Change is the new ME.

I hope you’ve enjoyed reading  my hair-raising stories this week.    You may have been wondering what these posts have to do with being a Good Life Diva.   They have everything to do with it.   Good Life Divas live their lives with passion and purpose.  We are intentional.   When God speaks, we listen.  I thought this post was going to be about how much of our identity is tied to our hair.  I decided what I really wanted to talk about was change.  Change is what prompted me to start writing this series in the first place.

My family is in a season of life right now when not much seems to be changing.  We’ve been in the same home for over 9 years.  We’ve been at the same church for 13 years.   We’ve been driving the same car for about 8 years.   The majority of our friends are the same ones we’ve had for years.   I’m still trying to lose all of the 25 pounds I gained my first year of marriage almost 13 years ago.  I’m sure it’s normal and expected when you reach a certain age your life should be, well…  stable, predictable and boring drama-free.  It’s called maturity, people!

This year I’ve decided to live with no regrets.   At the end of the year I will NOT look back and think about all the things I wish I had done differently in 2010.   One of the goals I have for 2010 is to finally lose all of that 25 pounds I gained back in 1997 and maintain my goal weight for life.   My plan was that after I lost the weight I would do something I’ve never done before.  I would get myself a real haircut.  I’m talking about the hair cut that moves me out of the safety of the long hair I’ve had all my life.   Well, I thought about it and decided I did not want to put my life on hold any longer. I decided to get my hair cut before I lost any of the weight I wanted to lose.  My new look would be the inspiration I needed to take this thing all the way.  Here it is the newer version of me:

I’m ready for change.  Ready for all that God has in store for me in 2010.  Change is defined by Merriam-Webster dictionary as to undergo transformation, to shift, to move from one phase to another.    In 2010 I intend to be transformed more into the woman I was created to be, to make a shift in my attitudes and actions towards my God-given purpose and to move from the phase of being a procrastinator to a woman of action.

I’ll be sharing more of my goals and changes I’m going through this year.  It’s your turn.  (This is a conversation, after all.)  I want to know about the changes you are making, the goals you’re setting in 2010.

Fast forward to December 31st of this year.   What is one thing you’ve resolved to do year after year and you haven’t done it yet?  What changes are you making this year to make it a reality?

Tomorrow, I’ll be finishing up this series.  See you then, Good Life Divas!