A good time to reflect on the year I think…
I’m not ashamed or weird about my age. I turn 37 today. A respectable age. All grown up but no grey in my hair yet. Except for my back all the health concerns they warn you set in after 40 have not set in for me. I don’t feel middle-aged.
At the beginning of 2009 I said I felt like I “got old” this year. That’s because of my back, which is still unpredictable. But I’m the young ‘un where I work, almost a generation younger than most of the women in my department.
My Weight Watchers anniversary is Memorial Day but at the 11 month mark I can say the program has been great for me and my body. I also read the American Dietetic Association guide to nutrition this year and learned so much. I have been exercising regularly and that has been great.
I spend most of my outside-of-work energy on my family and home. Even my big hobbies right now – family history and trying new recipes – are family-centered. I’ve taken a bit of a break from family history – meaning I only work on it 2-3 times a week rather than every day. Spring break. I “finished” my first chapter, that on my fifth great-grandfather Nicholas Schryer of the Revolutionary War era, and I feel good about it. I decided I would do a spring cleaning this year but so far I’ve done only 1 bookshelf. But man, that bookshelf is DONE.
No big revelations. Life is good. I feel most fortunate. I would say my life is very close to ideal and I am satisfied with my decisions, my lifestyle, my choices. Not everything is perfect, of course, there’s a lot of stress right now in a few areas and I have some unhappy moments, but that doesn’t change how I feel about my life as a whole.
I’m off for a morning walk in my neighborhood.
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