Underlying purpose of this journal

So as I'm beginning my web-journey, I'll tell you a bit about myself.

I am a typical Sagittarius. Frank/blunt, down-to-earth, outgoing, honest, generous, love change (hate routine) and I must be challenged. "Fiery" is an endearing term often used by my closest and dearest friends, and by all ex-partners. Although I will never completely change my more negative traits, I can happily say that over the years I have been able to reflect on the effect they've had on my life, and learn from them. I'm becoming a better person.

Two things which I am extremely passionate about, and you won't go a day without
hearing me mention, are health and fitness, and the law of attraction.

I am not an overly anal, obsessive, vegan anorexic. I've just identified that I want to live a very long life, and to do so, I must look after myself now. From the age of 16 to 23 I gained and lost the same 10-15kg almost every year. Not the healthiest way to treat your body.

Then came the concept of "The Secret". It was the first time I heard the idea that your thoughts and what you focus on determine what will happen in your future. I wish I'd known it 7 years beforehand, because I spent the most part of 2001-2004 a very unhappy girl, who did some very silly things and lived a very colourful life. I focused on what was happening around me, and things just got worse and worse. In early 2008, I went through my lowest, most depressive and self-destructive 4 weeks ever, and it was then I decided I had to change the way I dealt with life and the direction I was heading.

So, its 12 months later. I now work in a job in the industry I want, heading down my dream career path. I'm studying a uni degree I love (my 4th attempt) and I have my honours and post-grad planned already. For the first time ever last year, my weight remained around 55kg. And I have a relationship with an amazing person and it's going very well. I also got my license last year, something I'd been putting up off 7 years!

I achieved more last year for myself than I did in the previous seven years. And it's because I finally asked myself, "What do I want out of life? Where do I see myself?" Once I had answered those questions, and it really wasn't hard, I wrote it down, stuck it in my diary, and focused on it. Whenever I felt down I read those goals. I really thought very little of myself for a good number of years, which I think is why I had four failed relationships. Now that I really love myself, and put myself first, I can allow others to love me too. I feel really optimistic for the future, and blessed for everything I have in life. Once you realise that YOU are the most important person in your life (not your kids or your partner or your parents or your friends), and you must always follow your own heart, everything seems to start to make sense.

Having done a complete 180 for myself, I now want to put the law of attraction to the test. This journal I guess is a log of how the journey goes. I believe 100% that you can create your life the way you want it, as I've already proved it to myself, and so now I've got bigger, better, more fulfilling goals in sight. To be continued..