I have 163 days left in my 40s.

My mantra for 2018 is “Let’s Go” with the apostrophe. In 2017, I lived a life of excuses:  I was too busy, too broke, too sick…the list was long.

With “Let’s Go!” as this year’s mission statement, my priorities become clearer:

• Spend time with the people I love? Let’s Go!
• Throw out all things in the house that I’m hoarding?  Let’s Go!
• Get in better shape?  Let’s Go!

The mantra can be modified by dropping the apostrophe, “…lets go.”

• Coz lets go of worrying about things out of her control.
• Coz lets her children go without giving them the doom and gloom speech of all the bad things that can happen.
• Coz lets go of toxic people and drama.

I was going to apologize for speaking in third person, but I’m letting it go.

I want to live in my 50s without making excuses or apologizing for choosing me.  In my 30s and 40s, I thought it was honorable to put everyone ahead of myself.  Everyone was fine, but I became more unhealthy and unhappy.

I gained 20 pounds.  I started medication for high blood pressure.  This isn’t how I want to live the next half of my life.

I am determined to spend these last 163 days working on the best me for 50.  LET’S GO!

I am so happy you all are still with me in 2018. What are your goals for 2018?  And what is your plan to get them done?