I’ve been thinking of writing a ‘year in review’ post for some time now, and have recently been encouraged to do so.  I was thinking, what could I write about and how to phrase things.  It’s been an interesting year for me to say the least.  I wanted a theme for the new year and something that would look forward, as well as remember my past.  2009 has been a year to remember and a year to forget.  A year of sadness, a year to reflect upon, a year of self learning, and a year of new opportunities.

The journey I’ve been on this year is a story to learn from.  2009 saw the end of my 9.5 year marriage, the heartbreak that resulted, the physical impact to my body, and the start of a new journey towards recovering and turning the sadness into Happiness!  I’ve chosen the theme “The pursuit of happiness” for 2010.  It is something that is important to me, and being happy is much healthier than being sad.

Sadness has it’s place in your life, but you can’t live in it forever, and you must move forward into happiness.  I can’t control what’s happened in the past, my past has made me who I am, I don’t hide it. I can’t change the past, howevever I can make decisions about moving forward.  These decisions will involve happiness.

2009 has brought a lot of new people into my life and I am truly grateful for all the support and friendships I’ve made. A few key individuals have played very important roles, in many different ways.  I’ve had people to support me in every aspect. You all know who you are, and I say thank you from the bottom of my heart.

At times my emotions were a wreck and this took a toll on my body.  I went from a healthy 185 lbs down to an all time low of 168 lbs in the spring of 2009. I was not well and had I am very thankful that I had the help and support needed to recover from that.  My friends in the CrossFit community have been amazing.  I truley believe from the bottom of my heart that CrossFit and it’s community has helped me through the most difficult time in my life.  The end of the year has brought new hope, new happiness, and new personal records galore and it’s amazing the transformation i’ve made with my mental game as I transitioned out of sadness and into happiness.  I am excited to be training out of a new CrossFit box, and the people and family i’m meeting there are amazing people and I can’t wait to see what the 2010 training year will bring.  I am happy to report that i’m back up to a healthy weight of 185 and the recovery would not have been possible without the suportive community I’m blessed to be a part of.

2010 will bring all kinds of new opportunities, new challenges, new friendships and endless possibilities in my life. As most of you know, I am blessed with 2 amazing beautiful daughters that bring so much joy in my life.  I look forward to being a great dad to them as my top priority, and creating many new memories with them and my family in 2010.

I am inspired to try new things.  To stretch myself and do things I may not have done before.  I will embrace the opportunities as they come and won’t be afraid to put myself out there.  I don’t know exactly what this will look like, but I am choosing to look for opportunities where I may not have looked before and to not be afraid to walk through a door that is opened.

I have renewed clarity and focus and look forward to the ‘unknown and unknowable’ year I’m about to have

Thank you everyone for your support in 2009, let’s have an amazing year and remember….

“Choose Happiness”

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