As I watch all my friends one by one hit 40, I see them ring it in in a variety of ways. One started the month with a trip to the Caribbean and ended it with a 70s skate party. Many things have occurred in my 30s. Some of which I am quite proud. Others I would like a do over. I left my 20s newly divorced but with a man who loved me and wined and dined me the night I reluctantly bid by 20s adieu. I have shared this entire decade with him and I love him. I have lost and gained many pounds, have worked for 3 school systems, have dealt with the passing of my dog who shared my entire “real world” adulthood until April of this year and have become a mom. At this point, I can say that I am not where I want to be so I have decided to borrow someone’s 40 days til 40 approach and start 60 days until 40. We are knee deep in the paperwork for the adoption of our second child, I have put on 50 pounds since 2006, and I am not where I need to be in my walk with God. I have become quite the internet addict – more specifically facebook and all of its mindless games. So yesterday – 60 days out I decided enough is enough. I started with the most bothersome thing – lack of self control. I ate within a decent calorie range yesterday and have repeated the pattern today. Today, the sermon and my Sunday School lesson spoke to me and my spiritual health is to follow. In the follow 58 days I would like to maintain a healthy eating plan, complete couch to 5k, walk more closely with the Lord and purge my life of a lot of extraneous things – material and otherwise.
Peace
