Creative Crafty #5: Today's Day is Mine

Today is my birthday and I am 23....well really it was yesterday but I was too lazy to finish this post. It's a confusing age, half way between being able to drink legally and being able to rent a car. A year older and I find myself pondering life. It's funny how time has changed over the last 2 decades. When my mother was my age she was a newlywed ( their 24th wedding anniversary was just over a week ago), then a year later she had me.... This is insane! I can't even imagine being married or having a kid right now. Did I mention my parents dated for 5 years before they got married as well. Based on their plans I am wayyyy behind the eight ball.

As another year rolls by and I realize my time of screwing around is dwindling I have started to think about what i want in life and things I want to do. People keep asking my what I want to do and what my 5 year plan looks like. My response: I have no idea. Part of my brain keeps saying you are still young and then the other half says you are too old to NOT have a plan.

It is hard to have a plan when I don't even know what I want to do work-wise. The things I do know are I graduated with a Mechanical Engineering degree which I am proud of, I have a job in energy efficiency because the company is nice, I always loved snowmobiles and the fine arts. I have decided that I am going to make a return to my art skills and start painting and drawing again. For example:

My Newest Painting

To avoid getting stuck in a life rut every month I want to try or do something new! How fun would that be! Also I love learning new things and challenging myself all the time. Forcing yourself outside of your comfort zone is what makes you grow as a person.  I think its boring living inside the box 24/7/365 (disregard leap year: the squares get at least one day a year. Ha!).


So to start, I ate Portuguese today! A coworker took me out for my birthday and I decided branching out of my normal meat and potatoes would be a good idea.  Although it wasn't my usual it was tasty!

I also ran my first 5K ( which was really 3.5 miles) last week as well. It was the JP Morgan Chase Corporate Challenge in Rochester NY and the weather was perfect! I am NOT a runner! In fact I have always said I hated running and well I ate my words last Thursday. After quitting rugby 2 months ago  my only exercise being lifting the fork to my mouth and yet I ran the full 3.5 miles at a 9:40 pace finishing in 33:51. It was good to prove to myself if I put my mind to something I could do it. I also ended up loving the feeling afterwards. I was so proud myself and I now have signed up for another 5K. This time around its the Warrior Dash and I'm excited because its a little less running and a little more activity driven.

Before the summer is out I have 2 more goals I would like to achieve. Goal one is to get a tattoo on my side for a very special person who meant a lot to my mom and me. Goal two is to get my motorcycle license via a three day training course. These are both easily attainable goals but I have to pull up my big girl panties and just do it instead of talking about it!