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September 12, 2011
by Carolyn
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The New Site

Not that this one is going anywhere, but I’ll be posting over at my new lifestyle blog Health Kitten.

If you recall my post from a few weeks back, I was having what I’m calling the “curse of the 8′s1” where I question everything going on in my life and my true purpose of being. While I work in a job where I get to do a lot of good for a lot of people, it leaves me wanting more. “More” in the sense of I lack personal fulfillment.

I love writing. But I’ve never had the opportunity to fully realize that love because “life” got in the way. Too much to do, too much responsibility…well, thanks to a wonderful husband, I’m going to dip my toe into the pool of my dreams. Hopefully, if things go the way I want them to, I can quit this corporate job and do what I truly love: writing and cooking.

Health Kitten is going to chronicle my journey into wellness and living well in my own skin – which means I’m going to be a happier and healthier Blogkitten going forward. I’ll have recipes, photos, and more insight into my struggles going forward in the hopes of inspiring others and helping them do the same for themselves.

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1 I’ve had these crisis moments at 18, 28 and now 38. I can’t recall what happened when I was 8, but I’m sure I had a crisis then as well.

September 6, 2011
by Carolyn
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Don’t Stop Me Now!

If you haven’t seen the Google Doodle for today (9/6/11), please go look now!

It’s not a secret that I love Queen and I was saddened as an 18-year old when Freddie Mercury died from complications of AIDS. A talent that the world will never see again, especially now that the music industry is more concerned with looks rather than talent.

On the Official Google Blog today, Brian May guest posts about Freddie on what would’ve been his 65th birthday. A touching memorial from the good doctor1.

I’m even more inspired to live my life as fearlessly as Freddie did. Hope you can be inspired to do the same.

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1 May earned his PhD in astrophysics in 2007 with his thesis entitled “A Survey of Radial Velocities in the Zodiacal Dust Cloud.” Yes, he is a giant nerd. :)

August 29, 2011
by Carolyn
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Living In My Own Skin

Products of boredom

On Friday I had a bit of a stir up in my bran and was thinking of what I want to do with the rest of my life and blathered on about it in my last post. Later that day, I had an epiphany of what to do about it.

I can’t say much now, because the project is in its preliminary stages, but it feels good to have a goal and something to work towards. It also helps that I have the best, most supportive husband in the world encouraging me to reach for the stars with this project. I can’t wait to share more, but I have work ahead of me first. Trust that I’ll be bragging all about it on here once it’s ready.

Between this and the other shakeups I have going on, it’s going to be an interesting next few months!

Happy Monday!

August 26, 2011
by Carolyn
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Seeds of Change

Planting the Seeds of Change

I’ve got this nagging feeling like there’s something missing. Like I should be doing something else with my life; that I have a purpose for greater things. I feel like all I do is spin my wheels, driving a car I don’t want to be in, and going nowhere.

I do have some big changes coming up in these next months, ones I will not be discussing with anyone but my closest friends and family. Aside from that, I’ve been doing a lot of self reflection and proverbial navel-gazing to try and put my finger on what’s wrong. Marriage is wonderful – Tim’s actually one of the truly awesome things I have in my life. My job, while I don’t hate it, seems to be moving towards doing more stuff I don’t like and less of the stuff I love. Plus, there’s a whole other level of stress with recent business developments that I’m not sure I’m ready to handle. As the years go on, I have a hard time reconciling what I do with who I do it for. I’m an environmentalist and there are things I just can’t stomach.

Does that mean a career change? Who knows – but that will have to happen far down the road. There are many things I would love to do as a career (if I could get paid to do it), but it’s just not in the cards right now.

[EDIT] – Not that a new job will fix things, it’s just a general dissatisfaction with things at this moment. [/EDIT]

I’m going to chalk this post down as stream-of-consciousness venting and leave it at that.

Happy Friday?