I am feeling better now that I am back on the atkins thing. I don’t know what to call it - I am avoiding the word ‘diet’ cause it makes me roll my eyes. I slid way off today, by the rules of induction, but since I biked for an hour just getting around town I am cutting myself some slack.
I have put Loverboy on notice that I want to go back to school. This would be a big, big, commitment to do while still working, and would mean that the weekends would no longer belong to ‘us’. I have been thinking through this for several months, and I am confident that it is what I want to do. Here’s why: I work in an environment where academic degrees are very important. I don’t have one. I never lied about that, I got the job on merit, but it is still an issue for me. Part of me rejects that any of this should matter, but I know that to feel like I have options and can leave here for a similar job if I want to I will have to fix this situation.
I wanted my forties to be the ‘me’ decade. I had kids really young, have been working hard ever since, and now that they are grown and on their own I am ready to pay attention to me. (But somehow when I planned my forties I was thinking more of beaches, motorcycles, and margaritas….lol.)
Life/self satisfaction - get healthy ( slowly working on that); formal education (take a deep breath and plunge in); act like an adult when it comes to money (slowly working on that); luxuriate in Loverboy’s love and support ( really liking that so far…;) )
June 21st, 2007 at 10:07 pm
It’s your Atkins lifestyle.
June 21st, 2007 at 11:04 pm
How about Atkins Way of Eating (WOE)? That’s what I always called it when I was doing it. I would love to go back on induction, but not while nursing. Good for you for taking time for yourself now in your life, we all need a ME decade.
June 22nd, 2007 at 9:41 am
I hit 40’s in just under 2 years. I just moved to Florida, 20 miles from the beach. My husband just got a motorcycle and I am trying to get brave enough to get on it. Margaritas, once in a blue moon.
Not that hard to achieve…probably not half as satisfying as the fantasys though.
June 23rd, 2007 at 1:38 pm
Sounds like a plan. Go for it!
June 25th, 2007 at 9:08 pm
Hey TJ:
I think going back to school is a great idea. Of course I am always going to school for something or other. Have you considered going on line to take it? I do a lot of my coursework online.
Let me know what you take.
Cheers
Shari