Journey, process, destination, adventure – it’s all part of the buzz we speak about when we refer to the ups and downs of our daily lives. Some days good, some days not. And when it’s not, we’re pressed to explore the “process,” reminding ourselves that life is a journey.
Twenty seventeen was one of the most challenging years of my life, career and being. I hit what I consider an all-time low. It was a continuous circle of trying to figure out how to break the daily cycle – the not enough hours in the day to meet the demands of home, work, and the social & professional network. My job was challenging in ways I had never experienced before. Fitness levels declined. I was gaining weight. I felt unhealthy. I experienced sleep deprivation. I lost my motivation to get up in the morning. I was in this continuous loop and could not figure how to jump out. Frustrated, anxious and tired.
Yet twenty seventeen was not all bad. It was the year I turned 50. I called it the “year of me.” Celebrating every chance I got en route to #destination50. We hosted a “party of the year” with family and friends, which turned out to be one of the best times and memories of my life. I served as President of the Sacramento Area Human Resource Association. Something in the the past I ran away from because I didn’t think I was good enough. Still, I served what I would consider a very successful term and the association experienced many successes during the year. Here I was experiencing two of probably the biggest milestones in my life. Not all bad, right?
But it seemed no matter how hard I tried, I could not find the right combination of mindset, fitness, and nutrition to break down the barriers I had inadvertently created for myself. I was moving through the motions and it was not fun. I was tired. About ready to give up. It was not until I recently realized that all of this happened over period of time, and it was going to take a period of time to work my way through it. I was trying to hard to “fix” it all. All at once. I was living life by default. Not life by design.
That bring us to today. Creating my life. Creating my fences. Creating time to take care of me. This is my journey. I want to share the adventure I am taking. Looking at how the actions I take to move closer to the alignment of my ideal life – where there are no regrets. I want to share what I identify as conscious awareness as I build of life of family first, fitness, food, and most of all fun. This is about sharing the experience of my struggles and learning to celebrate my successes. No one said it would be easy. There will still be good days. There will still be not so good days. That’s okay. This is about my plan to build a life by design, A Day in the Life of Me. In doing so I hope I can help others strive to #liveyourbestlife.
Unbecoming Kenneth 