Still not sure what I want to do when I grow up...
To this day, I still don't understand how anyone who is 18 years of age is supposed to know what they want to do for a career. Whether choosing a college, trade, profession, or whatever other options there are, honestly, who can know what they want to spend the majority of the rest of their life doing each day.

While on my return flight from the karate tournament,I was fortunate enough to meet a wonderful woman from Michigan who was an entrepreneur with a consulting business helping high school students from 9th through 12th grade figure out via studies, tests, analysis, hands-on assessments not only what they want to do when they grow up, but what they'd be good at based on their skills and personality traits.

I was very intrigued as being the product of the " I have no clue what I'm going to do when I grow up" environment, I wish I had the benefit of such a wonderful high school future analysis path.

We think of teenagers as so immature and irresponsible, but we must realize that someday those "teenagers" may be running large companies or, better yet, our country....

Well, I thought I'd raise that topic for discussion as I myself fell into my profession when I was 18 thanks to a friend asking me to join them for a day of filling out applications. How long ago was that you may ask..... 21 short yrs ago. It seems like yesterday.

I didn't have a care in the world at the time, and, Boy, what I wouldn't do to not have any responsibilities again; however, w/ responsibilities comes accomplishment, pride and personal growth.

Here's to the future -- let us all grow as much as we can and be the people we were meant to be....

Where's the Fun?

Okay, so "Fun" may be classified as becoming an International Karate Champion! Have I peeked your interest yet...

Yes, I'm serious. We competed and came in 1st in the group division and we came in 3rd and 4th in the individual competition. We came home with big 'ol 1st place trophies and medals! Woohooo......

My husband is so proud and he's going to build me a shelf for my trophies, and I said, "Great. I can put the karate trophies in place of my teenybopper cheerleading trophies from 18 yrs ago" hahaha...

"Fun" is whatever you make of it. For me right now, Fun = karate. Fun = spending time w/ my husband, friends, nieces, etc, etc.... anything that makes me laugh = "Fun"!

Tonight we had a girls' get together. There were 8 of us there, and did we have some laughs!! Everything is fun and funny when you are with your peeps and can make a joke out of a moth sharing your scorpion bowl (I won't name restaurants; although, how many places are there on Rt. 1 in the 01906 ZIP code that serve potent drinks?)

I mentioned to a few of my friends that I have been in a funky emotional place lately mostly due to not being 100% pleased with my career. Three of my best friends looked at me and said "Get out! You would never have known it."

Being an Aries, I guess that's typical, but at the same time, I was quite pleased w/ myself knowing that I achieve my goal of always trying to keep my positive attitude even when I'm not jumping up and down with excitement inside.

So, as I started my blog this morning with "Where is the Fun," I'll end it w/ the "Fun" is where you find it!

Have a "Fun" day!
K:)

Karate for dummies!

So, here I am in the close to 40s-age category and I along with my girlfriends decided to join a karate class. We started out taking kickboxing in a local dojo and we noticed some of the other folks were taking karate. We sorta jokingly inquired, and our Sensei agreed to help us learn karate.

There are a few of us who are not the most coordinated individuals, so we've titled the class "Karate for Dummies" as our Sensei has to go over each instruction several, several times before we all interpret it correctly :).

We are having a blast and enjoying the discipline of the martial arts, but it is very challenging.

Here we are three months later, and who'd have guessed we'd be competing in a karate tournament in Detroit, MI. We are competing individually as well as in a group setting.

It's very fun telling people that I am competing in a karate tournament, and I'll be honest, I don't divulge that I'm competing in the white-belt category unless they ask :)

I guess I won't change my nickname to Karate Karla just yet...

Clearly, I'm new at blogging...

Okay, I must admit, I've had a blog page for quite a while now and have been hesitant to post. I tend to be a "Put myself right out there kinda gal." To me blogging is almost like an on-line diary, and while I put my heart and soul right out there when I meet you, I certainly would not show you my diary :)

So, here I am a virgin blogger unsure of what to share w/out sharing too much!

Maybe for my first blog post, I'll leave it at this.
Stay tuned!

Signed,
I ain't no Virgin blogger...