April - August, Summer of Evaluation

Posted on August 1, 2007 at 7:27 PM - Post Comment

The gap between postings from April and August are a reflection of the unabashed chaos I am in.  Inspired by other blogs, and the life changing events of the last weeks are cause for this blog and updates of accountability.  

Changes to note:  I am not walking in the Breast Cancer 3 Day as hoped, and I didn't make it into the Fringe Festival.  Also I am still looking for THE Full Time job.  How is it that I have a masters degree in educational instruction, management experience for over a decade, international experience, an amazing personality... and no FT job.  I am under the firm belief that all online applications (that do take hours to fill out and cut and paste) go into a huge void in the universe.  And the HR people just don't know talent when it arrives in their inbox.  Its wildly frustrating.

Other updates.  The week before Memorial Day I was part of inhome hospice care for my aunt, who was closer to me than my own mother.  It was a life changing experience.  Anything like that always is.  And last week I went to the funeral of a great uncle, the last of my grandpa's brothers.  More life analysis.  Add in to that moving in with nice people who turned out to have really oppressive habits and a tendency to treat rabbits like indoor cats (its gross having the rabbits hop and poop all over the living room).

So... where am I now.  This month I turn 31. And I know this has to be a year of dramatic differences.  Health and Wealth as part of the 390 Revolution.  And today is day 1.

Check in.  Weight: 290.   I'm beautiful and talented, but people can't see it under all the gross jiggly wall I've created.  THE WALL IS ELIMINATED this year.     I start a life long simplicity diet -- no meat, no artificial colors, no high fructose corn syrup products, hardly any sugars, mostly fat free, no white bread, no white rice, very very little dairy (I need cottage cheese for protien for a while yet)... and mostly fruits, veggies, whole grains, oatmeal, cornmeal.  This is radical for me.  But I need radical to make a dramatic change.

And Wealth... I am a consultant for a pet sitting organization, and am starting home businesses (online and sales) in addition to landing that FT job.  I also need that FT job to have benefits.  Its been years since I have had health insurance. Anyone else see the direct correlation on my health? Duh.  Need health insurance.

FIRST Phase of the 3*90 revolution:  Aug 1 - Oct 29.