Celebrating New Beginnings

Today is an almost-milestone-birthday, and I’ve decided it’s finally time to figure out what I want to do for the rest of my life.

While I don’t consider it a midlife crisis per se because I personally think I may be too old to be considered a “midlifer”, it is a time for reflection, and new beginnings.  I’m developing new hobbies, taking new classes, and reading about life’s changes.

One of the most exciting areas of exploration is gardening, and I’m taking Gardening Practices and Techniques, a course in the certificate program in Gardening and Horticulture, at UCLA Extension.

For the next 11 weeks, we’ll be working on our plots at The Learning Garden at Venice High School in Venice, CA.  And we’ll be learning about plants, flowers, soil, and so much more from Nancy Harrington, a landscape contractor who’s extraordinarily knowledgeable.

So, I’ve decided that one subject I’ll be blogging about is gardening. Isn’t that a great new beginning?

A Life in Transition

Last night, in the first version of this post, I wrote: “While I’m not sure if I’m going to keep this blog as my new one–I’ve had it for awhile, but haven’t posted on it in a few years–it will be my interim blog until I decide. So, don’t change your blogrolls yet…we’ll wait and see how this plays out.

And in the meantime, if I decide to post about bipolarity and related subjects, I’ll still post on Wellness Writer.

“But, my new writing won’t be about illness or wellness because that’s where I’ve been, not where I’m going. It’s about the life I’m living now. There are so many things I love to do that I haven’t written about. There are so many books I read that I haven’t written about.”

There was more, but this morning when I awakened, I had a brand new idea. This blog can be about a year of transition. Fact is, next year I’m turning 60, and it is definitely time to change my life.

So…while I don’t know the particulars, this blog will probably chronicle my life in transition from April 6, 2009 to April 6, 2010. That is…unless I awaken tomorrow with a new idea!