Week 3 of Reinventing Myself at 36

Aug 31 — Sept 6 2025

This week has been the very hardest by far of making and keeping the changes I began with my first habits at the end of June.

I went away to a family wedding over the long weekend and struggled with sleep from Sunday night till it came crashing down and I took a sick day on the Thursday.

I slept a wonderful 9.5 hours on that Thursday night felt like an entirely new human when Friday woke up.

I started a new habit/challenge for the month of September and with my sick day it was the only one to fail. I didn’t run my 1 mile and I still feel frustrated about it a couple days later.

It did help me realize though how a me before 70 days ago would have probably given up on that challenge all together. I would have said that I ‘chose’ to not do it and it wasn’t right for me right now.

Me today though? I ran my mile on the Fridat after work in the heat. And today? I ran it after dinner on the treadmill when all I wanted to do was nothing.

I’m almost back to the streak I had of 3 days and I plan on going past it and getting through this month strong.

All of this work is really the thing teaching me that I can count on myself more than anything and that is the biggest gift I could ever give myself.

I hope that if you so choose to decide on pursuing a goal like reinventing your life or even just starting a new habit you hope can better your life that you can also show up for yourself.

It is within the small moments and the little choices that big things in life grow and learn to blossom.