactly.
Truth be told? My head is spinning. But, the good thing is, I’m beginning to get a vision for Volume II of my life. Which I find completely fascinating, because, well, when I began blogging in 2007, it was precisely because I was entering a new phase of life and I wanted to talk about it. I wanted to explore it.
Well, I’ve done that, I would say. It’s taken lots of twists and turns and dips and dives. But, much like Michelangelo, the life inside of the material I began with, is starting to take shape.
I still don’t have it all defined or carved out, but, I’m getting there. I’m getting there. Hang with me if you dare.
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