WellBeing Clare

Before I really get rolling with my latest thoughts on wellbeing, let's just get one thing straight. I'm sure not against happiness. I mean, who hates happiness? Who wouldn't want it? If I Want Happiness, Why Aren't I Trying to Get It? My deal is that I don't think that happiness is a way of being. I think it's something you experience along the way. As far as I can understand it, you can't just become happy and then remain that way as a pretty permanent lifestyle.  At first, that thought jarred. I mean, I don't know about you, but I was raised to think that I could do things and become happy and then blam, I'd be living the good life. I'd be golden. Still, even when things are going great with me, the happiness doesn't stick. It's something I feel now and again, but not something that is a way of being over the long term. Why Wellbeing if Not Happiness? Since I've decided that the expression "There is no way to happiness, happin

I just visited my local farmers market for the first time, and I can't wait to write down all my thoughts. This was the jumping off point for my wellbeing journey. It's actually not at all what I was expecting. It was halfway between a quaint country road stand and a Black Friday sale. Somehow, though, it was a happy, calm place to be, and way friendlier than my supermarket. Shopping at the Farmers Market It took me a minute to figure out where to start. The farmer's market where I shopped wasn't in neat rows like the supermarket. It was a bit of a circle with a few booths in the middle. People just went where they wanted to go. Some people seemed to start at one end and went up and down, perusing what each table had, and then bought what they wanted. Others seemed to make a beeline right to the table(s) they wanted. Others just seemed to be completely random. Taking cues from others wasn't going to work for me. I just needed to figure out what my own thing was.

What is wellbeing? I first created this blog in 2018, and it was going to be about getting a slim belly through weight loss. Then I never did a single thing. I didn't lose weight - not really - and I didn't write any posts here. It explains why the URL is what it is. But more than 2 years later, I'm ready to make changes with my life. This time, it's going to be something a lot better. I'm going to look at what wellness really is and live it. Done with Dieting and Hating Myself I'm sick of hating myself for every change that happens to me. I'm not ugly. I'm not fat. I'm not thin. I'm just me. But I know I have a long way to go if I want to be my healthiest, feel my best and live my longest. So I'm ready to change. It's going to be a slow, fun journey into wellbeing. I'm going to learn to cook something that isn't out of a box. I'm going to figure out my skin care. I even plan to change up the way I do my cleaning. I'm