A New Way of Being

So I've been working on a new series of changes in my life and wanted to get the habits going for a while before writing about them, and so far so good so here goes:

I've been eating a lot healthier, whole foods in non-processed or low processed state and exercising. First, I bought some barbells, a jump rope and a stretch ball, but kept finding it hard to get a full workout. So yesterday I joined a gym, 24-Hour Fitness, and yesterday tried the elliptical (legs still feeling the burn in part) and took my first pilates class (not able to do all the moves in the advanced positions, but I think I did well for the first time).

My aunt, Carol, who keeps herself fit with tennis definitely approves, and a dear friend stationed in Japan suggested taking photos of myself at different stages to see the difference. I think I will, but not post them here, sorry.

Any words of wisdom or encouragement welcomed.

First engagement photo collage

While visiting Gary Fong's blog I noticed he had a new collage action set out with a special running until Wednesday. I haven't tried to make a collage of anything since grade school, but I'd liked the concept as one I'd try someday.

Within minutes of downloading it I made my first engagement collage. I really like how it came out (though it probably would have been faster if I hadn't been trying to figure out as I made it what steps exactly Gary put into it to make it run). In any case, here is my first collage, I think it came out great (especially for a first effort) and will soon be posting one from another session: