Today marks another revolution around the sun for me, and I cannot help but reflect on the last few years which led me to thinking about the last time I reflected on the decade that was. But before I share my current thoughts I life I thought I would repost the letter I wrote on my thirtieth to my 20 year old self.
Read MoreI am 31.
I am single.
I am childless.
Enter your best cliches or stereotype here.
While my closest friends have had children for practically a decade now, I have remained just me. Sure there have been relationships, some better left behind in my twenties and a few that were real love and who remain in my heart.
Time.
Six years ago I was on addicted to drugs.
FIve years ago I was studying post grad psychology.
Four years ago I was confused, unemployed but in love.
For years, in fact for most of my life you have been the villain.
Something to avoid, something to keep far from my plate, something down right awful.
Low fat ruled.
It was the dietary dogma of my generation.
And to many a degree it still is.
Low low low Fat
We as a society have moved so far past using food for the reasons it was intended, for the reasons our ancestors ate - fuel, satiation and to sustain life. We eat for any and all number of reasons now. We eat for happiness, we eat out of sadness, we eat out of boredom, we eat out of misguided cravings, we out of sheer plentfiulness. I think it’s time to really start thinking about why we are eating as much as what we are eating.
Read MoreMy health journey is more than just the physical, for me it has been a psychological one too, and is a journey that will continue for I believe that we should always be growing, changing and learning. Lately someone told me I have changed, and while my initial instinct was to be slightly offended, I mean changed from what? Changed how? But then I realised I was proud that I had. I do not want to be the same as I was ten, five or even 2 years ago. We don't build our dream by not changing.
Read MoreOne day in Seoul and tomorrow morning I am embarking on a 3-day water fast. Seriously, you what? I can hear you say already. It might sound drastic but it’s not. Here is the why, and the how.
To say I am excited to be here is an understatement, for I am definitely that and more.
