Motivation, The Journey

Cleaning as therapy, oh and because company is coming

I have an old large house and too many animals to confess to this early in my blog and tomorrow night I have five family members coming to spend a few days; at least half of them are allergic to something in the air.  That and my house is always at its cleanest right before… Continue reading Cleaning as therapy, oh and because company is coming

Motivation, The Journey, Weight Loss

Pushing through setbacks and disappointments

As someone who has been over weight and a smoker for most of my life I am the first to say that I have not always dealt with stress and disappointments in ways that are constructive or particularly helpful. Over the past several months I have been making great strides in my personal and professional… Continue reading Pushing through setbacks and disappointments

Health, Weight Loss

Yoga and the outdoors

As I did in my blog yesterday I am going to refer to my first post that I wrote a few days ago.  I mentioned in that writing that as of January of this year I weighed over 200 lbs and was a 31 year smoker, today I am 170 lbs (and counting) and have… Continue reading Yoga and the outdoors

Motivation, Self awareness

THE Goal

When I finished my first post on this Blog I ended it with telling you that I have signed up for a Half Marathon in Disney World on February 24, 2013. When I came up with the title for this Blog - "From Here to Me" - I was trying to think of a short… Continue reading THE Goal

Motivation

The power of words

"If you are tired of Starting over, stop giving up." – Unknown This statement is so powerful.  I read it this morning and have been thinking about it so much that I searched until I found the quote with a picture, I printed that and hung it on my wall.  Life is about moving forward… Continue reading The power of words

Self awareness

How did I get here?

So, my first post.  It will probably be boring and drawn out and contain a good bit of information most people do not care about.  However, if it gets me started I will take it and find my rhythm as I go along.  Does a blog really have to be one thing?  Does it always… Continue reading How did I get here?