When we start out to make our life better, smarter, healthier, deeper, we have to look inside to see what that truly is.  Life can take many turns over the years and sometimes while we are living our life we forget the things that keep us healthy like proper diet, exercise, mental stimulation and successful relationships.

Over the last two years I have been keeping my diet in check, and the reward is 103 pounds lighter so far.  Recently in the last four months I have also started working out at 50 Forward with their Silver Sneakers program.  A series of low impact exercising to get the blood pumping and the body moving.

We recently adopted a three month old kitten who was abandoned by her mother at a house I manage for rental.  She is a sweetie and a good stress reliever for me.

If you are interested in making positive changes in your life I recommend you make a list.  Do you want to eat better? Live smarter or lower stress? Decide what you want to achieve and put those goals down on paper or your virtual notepad. Then research how to make them happen.  Sometimes budget or just life will prevent you from starting or completing them on a timetable you would like. But remember my husband’s favorite saying, “There are no unrealistic goals, just unrealistic timetables”.

In my walk to make my life better and healthier I have started back to University as of last month.  I was halfway to my degree originally and I have decided this was the time. Tennessee offers all kinds of incentive programs for adults going back to University and I was able to qualify for several educational Grants to offset my cost.  It has been very exciting so far and I was able to go back to my original School, Trevecca Nazarene University. Trevecca offers a 100% on line adult education program for people like myself who want to finish what we started.   Wish me luck!

A work in progress Karen Wilson Hoff.. waves to family and friends..