Day 5: Why — Sarita en 360

In my first blog post, I mentioned that I had been talking about doing a blog for awhile, and since the big launch, a few have asked, so why a blog? Honestly, after this short lived fame in the blogosphere (see, I'm already down with the lingo), I think there are a few reasons for WHY I decided to venture into this new space.

1. Creativity. Blogging allows for me to cultivate my ideas regarding healthy living in a fun and thought provoking way. Even though I feel like I lead a pretty busy life, I still find myself spending WAY too much time on social media. I am that person that plans to go to bed at 10 and then 11:30 rolls around and I have somehow ended up on my cousin's friend's sister's page.....wait whaaaat? So why not spend that hour and a half harnessing my creativity and trying to positively contribute to this crazy world of social media?
2. Accountability. Putting this insane idea on paper was one thing. Putting it into the world wide web (thanks Al gore) is a completely different thing. I sometimes forget that when you put something out on social media, there is a good possibility that MOST of your connections are going to see it. The idea that my friends and family, and acquaintances, and that one random dude I met at Cafe Citron in DC 10 years ago, are going to follow my journey, is a pretty profound thing. Did it stop me from eating that gluten free cookie tonight? No. But did it make me buy a 'healthy option' at the grocery store, I think so. It definitely pushed me to get some sort of a work out in today (if you remember I was supposed to work out this morning, that DIDN'T happen) and it is making me really think about a balanced life.
3. Speaking my TRUTH. How fitting that the Golden Globes happened to be right when I was starting this blog.....and that Oprah happened to drop that knowledge bomb about speaking our truth. If you are like me, you may or may not have needed to google what the hell that meant....don't judge. So what does speaking your truth really mean? To me it means that I am finally going to be REAL with myself about my life and my happiness. It means that its time to get comfortable with the uncomfortable. I will be the first to say that I live a pretty great life. I get to wake up each morning and go to a job where I feel like I am really making a difference. I have an amazing support system near and far. 75% of the time I am #livingmyBESTlife. But what about the other 25%? Am I letting that 25% hold me back from being the best version of myself? I don't know. But this year we are going to find out, and I can't really believe that I'm letting you all in on this crazy journey, but I am READY!

Sara

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