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Semi-retirement.

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Aloha! It occurred to me that I made a very important decision in my head a couple of weeks ago, but forgot to blog about it.

The “training for my first half marathon” phase of my life lasted four months, one third of a year, and now it is over. But there’s another phase of my life that is also about to come to a close.

When it comes to this blog, I am officially going into semi-retirement. I used to blog five times a week, and then took it down to about three times a week if I was lucky. Now I plan to just blog when I feel like it. It will most likely be only for the more important things, like race recaps, every few months. I still want to document things like that, and this is as good a place as any.

When I started this blog I was at the tail-end of my weight loss journey and was full of ideas, thoughts and excitement about my new healthy lifestyle. I used to have another blog for about three years where I just generally talked about my life, but I felt I was getting a little too old for it and wanted to have a more narrow focus. Once I got more accustomed to my lifestyle and it just became a regular, not-newsworthy, boring ol’ life, I struggled with ideas.

While writing A Fresh Start For Molly I’ve branched out and talked about more than just healthy living; I’ve written about moving, getting engaged, spending time with my family, my mental health, and planning my wedding.

After a while, I guess I just couldn’t figure out what I wanted to write about. I got tired of posting about running all the time (even though that’s really all I do that’s remotely newsworthy), felt awkward taking pictures of my food (it just ain’t my thing), and really didn’t want to share anything too personal. And I definitely was never into promoting myself to gain more readers (even though I appreciate all the ones I have!).

Writing about my life on a public platform has always been super awkward for me, but the feedback I’ve received from readers has always made it worth it. I have rarely posted about my blog on Facebook or Twitter, and I hate when people that know me in real life find out I blog. Isn’t that strange, since I put it all out there for strangers to read?

Also, I don’t have a lot of time in the day to devote to blog entries, so a lot of them are rushed and I don’t take the time to proofread. That may sound fine, but I’m a copy editor by day and finding errors when I did take the time to go through old entries was driving me insane. Case in point: I almost spelled entries wrong in both of the previous sentences.

It wasn’t until recently that I decided I could just write for me, when I feel like it, and I’d be completely fine with that.

I am looking forward to stopping by the blog when I have something I really want to say. By spending less time posting for the sake of posting, I’ll be able to crafty meaty blog posts that make me happy, and hopefully have less spelling and grammar errors :)

If you want to still read when I do decide to pop in, I’d recommend subscribing by email (you can do so in the sidebar to the right) or adding me to your Google Reader.

Thanks for reading!

I’ve been immortalized…

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with an image quote!

I felt silly when I first saw it…usually you see Ghandi or Audrey Hepburn’s name at the end of those things!

You all know the lovely Janetha of meals & moves – right? I first found her blog because of the incredible fundraiser she did when a fellow New Brunswicker, Susan of The Great Balancing Act, was diagnosed with cancer. I think yesterday was my first time leaving a comment for Janetha though, and it was really something that just popped into my head…I think I was heading out for lunch when I typed it in with my Blackberry.

Janetha asked a really great question – When was the last time you felt proud of yourself? - and the above quote was my honest answer. She surprised me today by including the image in her most recent post.  Pride doesn’t always have to come from something big. I can be proud of myself for sticking it out through my workout instead of cutting it short…for looking in the mirror and saying something positive instead of negative…for choosing to make dinner instead of eating out. The journey to changing your lifestyle can be discouraging, so I think it’s important to work hard so you can be proud of yourself every single day.

I’d love to hear what you guys think of Janetha’s question: When was the last time you felt proud of yourself?

Welcome!

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First things first: this blog is UNDER CONSTRUCTION. In other words, I’m blindly trying to figure out how to pretty this place up a bit.

I blogged for three years at another location and recently felt the need to switch things up. Times are a-changin’ in all aspects of my life, and I wanted – well, I wanted a fresh start.

In short, A Fresh Start For Molly will be about my life. I recently lost a substantial amount of weight but more importantly than that I’ve had to get used to a new healthy lifestyle. Recipes, photos, goals and exercise recaps will appear often; I’ll also look back on my experiences learning to run, using Weight Watchers Online and navigating my physical and mental health.

Currently, I’m just coming back from a three-month break from exercise due to a back injury and I’m hoping to do a beginner’s triathlon in early July followed by a sub-30 5K later that month. We’ll see if that actually happens though because trying to get back at it hasn’t been pretty. So that’s what’s going on with me. What’s new with you?

You can learn more on the About Me page, and I’ll keep on bloggin’ if you care to keep reading.

Here goes nothing!