A Little MS with a Little MSW

Every year I aim to do something I’ve never done before. I have always encouraged my daughters to do this as well. I am a firm believer in expanding my footprint in the world and in the lives of others. This is on my mind today because my birthday is coming up at the end of the month, and the impending start line of another trip around the sun has me reflecting on this past year.

I got a tattoo in March. That’s probably my biggest ‘never have I ever’ from this past year. I tried hair extensions for the first time. I liked them, but boy were they a handful to maintain. I will opt for the hand-tied version if I ever decide to do that again. I applied to some PhD programs! That is honestly something I never thought I’d do. Life is so funny. I can honestly say my life looks nothing like I thought it would thirty years ago.

Robert Frost’s poem The Road Not Taken just came to mind. I wonder if anyone has ever written a counter to that: The Road Not Seen or The Road Not Available. The Road Blocked… lol. I get his point. We make choices throughout life. Many, many choices. There is a road that exists for all of us, though, jammed with all the Unforseen Circumstances or Shitty Luck Expeditions.

I’ve started exercising again, which today caused me to spiral into a fitness hole that landed on 75 Hard. I read the deets on the program, and then I read them again. And again. Yes, I would say that program is Hard. Another four-letter H word also comes to mind. I would say I am more of a 37.5 medium gal, or maybe even a 25 small. Baby steps! I am better than I was yesterday and that is ALL that matters.