17 days and counting

Well...here it goes. "It" being the first day of the rest of my life. According to my high school principal, this day began June 1st, 1998 but if it were possible to major in time-travel I would use my talent to go back to that graduation day, push through the mass of innocent faces wearing grown-up caps, charge the podium and yell "RE-DO!" into the microphone.

So, if I could actually master the Space and Time Continuim today, then what will be on my agenda for tomorrow?? And, just in case you accidentally googled into the wrong genre of blogs, "Naked and Approaching 30" does not mean that at this very moment Im typing while straddling my desk chair wearing nothing but pink socks. "Naked" is simply where I find myself after 29 years, 348 days of life-Vulnerable, starting over and stripped of all things I thought made me ME.

Now, dont get me wrong. I do not judge those who take off their clothes for money. Trust me, after going through Hurricane Kristin, I can definitly see the reason why some women do it. Who wouldnt want to wear sexy clothes, work great hours and make a few hundred smackers a night??  Although at age 30 I might be capable of sliding down that pole, Im now much more concerned with whether or not my insurance would cover a nose-dive into the stage. So, now what? The answer to my question lies somewhere between now and forever; and to it find means I have to rediscover myself even after believing that by this age Id have it all figured out. To those who can relate, you also know this reformation can take place at any time in our lives usually with very little notice. I have worked hard, loved hard and even found success that I thought would take me everywhere I wanted to go only to have one little year take me all the way back to the starting line.

Today, I have decided that enough is enough. I am ready to start my life again and perhaps this blog will not only chronicle my journey into the unknown, but also provide some sort of therapy. It is time  to re-write my life-list; everything I truly want to see, learn, accomplish and  start putting those into action.

Life-list- Item # 1: Write.  Write as if no one is reading. Be brutally honest and emotionally attached to every word.  Write because its always been something my heart has told me to do but I have never listened.

This is my journey and im starting it completely naked. Read it, be a part of it, or even start a quest of your own. I have learned the hard way that life is about choices. My laptop, my new best friend, will soon prompt me to make a choice- Restart or Shutdown. Tonight, I choose to Restart.