If we live to be 82, we have approximately 30,000 days on this planet. DAYS! Our life can be reduced to days and half of mine are behind me. I started this blog because I want to make the most of my 30,000 days and I want to see how others are doing the same.

I am anxious to step away from my comfort zone and experience all life has to offer. I want to explore new passions and nurture old ones. I am on a quest to chase my dreams. My massive dreams along with my wee day-to-day dreams.

For the past seventeen years I have been a stay home mom. Raising my children has been the most rewarding experience of my life. They are amazing people and I am honored to be their mother. I have been fulfilled and immensely gratified with my purpose. I always knew my purpose on this earth was to raise my kids.

As my kids quickly grew into teenagers, they physically started to need me less. They still needed me, just not in the same way. I began to have more time on my hands. I thought this was fantastic! I could now start to focus on my needs again. My wants and desires. Who I was outside of wife and mother. But, a frightening thing happened. I wasn’t sure what those wants and desires were anymore.

The crazy thing is, when you’re busy focusing on taking care of others, you can forget to take care of yourself. While I was raising my family, I had forgotten to keep my fingers on the pulse of my passions.

When my kids were younger, I didn’t allow myself to step out of my ‘mom box’ very often. I didn’t try things if I didn’t think it was a “mom” thing to do.  I thought I was being a good mom, giving my kids and husband 100% of me. But, I lost myself along the way.

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Twelve years ago, a friend asked me if I wanted to take a surf lesson. That day changed my life. Taking that surf lesson ignited the fuse of my passions that had been lying dormant. Becoming a surfer at 35 opened me up to new facets of myself and taught me that stepping out of my comfort zone is the only way to live a full life. Once I stepped out of my box to try surfing, I started feeling confident in trying other things. Things that weren’t necessarily “me.” Things that scared me a little. Things that were out of my wheelhouse.

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And guess what? I found that continuing to take those steps out of my comfort zone was how I wanted to live my life. Life was so much sweeter out there.  I became obsessed with finding new passions and talking to people about theirs. I wanted to discover how others stay in touch with their dreams and desires and how they live large.

Life is too short to just merely be comfortable.

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I blog because I feel I have something to say. After talking with other people, especially other women, I found that what I have to say resonates with them. They can relate. I have recently begun to give myself permission to follow my passions, to explore my desires, and to chase my dreams.  And I am hoping through my blog, I can encourage others to do the same.

Won’t you join me?

Salty Kisses.

Karen

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