In my next 30 years...

I find it funny, now, as a newly-turned 30 year old, that at one time this age seemed so old.  In some ways, I do fear the age, but in so many others, I feel no different than I did 10 years ago.  One of the glaring realities of being 30 is that my body is truly aging.  I see wrinkles in new places, I am constantly picking at my gray hairs, and the general tone of my skin has changed.I have finally reached the place in my life where I know that changes need to be made...NOW...and for good. 

My whole life I have been interested in "holistic" health, in herbs, massage, chiropractic care, acupuncture...the list goes on.  I remember going to the holistic doctor with my mom, and thinking that this is what I wanted to do - someday I would know enough to help other people with their health.  Through the years,  I have dabbled here and there, gone though phases of interest, have taken holistic nutrition classes, read books upon books, looked at naturopath and nutrition programs, an ultimately, ended up where I am:  finally aware of what direction I want my future to go in, and finally committed to making it happen.

It is funny how things have a way of working out far before you can see it yourself.  After a year of questioning and searching,  I have found myself half a world away from my friends and family, in Korea.  Having cleared out the clutter in my life at home, and beginning a job - note the word job - that allows me to focus on my life again, I find myself able to investigate and pursue the things in life that I believe truly define me best.  I have really begun to focus on my nutrition here - and probably for the first time in my life,  I am coming very close to eating all of the fruits and vegetables that are recommended for our diets.  I have spent much of the ample free time I have here in increasing my knowledge of nutrition and holistic therapies in general.  I have committed to almost daily yoga practice, and am actively detoxifying my body after 30 years of being rebellious and eating and doing "whatever I wanted".  I have consiously chosen to replace all of my cleaning products with homemade, non-toxic cleansers, and am systematically going through all of my products as I use them up, and am replacing them with "green", less toxic versions.  I am truly in a place where I am able to make major life changes, and I am so grateful, because I am a person who is distracted easily by the hustle and bustle of life.  For the first time, I can hear myself think, and I can actually follow through and so many of the things that I have tried so diligently over the years to accomplish.

This is, by no means, a "sudden"  change for me.  Health has always been a major focus for me, it is just that I have seemed to always have a roadblock.  They came in the form of emotions, insecurities, immaturity, etc.  I still have many things to overcome here - I am and will always be, an emotional eater, but I am aware of that, and I can better deal with it.  

So, this blog is about the title - Living in Good Health, and about this post - The next 30 Years...  I haven't done a terrible job with the 30 years I have experienced, but there is so much I can do to make the next 30 so much more healthy and happy.