"Trying Something New"

When I turned The Big "4-0" I made the proclamation that, "Every year, from now on, I WiLL learn OR try something NeW!" (I will explain WhY another time).

I would like to say it was because I'm a "Go-Getter" or "Brave" or "Motivated" or even "WiLd & CraZy"..... I would like to confidently and boldly claim AnY of those titles.....BuT...I struggle to do so.

I CaN proudly say, that over the past 10 years I HaVe had experiences both great and small; to momentarily proclaim and believe ALL of those titles...and MaNy more! Ten years?!!! Wow, that seems like a decade ago!!!

So, here I am...10 years later and older (for those of you who didn't learn "New Math" the equation equals; The BiG "5-0"). I find myself struggling...(not with being 50 years old...I don't think...). ReaLLy needing to reclaim my original proclamation for myself and my "Giant Five Year Old".

"Blogging" has intrigued me. Maybe it began when I saw the movie, "Julie & Julia". In the movie, Julie relaxes by cooking, LoVeS Julia Child and decides to write about her adventures of cooking her way through one of Julia's cookbooks (forgive me, the book title escapes me...and I'm afraid that if I should take a break to research it properly, I will accidentally LooSe what I've struggled for over the past hour to write).

I also enjoy reading the "Blogs" of others; of whom I know and wish to know. I've found them to be informative and inspirational. FuNNy and Spiritual....

And so, after feeling like I've been held captive in my own lack of creating muck and despair... it is TiMe to "break free of the crack" (a term often used by an inspirational, creative teacher of mine). I am not gonna worry about "doing it right" (that only leaves the trap door open for the possibility of falling back into the muck or the "crack"). Intriguing or not to the Blogging World...I am doing this for me.

It is time for "Trying Something New".