30-Day Blogging Challenge: Day 1 – My Yearly Birthday Assessment And Birthday Wishes
Today is my 44th birthday and amongst the many things I’m doing are 2 that I do every year – take a look at my life thus far and think of birthday wishes for myself for the coming year in the context of what I feel called to be, do and have before I’m dead and gone. I think it’s important to keep one’s eye on that – on the reality that poof, one day – and you don’t get to know which – you’ll be part of the ether so if you want something while you’re on this here Earth, you better get to it before your time is up. I keep myself centered from that knowing daily but on big holidays and birthdays, I tap in even more just as many people do.
So, 44.
First of all, I love that number. Something occurs as very exceptional about it. Maybe because it’s the same number side-by-side. Maybe because they add up to 8 which is a number that mirrors itself on top and bottom and which sideways is the infinity sign.*
All of that calls my attention and just gives me a good feeling of wholeness in general. That being said, however, I cannot believe I’m 44!!!
Holy moly! 44?! Isn’t 44 “old” in a thousand ways?
Well, it once seemed to be ancient to me but that’s certainly not the case anymore.
My Life Has Just Begun
The truth is I don’t feel “44” at all. In fact, I feel my life’s only gotten going in the last few years. After my divorce from the boys’ father. After Steven. After his illness. After his death. After that first year of searing grief. After the first year and a half of dating Scott.
Once we married on September 28, 2012, that’s when it all got really real. That’s when the life goals really got cemented in and when life really began. And what a ride it has been…
Wow!
I guess life really does start at 40 as some people say. It certainly did for me and it has been worth every last thing since.
Has it been all fun and games these past 4 years? Oh my gosh, hardly! But what we’re up to is figuring out this riddle called life, together, being our very best selves and exactly whom we were created to be and that – an honest life of going for it, a life without regret – is more than worth all the pain of achieving it.
Birthday Wishes For Myself
So, to that end, what are my birthday wishes for myself for this upcoming new year of life?
- The first birthday wish is to keep writing here daily now that I’ve started this 30-Day Blogging Challenge.
#1, I love that I started it with my birthday as the OFFICIAL Day 1 and no, I didn’t plan it that way. God shows me stuff, I follow. Period.
That’s how I do most everything and I want to keep doing this not as a writing challenge per se as I write everyday as I shared in my Anything But Perfect (use the same passcode for it to open: rylbd20) post yesterday BUT as a daily blogging habit of sharing myself and my life with you. If you have followed me for some time or know me at all, you know that is what I’m most committed to not as a hey, look at me! thing but as a this is what I’ve lived and studied and know from my personal life experience and I hope it can help you and serve you somehow thing.
I love my life – the good, the bad and the ugly – and this (sharing) is what I was born to do and I do it in many ways. I simply want to do it FULLY once and for all via my daily writing to you. Many things, all stemming from financial issues above all, have kept me from it before but this time I’m not folding in any way, shape or form any more. Much has changed for me and my life since July 31st and you’ll be hearing about that and lots more.
Bottom line: There’s no going back and the 30-Day Blogging Challenge is my way to keep myself accountable to myself and to you in this. So, call me out if I miss a day. I give you permission and promise not to take offense.
- My second birthday wish is to keep doing my life coaching through my ROCK YOUR LIFE BOOTCAMP so that I may help many people create meaningful lives they truly love.
We are on Day 20 of the October one and it’s mind-blowing how all the pieces have perfectly fit in. I feel SO blessed to be able to contribute in such a meaningful way to people directly and to life itself. It’s downright awesome and I am LOVING it and I can’t imagine not doing it at this point at all. I can’t see how I wasn’t doing it before but I guess I had to put it all together so everything’s exactly as it needed to be now.
As such, November is ON with early registration available already through this Thursday, October 22nd. The Pre-Season Prep work starts a week from today on Tuesday, October 27th and the course starts on Sunday, November 1st. You can click here to learn more or here to get on the list to receive updates and info.
I hope many of you join in.
If it’s time in your life to do the work, to get rid of the anxiety and the fears and work out whatever is in the way of your very best life in every way, please don’t think twice about it.
If you feel called at all, if this resonates even a teensy weensy bit, jump in with both feet. I promise you that 35 days later, after our 5 weeks together, you will not be sorry one bit.
- My third birthday wish is being abundant financially from my talents and gifts so that I may provide for my family and also give to others as abundantly as I used to in my “prior life” – when I built over a million dollar biz with my ex.
The only thing I’m missing in my new life right now is abundant finances but I feel that’s about to turn. I have spent the last few years being burnt to the ground by certain situations from my past and I have chosen to take it and not say a word for now. All comes in due time and I am willing to wait as long as the good Lord will have me wait to set the record straight. His timing is perfection so I am just sitting back patiently. I don’t force outcomes in life. I allow God to direct life in His infinite wisdom. Everything that happens is all good to me and when all is said and done, I’ll humbly say what I already say now: Thank You, God. I knew I could trust you 100% and that I had nothing to fear.
Thank You, God. I knew I could trust you 100% and that I had nothing to fear. Click To TweetOf course I have many more super special birthday wishes but these are my top 3 personal ones. Two other big ones are:
- to travel and speak at meetings, conferences, churches, events, et cetera, all over the world encouraging people to be who they were born to be so, if you can be part of that, or know someone who needs a speaker, please let me know. In the meantime, I am looking at opportunities myself of where to speak and set up events as well so if you’re interested at all, stay tuned to that and all that I’m up to by getting on the mailing list here.
and the other wish…
- for my hubby and I to find and purchase our dream property which we’ve already called Wonderland. Yep! Beautiful Wonderland. Aptly named because I never want to lose my wonder about life (I’m in AWE of the amazing opportunity that it is to live, to feel and to self-express as we are each uniquely created to) and because a Wonder is what this planet is in spite of all the horrors in it. I firmly believe it is up to us to care enough to make the world a better place… and, unless we do, we will be spiritually unfulfilled no matter what. We’re here to help one another, people! Let’s get to it.
So, that’s my yearly birthday assessment and birthday wishes. Do you do this on your birthday or only for New Year’s? What are you up to in your life? What do you care about? What may I support you in? Do share in the comments below and let’s keep each other going! We were born for this!
All my love always,
Narah XOXO
* the infinity sign is my favorite next to the cross, the heart and the happy face followed by the hands in prayer