Yep, that’s me – finally squeezing out the the first posting of my new blog. More about me later – but can I just say, what a perfect day to start a new venture! Today, we celebrate the 118th birthday of the ‘father of Vitamin C’ and honour him with a Google Doodle. As someone who is passionate about food and nutrition, you have to know how that excites me!
I’ve been thinking about how to dive in and start this blog — featuring thoughts about health, happiness, and reinvention at any age or stage — for a while, but haven’t been committed to jumping in until I read today about Albert Szent-Gyorgyi, biochemist, physiologist and general bon vivant (he was married 4 times so he had to have something going for him, right?!). What really caught my attention was that he is said to have told his biographer “think boldly, don’t be afraid of making mistakes, don’t miss small details, keep your eyes open, and be modest in everything except your aims.” Oh, is that all? Well, off we go then 🙂
I hope you’ll join me here on a regular basis. And bring friends. Lots of them. My aim is to share what I have learned about living life with zest and vitality so that you can build your own happier, healthier future.
On a regular basis, you’ll see nutrition info, lifestyle tips, yummy easy to do recipes, thought provoking conversation starters, and possibly a rant or two. Okay, for sure there will be rants. And I take requests so feel free to comment or tell me what you want to know – rant-y or otherwise.
From time to time, I’ll introduce you to a few of my friends and colleagues who also have plenty to say. All this designed to give you some ideas about how to embrace — and maybe even seek out – changes that could lead to a new you — however you define that.
Disclaimer: this isn’t a blog written by a celebrity (bigo or small) or professional social media expert. I bet you figured that out already. Instead, I’m just New Trix, an Old Dog who has learned a trick or two along the way that allows me to live life more happily. I’m also a communcations professional, holistic nutritonist, amateur social commentator, and a whole lot more — but you can discover that in posts to come.
As I grow and learn and reinvent, I expect this blog to do the same. So if you’re bored right now — hey – keep coming back anyway. It’s going to get better!! I expect to make a few mistakes as I master blog etiquette and technical dexterity and there will be a typo or two on occaision I’m sure. But thanks to my now favourite vitamin scientist, I’m not afraid of that.
Coming up next — the first installment of Good to Know, a regular feature of news and information that is, well, good to know! As a further salute to Mr. Szent-Gyorgyi — I’ll be talking about Vitamin C.
Signing off with zest –
Trix
old dog, new trix 