Whoever thought I'd live this long?

Ever think that?  When I was young the last thing on my mind was “what do I do when I hit 50?  What will I be like then?  What will life be like for me then?  Do people after age 50 have any fun or any reason to go on living?  I believe so.  That is what this blog will be about.  It will touch on health and fitness, goals, hobbies, hopes and dreams.

Well, since I did turn 50 some of those questions are being answered.  One sad but true fact for me is this.  All that I did over the past 49+ years has a whole lot to do with what my “life after 50″ is like.  And much of my time was wasted on “dead end” relationships, too much drinking and partying in my 20’s and just general indifference to my future.  Now that I am coming into my elderly years(well what else can I call them?)I am seeing things from a whole new perspective, duh, lol:)

I goal here is to definitely bring some hope where there doesn’t seem to be any, some laughter for those that might be having a hard time turning that frown upside down(like moi)and to sort of share whatever I am learning along the way, with all of you:)

I know many who come and read will think or even say things like “you’re still young”, or “you are blessed”, or “look at all those in worse shape”.  I know that those things can be absolute truth.  But this isn’t about counting blessings.  Although I think that is a wise thing to do, all through life.  This is about how to improve your quality of life no matter how good your life may look to others.  This is a blog on learning to feel good about our lives over the age of 50, as well as our future years to come.

If you are not happy and fulfilled, if you are depressed and can’t see a reason to go on, I want to talk to you because that is me.  I struggle every, single day to figure out why I am here, why am I not being chosen for the job, why is there always something new going wrong with my body, why aren’t there men winking or hitting on me anymore(not that there has ever been a flood of them;)

I so hope you will join me, comment, encourage me.  2 things I feel I have going for me today is, this free blog, I know how to type, I have some experience to share that may help another woman, and I spent a whole 10 minutes on an exercise bike.  That’s it so far, oh yeah, I got out of bed which is always a good thing;)

Maybe the most important thing we women have is eachother.  I used to be threatened by other women.  They were competition for me maybe.  They were prettier, smarter, wealthier, poorer(I felt ashamed around these gals)but the truth is.  We are all the same when you take away the material or the skin.  We all have different experiences.  We can’t all be friends because personalities will forever stand between some of us.  But we can hold onto the similarities and use those to help one another.