Interesting concept- doing what I want instead of what others want me to... In some ways I am still grieving the choice that I made to quit helping others until I really learned how to help myself. 

I keep thinking that I have failed in some way because I can't do it all anymore. And then I hear a voice inside my head that says 'perhaps the failure is not that you are now taking care of yourself, but rather the time it took for you to recognize that you needed to take care of yourself". Either way, failure has never been my ideal for a happy life. And maybe that is what needs to change.. I mean really.. what is failure but a new chance for success?!

I don't know if I will be a success at changing my perspective and focusing on my own life and what really makes me happy. I am willing now to try. That is the first step..

So, what am I doing with my 'free day'.. I am going grocery shopping and I am going to spend time doing something that I DO love..

I am going to baking bread and trying out a new recipe for Sweet Potato Pie. I have never made one of those, and I would like to try it.

I love to cook. Cooking lets my mind wander, while my hands are busy. Things that I can't sort out any other time, seem to get sorted out when I cook. 

Soon I will want to think about who I want to share my new recipes with, but for now, it is enough that I am taking today to do something I love..