The Next 100 Days

The sub-reason for this blog is to let my family, near and far, know that I am OK and to share in the mundane things that make up the fabric of the family experience. I also wanted to capture the last two years because I like to look back and count blessings occasionally - and to simply remind myself that I really am moving ahead whether I want to or not! That said, my horizon for thinking ahead has been approximately 24 hours. The future was very hard to enter because of the weight of the past - a past I did not want to leave.

Point: I decided to jump on the popular bandwagon of remaking my life in the next 100 days. Interestingly, simply deciding that gave me a kernel of hope and a slight thrill. My goals are modest and I do not expect to solve all of my personal and financial difficulties in the next 100 days, I just hope to be a step up the ladder of personal success.

Climb every mountain!
Or at least visit every winery (where this was taken)

Someone once said, "If your problems can be solved by money, then you don't have problems." Pithy. And true.That said, time to solve those as they do undermine the feeling of security. And I expect the actual problems will heal, too.

The goals are so simple as to probably boggle the minds of anyone reading that they are even listed with the lofty title of "goal". They run from passive, like no communication with Tom (to his utmost relief I imagine) and not eating sweets, to active, like walking 5 days a week and garden goals, to practical, like savings goals. I also really want a bike. So it is down there.

The beauty of being at rock bottom is that every step is an accomplishment so the first 100 day challenge should be easily achieved. For the next one I will raise the bar. Thinking of the future as a positive is an accomplishment in itself. Thanks to everyone! Ungrateful wretch that I am, I do know how much I have once in awhile.