Hello, world! Welcome to 40 Won’t Wait. My name is Karmen, and I am a Louisiana native who enjoys good food, travel and words. Yes, I am a self-proclaimed nerd and I am super proud of it. This blog is dedicated to anyone who has Bucket List dreams that they are continuing to put off for one reason or another.
A few weeks ago, on my morning commute, it occurred to me that on my next birthday I will turn 40. Immediately the panic set in. Holy crap! It’s here already, and I have nothing to show for it. Well, that’s not totally true, I’ve got a decent job, a few degrees and certifications, and I recently got married to my dream guy and became a wife and bonus mom overnight. But even with all this, the thought of a milestone birthday has me actively playing a game of Shoulda, Coulda, Woulda. I began to think of all the things I said I would do, all the lists made, and all the unkept self-promises. We’ve all been there…I’m going to write more, travel more, learn a foreign language, volunteer more, lose the weight, run the race, INSERT PERSONAL GOAL HERE, blah, blah, blah. More often than not, we put things off and decide that the timing is bad, we aren’t ready, we can’t afford it, or any number of other reasons not to pursue our own destiny. We absolutely talk ourselves out of doing the things that make us happy, going after our dreams, and quite often because of this live with regrets. Usually this is because our dreams don’t fit someone else’s idea of how we should live our life. But why should it have to? I’ve often wondered why we give other’s so much decision making power over our lives, and many of us do so without even realizing it. This is when we look back and discover that none of our dreams have come to fruition, and wonder where did all the time go. For me, it was starting this blog that I have been talking about creating for years. So with that, I decided on that hot July morning in the car on the way to work that 40 Won’t Wait, and neither should I.
Amazing starts today!