Happy Endings!

It has definitely been a few weeks since my first post.. I will try in 2012 to be a better blogger!

Speaking of 2012... I have so much to be thankful for in 2011 that 2012 is going to have a hard time beating this year! Over this past year, year #30 for me, I have been hurt, found new and old friends, laughed, loved, been loved and learned new lessons. So I bid farewell to 2011 with a smile on my face and a great outlook for the next year. A new year to continue on this amazing journey I have been blessed with! So far on my agenda is to graduate with my BA in May, May 11th to be exact!! It's been a long time coming, so yes, I am counting the days to be an official graduate! The second on my list of things to complete is an Entrepreneur program I was accepted into this year through SBA (The Small Business Association), Syracuse University and V-WISE (which is an organization for women Veterans). I get to travel to San Diego in August of 2012 to attend a 3-day training seminar/convention, which I am completely stoked about! So those are a few of the adventures I get to look forward to in this coming year and sharing with you.

As I end 2011 and begin to look forward to the new year and the new opportunity to start fresh, I find myself closer and closer to realizing what my true calling is in this life. I seem to have so much of my life figured out, an amazing marriage and 2 beautiful kids! Over the last couple of years, I have felt a calling, a true love for fitness and all that it involves. But what keeps me in the awful world of accounting, is, well.. it's what I am good at, it's what I know, it's easy and lets face it, it's comfortable! What's scarier than starting over? I have experienced this several times in my life. Growing up, we moved ALOT, so starting over was something all too common to me. When I joined the Army, I started over many many times and then getting out of active duty and moving to a new city on my own, and not to mention deciding to go back to college after having kids. Change is scary! I've gotten so comfortable with just being, just settling in with the career, not the one I chose, but the one that chose me, and if we are being honest, I really really don't like, at the end of the day it doesn't satisfy me and I am left wanting more from it. (Reminds me of a quote ""In order to succeed you must fail, so that you know what not to do the next time." ~Anthony J. D'Angelo)
So, in 2012, I hope to find the courage within me, the courage I know I have and just do what my heart wants to do....

Watch out 2012, I am coming for you! :)

Go confidently in the direction of your dreams.
Live the life you have imagined.
~Henry David Thoreau