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Tuesday, January 10, 2017

Happy 2017, Everyone!

It's a New Year to start again... It's never too late to start ANYTHING again! Start on any day is a good day. I love the beginning of a new year, full of hopes, dreams and making lists...

First and foremost, I am so grateful for all my 2016 lessons, blessings and my ongoing challenges that I get to try again and/or try something totally new in 2017.

I am talking about New Year's Resolutions, of course! So what's yours?... start write them down.

My list is getting longer by the day and its only 10 days into 2017! So, knowing my ADHD personality, I have to limit to 5 things:

Five in 2017...
1. Embracing being 50 & Fabulous and being grounded. JUST BE MYSELF. This is a full-time adventure all in itself to refine, to create and to make more JOY in my life in every aspect of my life.
2. Get back to the GYM after a year OFF! Yes, a year! You read it correctly.
3. Starting to BLOG again after 5 years of being absence. I am curious what will be my own thoughts to write about as I am living through my 50s.
4. Working on a successful financial avenue that actually take off this year and earn an income after 15 years of being a supportive, stay at home spouse.
5. Learn how to play the piano!

Lets take #1 today...
For me, embracing being 50 is HUGE! It's a big deal for me since I don't look or feel or ready to be 50 but I have no choice in this matter. Yet, I have experienced life long enough & I've earned the 50 years "badge" to be free, more brave, bold and need no permission to LIVE my life in my next 50 years as I define it. Life is moving too fast so I am taking advantage of being totally liberated to LIVE ON fully! BUT first... I am slowing down to be kind to myself to simply feel grounded to stay put in one location. This happens to be NC for us. In the past, my husband & I have been "on the go" so much between 3-4 states for his corporate career that I lost a sense of belonging... belong to a home, to a community, to a group of friends and even to having my own daily routine!
I am today slowing down to speed of my own life tempo!... to write this blog...

We all are at different stages in life so your list should reflect what makes YOU happy! ....with total FREEDOM and without the fear of judgements from your spouse, friends & family and especially not based on the hype or pressure of any social media images to just look good for others and not being true to yourself.

There is a saying:
CHOICE.
CHANCE.
CHANGE.
You MUST make a CHOICE to take a CHANCE or your life will never CHANGE.

You got nothing to lose but to put the three Cs into practice this year with NO self- inflicted stress or pressure on yourself so that you can enjoy the unknown journey in stored for you in 2017.

By the end of 2017, lets see where we land in life!

Namaste my friends,

Christine "Hai"

Thursday, December 8, 2016

Hello Again!

Hello again, my friends,

Remember me?
It has been exactly 5 years since my last entry on my blog as of December 2011. Wow! Time flies.
So much life's memories, joy & struggles have been lived since....

I decided to start this discipline again today with no expectations or goals to meet but to just simply put my day's thoughts here. A very poignant year for me to return because it is a turning point in my life as I've reached that magic benchmark age of 50 since April. Yikes!

For some people, it's no big deal. It's just another birthday. It's just a number.
For me, it's has been a "wake up" call and a soul searching opportunity to re-evaluate what has worked and what has NOT worked in my life thus far in all areas of life.

Being ME...an easily bored, require more fun, sometimes crazy & definitely a free-spirited WOMAN!
Marriage ( Our age differences and our years together, approaching 14 years next April)
Family (Defining what's real, what's a loving family and where I belong and feel at "home")
Career ( ...or lack of it because I have been a stay home wife and taking an opportunity to create a creative outlet to have some form of success in this area)
Finance. (My husband's corporate career is ending so our lifestyle will be different and new challenges ahead to be more resourceful)
Health. ( Menopausal stage in life to accept & a new body to learn)
Self-Esteem. ( Happy in my own skin. Defining MYSELF from others (social media) expectations and/or judgements
Total FREEDOM to be YOURSELF!

I will share my thoughts candidly as I blog these areas as each day unfolds.
It's my personal time to be brutally honest to create the life I really what you live.
You will know when it is the right time for you. I hope by sharing that you will know, you are not alone in this journey of life. It's a gift. Lets give it the attention it deserves.

A common question I have been asking myself this past 6 months....
Does this person/relationship or situation brings positive, joy, peace, happiness or negative, drama or pain in my life?

To change it...Are you willing to learn to walk away from pain & gravitate toward the joy?
Are you willing to learn new disciples?
Of course, some areas will be more challenging than others to change. Learning to walk away from people is the hardest for me but it's a must to reach your peace.

It starts and ends with YOU! It's UP TO YOU. It's YOUR LIFE. Only YOU have the power to change. You can't change people or circumstances around you but you can only change YOU.

We are human. We are still learning...
For me, I can only hope that my next 50 years will be even better when I am open to learn, to share, to express and to explore new disciplines & new perspectives.

This resonates with me today. I hope it does for you too.
One Day At a Time:
This is enough. Do not look back and grieve over the past for it is gone.
Do not be troubled about the future, for it has not yet come.
Live in the present, and make it so beautiful it will be worth remembering. Unknown author.

May we focus on just TODAY... with a grateful heart & with more JOY!
Let's be thankful for whatever God gives us today and make it count.

Namaste,
Hai