Finding the Purple Positive

 My little sister just moved into her first house, and I couldn't be prouder. Not an apartment, not a duplex, a house. My brother's been adulting for years - passed me up several years ago. Another sister took a chance and moved to paradise just because her soul needed it. And I am finally working at my dream job. Look at us, being adults! So, it only took us to our 30s and 40s to get here. So what. I'm still proud of us. We've had a lot of obstacles thrown our way, and we overcame them. Yes, we've had some consequences from bad choices to deal with and some hard times that lasted a while, but we persevered. All of us.  I think I feel more like myself than I have felt since I lived in Colorado so long ago. I feel at peace with the world in which I'm living. I'm breathing a little easier and taking things a little more slowly. Obviously not when it comes to organizing my office (referring to my fallS), but in the rest of my life, I'm more on track for a p...

 I think that pretty much describes all of my feelings about my career lately. I'm so excited to be doing what I want to do, but I'm also terrified of not doing a good job or not learning enough to keep up.  I'm taking on an additional class in the Fall and have begun prepping for it (because I'm like that), and again the excited and terrified feelings are taking charge. I'm pretty sure the excited has the upper hand, though, because overall, I'm feeling positive about it. I mean, it's a chance to learn how to teach something brand new (to me). I've never taught this particular subject, and the resources are wonderful. This really is dream job material right here. Okay, rather than continue to gush, I'll just say that I'm in a happy place, and leave it at that.  Hope you are, too! :)

 Now that I'm doing the job that I want, how do I get used to just living my everyday life? Great question! I have no idea. I'm excited about the prospect, though. I've been thinking about sorts of things I would like to have in my daily life, and I've come up with the following list of things I'd like to include: Exercise: Both necessary and in the form of a connection with nature and endorphins. I'm thinking walking outside in the morning at some time, then walking on the treadmill in the afternoon, and maybe a few times a week including some sort of (short) dance workout. Tom's going to help me put the punching bag holder back on the porch so I can use it, too. Eating Better: I'm trying to make lunch my meal to cook the Every Plate stuff. It works out sometimes, sometimes not. I'll work on it. Meditation: Again, I want to get better connected with myself and use that lovely station I created a year ago for this purpose. Writing/Reading: That's...

Well, I just made it up, so it doesn't surprise me that you don't know. I've decided to jump back into the blog world and talk about my journey to find my  version of the positive in life, hence the purple part. (You may have guessed that's my favorite color.) What do you need to know about me? Well, I'm happily married, an animal lover, a crafter, a college math instructor, and a big sister and friend. I live in a pretty remote location, which is different than my teen and early 20s days, but I've really loved it here.  I have recently begun a tough road to losing weight I've been putting on the last ten years or so. My main methods are: walking on the treadmill and outside, reducing the bad stuff I'm eating, reducing the not-so-good stuff I'm eating, increasing the good stuff I'm eating, getting lots of regular sleep. I also have recently started the job that I've always wanted: teaching college, so I've been trying to figure out how to...