What Are You Waiting For?

Welcome to Yuppie Yogini! I’m officially another oatmeal eating, Green Monster drinking, blogger stalking reader ready to take the plunge and begin my own blog. My name is Nicole, I’m 29 years-old, live in Charlotte,NC, and I hope to follow in the footsteps of veteran bloggers and improve my health and attitude by making lifestyle adjustments one post at a time.

After I began reading healthy living blogs in January 2010 (I’m a little slow on the pick up), I wanted to jump on the bandwagon and start my own. Alas, I drug my feet. After much introspection I realized that a number of fears/assumptions were standing between me and my blog:

1. I, like many other bloggers, worried I wouldn’t have anything to say.

2. I’m not confident in my writing skills.

3. My purpose for the blog wasn’t crystal clear.

4. I feared I’d have no readers.

Recognizing these insecure and narcissistic concerns has snapped me back to reality and I clearly know now why I want to begin a blog. First and foremost, I’m nearing 30 (ahhhh!) and have some unhealthy habits and thought processes that I need to kick to the curb. I tend to be more cynical and sarcastic which isn’t horrible in and of itself, but for me can lead to a negative self-concept and outlook on life. I’ve noticed that bloggers seem to feel pressure to maintain a positive attitude and whereas, I don’t hope to become Miss Suzy Sunshine, I’d like my blog to be a daily exercise in recapping my life with an optimistic spin. Second, I tend to be picky about the people I befriend and its not often I come across a group of women as insightful and strong enough to refuse to accept that their worth and weight are synonymous. So, I hope to tap into this world of amazing blogger women. Finally, as a person with self-diagnosed ADD, I’m interested in so many health, social, and cultural topics and I think it’d be fun to share that with others and get feedback. As far as the other worries go, I’ve reminded myself that I’m not blogging to earn a living or please anybody else and my writing doesn’t have to be perfect. I’m using this blog as a way to voice my thoughts and hopefully, be a self-improvement tool.

So why the name Yuppie Yogini?? Well, I’m your basic middle class, white, southern girl, but have become convinced that a natural and holistic lifestyle is where it’s at.

Over time I will add more to this post in the About Me section. If you run across my blog I hope you’ll come again and in the meantime, I welcome any feedback 🙂 .