One of my new year’s resolutions is to eat breakfast – this may sound trivial but let me run you through a typical day in 2009:

Wake up to the sound of my iPhone alarm and madly search for it in sheets….don’t we all sleep with our phones?
Walk dog while frantically texting and checking e-mail.
COFFEEEEEEEEE – thank God!
Drink coffee, write, e-mail, freak out.
buzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz
Oh – I know what I need…MORE COFFEE!

Tra-la-la – everything is good
Working faster, faster, FASTER
HIT WALL – omg…. I’m going to pass out right now – what’s in the fridge? NOTHING!!! Didn’t I buy fresh arugula and tomatoes? Dang…this leftover pizza will do.
Ahh – better, calmer.
Oh wait – actually I’m so incredibly exhausted I can hardly see.
Mega dehydration starts to set in.
 – water…gimmmmeee WATER!!!
Looky look – I found jube jubes 🙂
Must race into shower – get dressed and hit up launch event.
Is this clean or dirty?
EMERGENCY PHONE CALL: “Babe…did you put my silver heels somewhere weird?”
FOUND ‘EM! Success.
MapQuest – lost e-mail – WHERE AM I GOING?
366-6868 – taxi to 32…..
Hopefully I can score some crab cakes and sliders – I’m starving AGAIN.
Red wine
Interviews, photos, hob-knobbing
Home again-home again jiggety jig
Hastily remove eye make-up and I’m out.
REPEAT

STOP THE INSANITY!!!

It seemed timely then that when I wrote down BREAKFAST WOMAN as one of my New Year’s Resolutions (and I did write that down) the next morning I was greeted by a Special K care package at my front door. Breakfast may sound trivial as a ‘to-do’ for 2010 but when you see how crazed a day can get when you chug-a-lug on coffee until the early aft then it makes sense.

Along with a well balanced sit down breakfast each morn my other objectives are to go the YMCA twice a week (yep – membership card is hot off the press) and ensure that I do one activity a week that is purely for rest and relaxation – and I’m seriously hoping that activity is a massage.

In 2000 my vision of the year ahead may likely have resembled a scene from Studio 54 but ten years later – and kicking off my dirty thirties – I’m seeking a different kind of thing…visually it looks more like a flyer for Canyon Ranch.

This diary, which I’m daringly sharing with all of you for added pressure, will chronicle the next eight weeks wherein I hope to transcend to a calmer more healthy way of life and believe it or not – this can start with a normal person’s breakfast.

Already in week one my mid-aft jingle-jangle caffeine jonesing was a lot better as was my energy level. Like a domino effect, breakfast lead to a proper lunch and life is seemingly calmer.  I admit that I have not yet hit the Y for a Pilate’s class or elliptical workout BUT I have a realllly cute outfit for when I do so.  Here’s hoping next week’s entry will include some sweaty stories of fitness to go along with my satisfying breaky.

POW! 2010 – watch your back.