The first day of the rest of my life

I have entered the blogoshere and I am truly excited about it! What's up with the title of your blog you ask? "Slap The Bull" is a saying I heard that means Don't let fear overtake your life. Now fearful is not an adjective I would use to describe myself, but as a stay-at-home mom for the past 5 years I have definitely let myself get into a routine of the familiar. And let me tell you what happens when you "think" you are not moving forward, learning anything new, or putting your own dreams on hold. You become a complainer. You snap at everyone. Everyone else is the problem. There grows a knot of envy in your stomach because you know you aren't living up to the expectations you set out for yourself. As I write that it sounds so selfish. But these are real human emotions and I know I am not the only mom that has every felt this way. I certainly don't like this about myself so I had to look at the hard truth and say...What is wrong with you? You have this resentment built up but why? You are married to a wonderful man, You have great kids but hell after 5 years at home you are bored. You are not personally fulfilled. You are going through life aimlessly, with no real life goals set for yourself. What would make YOU happy? How can YOU make YOUR life a little more exciting and stop waiting for someone else to make you happy? What steps are you going to take to change YOUR attitude. Well after much thought, I have challenged myself to three things 1) Simply try something new. 2) Stop complaining. No one is in charge of your happiness but you and 3) Live "in the moment". In the words of Jill Scott "Start living my life like its Golden." Or as I like to say Slap The Bull! So come on this journey with me as I take control of MY life, MY attitude and MY happiness.