one year ago today, i quit my job at Star Magazine and started a brand new life.

the past 12 months have been very interesting, and mostly amazing. at first, i struggled – i have had corporate jobs since graduating from college and i was suddenly on my own as a freelance writer. i had a hard time figuring out what to do with my new unstructured days. i spent a lot of money on lunches out and and even more during frequent shopping sprees at lululemon and saks. i was basically a stay-at-home mom, sans child. i even stayed involved in the celebrity gossip game for another 6 months, quietly writing weekly story pitches for my former celebrity gossip employers, just to stay in the game. but i knew i was looking for someone else, something new.

it didn’t take long for me to find it, through the Institute for Integrative Nutrition, yoga teacher training, Jewish studies and now, a brand-new job as an instructor at FlyBarre.  i always secretly struggled with having a desk job and desperately wanted to get out of the 9-5 grind but i was scared and unsure of what would lie ahead. i now know: anything.

i have proven to myself that i didn’t have to follow the path that i – or other people in my life – had tried to keep me on. once i let go of my attachment to money and success and recognition, something amazing happened; all of those things came to me.

we are all capable of doing whatever we want in life. of course, there are financial limitations and family obligations and other things that may keep us from going after what we want, but remember that anything, ANYTHING is possible and within reach.

i remind myself everyday to keep going confidently in the direction of my dreams and live the life that i imagined.