Fit to Live or Mid Life Crisis PT 2
Wrote this last night, because I have one of the pesky things that inhibits my creativity and life in general called a job, LOL
Alright I had a couple of comments on my blog, maybe because I’m not one for blogging and especially getting all warm and fuzzy and sharing, what can I say it’s a British thing. Had a good day, yesterday, went for a long walk with the kids to get some exercise had a light dinner. The whole idea behind making some healthy eating choices is not to do the dirty d-word. I have devised a plan, I have decided not to join a weight loss group, I am a grown arse woman who shouldn’t have to pay someone to tell me how I should be eating, I am fairly educated, fairly smart don’t include those brain fart moments that I have, they don’t count. Oh or the times I can’t remember where I parked my car, and the many times I have to check my phone to remember what my kids phone numbers are, that aside I am pretty smart, so why should I have to pay someone to check on me once a week. Well this is out, so is the Gym membership, my Golds’ Gym membership just ran out, and I am honest enough with myself to not fool myself into thinking that if I pay a fee each month I will be more inclined to go, funnily enough when I had a free membership when living on a military post, I went every day, so you would think that paying monthly fees would have been a no brainer and I would have gone regularly, but I didn’t and so I am being honest with myself to say, hey Tan forget the gym for now. What I have come up with is a Tanplan, I am going to try to make better food choice, cut down on breads and such, but if I want something nice I am going to have it, I’m just going to keep the proportions under control, I have created an imaginary bucket, that I will put imaginary Tan dollars into for good food choices, if I have some less than healthy choice then I have to take some out by way of getting off my backside and go for a walk or a bike ride. That’s it, that’s my whole plan; I’m staying to the KISS ideology Keep It Simple, Stupid.
So that’s the dirty d-word plan, I have been thinking about my life and the direction it has been taking lately and the rut that I have found myself in, so as I mentioned in yesterdays blog I had been thinking about goals and dreams, we all have them some are simple, some more complex so I’ve been working on my list of things I would like to accomplish – here it is:
1. Still would like to run away to London with my mate, and become backup singer for Wham. (They were very popular in England, so don’t judge, lol)
2. I would love to join a Gospel Choir
3. Would love to do some acting.
4. Have time to overhaul my two websites, there looking a bit pants
5. Start work on that t-shirt design business idea that I have.
6. Would love for Jason Statham to remember my address and come get me.
7. Want to look 30 when I turn 40 and just be in general good health.
This is actually a shortened list once I started to think about things I was gobsmacked to realize there are a bunch of things id love to have a go at, who knew that if you take a moment, whilst watching American Idol of course that we all have so many ideas that we shove down deep because of jobs, responsibilities and that horrible thing that happens to us as adults that we told to act our age and be realistic, so lets look at my shortened list. I may not do these things or others on my list, but I think its important to recognize our dreams and not just shove them into a dark and gloomy cupboard. Get yours out now people!!
Alright here are some initial thoughts on my short list:
1. Wham – oh what a gloomy day was that for me when they announced they were breaking up, but that is nothing to the break out news that George announced a few years later, don’t care though, I still love you George. So this is obviously not going to happen, but we had fun practicing it in my bedroom with our hairbrushes.
2. Gospel Choir – those that know me, may find this surprising, not only am I not religious, without wishing to offend and start a stewpot, to me religion (being raised as Church of England and then a few years as Jehovah’s Witness, to me religion is a way to tell you each week what a shitty person you are and you must change your ways or you going to die in a fiery blast of damnation. Without getting on my soap box, not had good experiences with religious as a child I felt they were dreary, depressing and a punishment, but when I moved to the states and we lived in the South, I saw a side of religion that I had never seen, the music was different, uplifting and looked enjoyable, unfortunately I still feel religion is an institution and I am not ready to be institutionalized. However, there are choirs that are not associated with certain religious groups, so this aspiration bares some further development. The other thing is its my understanding that this type of choir is mostly in the South and I live in Mormonville, so will keep working on that one.
3. Acting – I used to love drama school, my best mate only ever wanted to become an actor and so I did follow her along a lot of her escapades, she has so much natural talent that I always felt I could never compare, however, today a good friend also an actor was talking to me about an adult acting workshop she may be running, so again this is going onto my short list.
4. Website – I need to allocate some time each week to work on my hobby sites, they do bring in money and could bring in so much more if I dedicated time, and this is on my short list.
5. Business – I have lots of ideas for this, but I need to write it down and prepare a business plan, this is an attainable challenging goal that is definitely going on my short list.
6. Jason,” I AM LIVING IN SAINT GEORGE, UTAH COME GET ME WHEN YOU’RE READY, I CAN TRAVEL LIGHT”.
7. Age – I am working on this already with making some changes to lifestyle, I also believe that if your happy within your life and don’t carry stress and drama around you automatically look healthier, look around you, those that have lots of drama, stress etc usually look haggard. Let shit go, don’t drag crap around, have the issue, deal with the issue then let it go, life really is too short.
I am still waiting for anyone else to brave up and share their list, go on you will be surprised, just make sure that Jason isn’t on your list, I don’t want him getting confused and taking a detour on his way here.
