Plan

I got all my hair cut off today. I love doing that. It makes me feel renewed somehow. That is the first step of what I'm calling The Forty Plan.
27 days from now I'm going to be 40 and I suddenly feel this need to get ready. I spent a lot of January getting dental work done. I've started wearing my glasses at work. I called my doctor to make two appointments. One for blood work so he'll have the results when I go back to him for my full physical. Not quite sure the age to get a colonoscopy but if its 40, here I go!!
I want to try and get my garage cleaned out by my birthday. This is a measurable, attainable goal, so I feel comfortable with it.
While I was sitting in the chair today, another hair stylist who did not know me actually let her mouth fall open when my lady mentioned I was almost 40. (I LOVE that!!!)
I'm going to make myself get 6 hours of sleep a night MINIMUM. Obviously, if there's an emergency, okay but besides that, 6 hours minimum is reasonable and necessary to keep my health in line.
Still off the sugar, meat, wheat (usually), soda, caffeine, fried foods. I went to the gym today to do weights and plan on trying to go back tomorrow for cardio.
I've even started washing my face and putting in my eye drops almost every night.
The most important thing I'm doing is NOT setting up a bunch of huge, Earth Shattering expectations that NO ONE could live up to. I'm just engaging in some self care, which is something that I should have been doing all along. I am excited about my forties. I make jokes with people about turning "39 for the 2nd time" but I see this entire new chapter unfolding and it is amazing.
I have a lot of exciting things going on in March. A lot of things planned that I am looking forward to. And after those are over, I have a lot more to look forward to. Again, no expectations that things are going to be perfect, but on the whole, I think my forties are totally gonna kick my thirties ass!