The turning point - March 2007

There comes a time when you start to question your choices, and in early March 2007, I did just that. I was just earning enough to cover my expenses and had recently consolidated my debt, so I no longer had any credit to rely on (scary proposition at best!). For some reason though, things "just weren't working". Have you heard that before? I'm sure I'm not the only one who has felt this way. I knew that part of the journey involved personal growth and that although I had been working really hard for over 6 months - my hard work wasn't really working. So it was time to take a break, step away from it all and be alone with my thoughts.

I climbed into my lemon of a car and drove down to the Poconos (in Pennsylvania). I had a car full of books, empty journals and about $100 to my name. I arrived amid a small late winter snowstorm to a large, one bedroom timeshare. I spent the next 6 days reading nine books and completing almost half of my journal. I practiced meditating, did a little bit of training, walked in the woods and spent a lot of time in silence. It was a pretty amazing experience for me, it's something I had never done before. It was a very creative time for me and it allowed me to let go of a few things that were holding me back, both in business and in relationships. One of the most amazing things that happened while I was away is that I actually earned a pretty good cheque in my USANA business. That was a real surprise for me - I took time off, yet my income increased ... interesting.

I also wrote a 6 page description of my ideal partner ... 6'2" tall, dark hair, blue eyes... this story gets more interesting later on.