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50 this year! Yes I only just turned 49 years old. And was pondering the fact that I have now in 2023 entered year number 50 in my life. I don’t know why that number stands out, but it does. I will turn 50 this year in November. Yowsers how could I already be turning 50, and not be where I thought I was “supposed” to be. I remember in my 20’s and 30’s thinking that by the age of 40 I’d have it all figured out. The perfect size body, the dream home, a certain net worth, a dream career, bla bla… then what happened? 40 came and went without the “perfect body” or “dream home” 😂

The Dream

Maybe 41 was when I STARTED the work on me! I mean really making major goals for myself, loving me and my business that I was in at the time. Interesting side story that the “dream job” (according to my husband) came along around that time. Yes I was 41 at the time, having just started my own kiosk business. Back then, my husband and I both thought that business venture would help out with a lot of financial areas in our life. And that it would allow us to gather the resources we wanted in order to finally build our dream life.

Not getting into details only because it takes too long. The unthinkable happened. Instead of the dream life, dream home, dream body I had started working on. (I had then just lost about 5 kgs ) I gained 10kg. Circumstance had me “empty” with no thought and energy left at the time about really focusing on making the new business work which I had then recently started into a fulfilling venture.

Needless to say my whole life was turned upside down and I felt lost and unable to concentrate on anything. Amongst the chaos, our home was broken-in to thrice! I lost a whole lot from the period 2015/2018. Loved ones, money, valuables and very close to losing my mind too! ALHAMDULILAH for I believe in the power of prayer and recited Al-Inshirah at all times and kept it close to my heart and in my mind the ‘re-invent me’ (process of healthier mind body) became a MUST for my mental health. Of course my husbands too.

Anyways, I took health and fitness seriously 5 month prior to my 45th. Vividly remember telling myself hey you’re going to be the best version of you when you hit 50!

Read more on Al-Inshirah here. Surah al-Inshirah, meaning “Solace” or “Comfort”, is the 94th Surah of The Quran. It is also known as Surah ash-Sharh, literally, “The Opening-up of the Heart”. As the name suggests, Surah al-Inshirah thematically deals with comforting and offering solace to believers.

That Was Then, This Is Now

I’m taking the opportunity to use this upcoming birthday to redo the goals I had when I turned 40. What I’ve decided to do this year to make it count. I really contemplated how to use this year for the best. Should I make a bucket list? A list of 50 things to do in the weeks to come?

I think that what I came up with here suits me well, for where I am right now. Both in my health and business. And I’m super excited to share it. Here’s part of my plan. I’m using this blog as an accountability thread to report how it’s all going. I’d like to have a journal to see how it began, and what changes have happened over the year.

My 50 things list looks like this:

What My 50th To Do List Look Like

Check it out my thoughts on Goal setting

I’m really excited because I know that making little changes on a regular basis can add up to big things.

My Vision For My 50th

By November 2023 things will have changed. Check it out -> 😀

Above all I intend to enjoy every day of this next year in some way. I know that it won’t always be smooth sailing. I expect there to be bumps in the road. And times when I just don’t feel like doing what I said I was going to do. But, I’m going to decide right now that I want to do it anyway.

I want to be honest with myself about what the issues are, and what thoughts are working against me when I really don’t feel like doing the consistent thing I said I’d do.

So, in the end, this year’s journey is about my online business. It’s also going to be about learning more of myself and how to change my behaviours in deeper ways. So that I can help my co-workers/client and customers more too. I have found that coaching clients is really easy when I’ve been through the exact things they need help with. Plusses knowing my learning will help them too 🙂 Anyways leaving you with some of my t-shirt designs. For customisation do mail me and I’d be more than happy to assist you. Sometimes finding the right words to say can be tricky. So don’t! just wear it instead. Do check out my 50 this year collection below.

LET THE FUN BEGIN!