Cut the crap!

Last week I turned 40. It came and went just like any other birthday. Some nice gifts, a yummy cake and a super big hug from my daughter. It was awesome in its simplicity.

Every new year (as in calendar new year) I like to reflect on the past year. And try to set some goals (ie resolutions) for the coming new year. I got tired of my grand ideas always fizzling out and celebrating another year without having fulfilled the last year's resolution. So I stopped doing it.

Instead I decided my birthday was a good day to reflect on the past year. To reassess what was working and what wasn't. To look at where I am going. To decide where I want to be and how that compares to where I am. And for an added bonus this year, I decided to theme it. "Cut the crap!" is what I came up with. Catchy, no? It helps if you use a Rochester accent to say the word "Craaaaaaap." :)

It works on so many levels for me this year. I need to "cut the crap" out of my food. I need to "cut the crap" and just exercise. I need to "cut the crap" and declutter my home before it implodes. I need to "cut the crap" and decide whether a work-at-home-mom career is really working for me. I need to "cut the crap" and get serious about our finances. I need to "cut the crap" and find some time for me.

In other, less crass words, I need to simplify. The past ten years of overindulgence are beginning to take a toll. On all of the things I listed and more.

For those of you who are new to Superwoman Simplified I am a former-blogger - I wrote for five years at the now defunct painted-turtle.com. I blogged before people knew what blogs were. I met friends online nine years ago that I still stay in touch with today. Blogging was good for my soul. And so I decided that as I take this journey of cutting the crap, I wanted a place to reflect and capture. This is my new place. This is my new life. This is the new me. Superwoman Simplified.

Are you a Superwoman too? Come hang your cape for a little bit. Enjoy a cup of coffee (preferred drink around here) or tea (better for the soul) and let's just chat about how we can simplify this Superwoman job.