One of the reasons I decided to start this blog is to chronicle my adventures through Wonderland, specifically in writing my first novel and becoming healthy and just a happier person in general. I used to be a very happy child, and through the years, I just found myself getting less and less happy. Does this happen to everyone? I started feeling like I had lost a lot of myself and that my dreams were slowly slipping away into the dark abyss of “real life.” I know that everyone says “real life” gets in the way sometimes, but if you let it STAY in the way, it will just become a giant brick wall that you feel you can’t scale, and you’ll be stuck behind it for the rest of your life. So, instead of standing there and staring at the brick wall, I’ve decided to begin climbing it.

My plan (and New Year’s resolution) is to lose 50 pounds and finish the novel I’ve been working on. My biggest challenge: time. I have a very demanding day job that requires 11-12 hours per day, and by the time I get home in the evening, the last thing I feel like doing is cooking and exercise. I’m like everyone else – I want to veg out in front of the TV and fall asleep after eating fast food. I also do a lot of volunteer work – for my sorority, teaching 4th graders about business, for Second Harvest Food Bank, for Le Petit Theatre, and a few others. On top of that, I have five pets and a husband at home (no kids yet), and I have to make at least some time to spend with them. This means that the time constraints (AKA – “real life”) make it harder and harder to really do what I WANT to do – write. I have to start making the time. And I’m ready. I’m ready to take control of my life back, hook myself up, and scale this seemingly unscalable wall.

Baby steps. Everything starts with baby steps. Then soon, you find yourself walking, then jogging, then running! I can’t let life get in the way of my dreams any longer. This year, it’s all about ME! Doing what I love will pull me out of this rut I’ve created for myself and will manifest the life I’ve always wanted – BEST SELLING AUTHOR! This is what I’ve always been good at and what I love to do most, and it’s time for me to take the reins and yell “HI HO SILVER!”

Thanks for coming along this journey with me. It’ll be a wild, entertaining ride! I’ll encounter all sorts of characters and may even get my head chopped off once or twice, but luckily, here in Wonderland, you can just pick up your head and put it right back on your shoulders. In the end, I’ll walk out of the other side of Wonderland and say “Wow, what a trip!”

Until next time…