Alright I had a couple of comments on my blog, maybe because I’m not one for blogging and especially getting all warm and fuzzy and sharing, what can I say it’s a British thing. Had a good day, yesterday, went for a long walk with the kids to get some exercise had a light dinner. The whole idea behind making some healthy eating choices is not to do the dirty d-word. I have devised a plan, I have decided not to join a weight loss group, I am a grown arse woman who shouldn’t have to pay someone to tell me how I should be eating, I am fairly educated, fairly smart don’t include those brain fart moments that I have, they don’t count. Oh or the times I can’t remember where I parked my car, and the many times I have to check my phone to remember what my kids phone numbers are, that aside I am pretty smart, so why should I have to pay someone to check on me once a week. Well this is out, so is the Gym membership, my Golds’ Gym membership just ran out, and I am honest enough with myself to not fool myself into thinking that if I pay a fee each month I will be more inclined to go, funnily enough when I had a free membership when living on a military post, I went every day, so you would think that paying monthly fees would have been a no brainer and I would have gone regularly, but I didn’t and so I am being honest with myself to say, hey Tan forget the gym for now. What I have come up with is a Tanplan, I am going to try to make better food choice, cut down on breads and such, but if I want something nice I am going to have it, I’m just going to keep the proportions under control, I have created an imaginary bucket, that I will put imaginary Tan dollars into for good food choices, if I have some less than healthy choice then I have to take some out by way of getting off my backside and go for a walk or a bike ride. That’s it, that’s my whole plan; I’m staying to the KISS ideology Keep It Simple, Stupid.
So that’s the dirty d-word plan, I have been thinking about my life and the direction it has been taking lately and the rut that I have found myself in, so as I mentioned in yesterdays blog I had been thinking about goals and dreams, we all have them some are simple, some more complex so I’ve been working on my list of things I would like to accomplish – here it is:
1. Still would like to run away to London with my mate, and become backup singer for Wham. (They were very popular in England, so don’t judge, lol)
2. I would love to join a Gospel Choir
3. Would love to do some acting.
4. Have time to overhaul my two websites, there looking a bit pants
5. Start work on that t-shirt design business idea that I have.
6. Would love for Jason Statham to remember my address and come get me.
7. Want to look 30 when I turn 40 and just be in general good health.
This is actually a shortened list once I started to think about things I was gobsmacked to realize there are a bunch of things id love to have a go at, who knew that if you take a moment, whilst watching American Idol of course that we all have so many ideas that we shove down deep because of jobs, responsibilities and that horrible thing that happens to us as adults that we told to act our age and be realistic, so lets look at my shortened list. I may not do these things or others on my list, but I think its important to recognize our dreams and not just shove them into a dark and gloomy cupboard. Get yours out now people!!
Alright here are some initial thoughts on my short list:
1. Wham – oh what a gloomy day was that for me when they announced they were breaking up, but that is nothing to the break out news that George announced a few years later, don’t care though, I still love you George. So this is obviously not going to happen, but we had fun practicing it in my bedroom with our hairbrushes.
2. Gospel Choir – those that know me, may find this surprising, not only am I not religious, without wishing to offend and start a stewpot, to me religion (being raised as Church of England and then a few years as Jehovah’s Witness, to me religion is a way to tell you each week what a shitty person you are and you must change your ways or you going to die in a fiery blast of damnation. Without getting on my soap box, not had good experiences with religious as a child I felt they were dreary, depressing and a punishment, but when I moved to the states and we lived in the South, I saw a side of religion that I had never seen, the music was different, uplifting and looked enjoyable, unfortunately I still feel religion is an institution and I am not ready to be institutionalized. However, there are choirs that are not associated with certain religious groups, so this aspiration bares some further development. The other thing is its my understanding that this type of choir is mostly in the South and I live in Mormonville, so will keep working on that one.
3. Acting – I used to love drama school, my best mate only ever wanted to become an actor and so I did follow her along a lot of her escapades, she has so much natural talent that I always felt I could never compare, however, today a good friend also an actor was talking to me about an adult acting workshop she may be running, so again this is going onto my short list.
4. Website – I need to allocate some time each week to work on my hobby sites, they do bring in money and could bring in so much more if I dedicated time, and this is on my short list.
5. Business – I have lots of ideas for this, but I need to write it down and prepare a business plan, this is an attainable challenging goal that is definitely going on my short list.
6. Jason,” I AM LIVING IN SAINT GEORGE, UTAH COME GET ME WHEN YOU’RE READY, I CAN TRAVEL LIGHT”.
7. Age – I am working on this already with making some changes to lifestyle, I also believe that if your happy within your life and don’t carry stress and drama around you automatically look healthier, look around you, those that have lots of drama, stress etc usually look haggard. Let shit go, don’t drag crap around, have the issue, deal with the issue then let it go, life really is too short.
I am still waiting for anyone else to brave up and share their list, go on you will be surprised, just make sure that Jason isn’t on your list, I don’t want him getting confused and taking a detour on his way here.
Comments
I completely agree about the Jason part.. guess I will have to find another mate. hmm Edward :D
I will have to compile a list for real though.