The top 5 things that helped me feel my best at 40
I recently turned 40, which IS only a number... but turning a new decade always seems to trigger some form of reflection for me. What did I do in my 30's? Have I changed? What accomplishments have I met? I answered a lot of my own questions of course, and although I could write forever about things I have learned, and ways I HAVE changed, ultimately, I broke it down into 5 main things that I believe have helped me feel my best at 40. #1. I made the decision to learn more about my body If you've read my first blog post, "My Story with Thyroid Disease", you understand why I took charge of learning more about my body. I've had thyroid disease for over 10 years, and probably longer. It was in 2009 when I started having symptoms, and this would play out to be an interesting thyroid history including biopsies, imaging, and surgery. Personally, I was scared, because I was having so many increasingly strange symptoms. People would say, "you're getting older, it...