In my early twenties I embarked on my life’s adventures with a self-awareness of who I was, and a perspective of what parts of the current “me” perhaps did not suit my future-self.

I didn’t think of my future-self as peering into the future, but more like “I had outgrown some traits, and could I make changes” to better serve me as I advanced through the next stage of my life.

I traveled from Florida and settled in the Chicago area for four years, developing some professional training, skills, and experience in the health care industry.

As I began contemplating the next stage of my life, I again looked at who I was, and evaluated what traits and/or habits were subject to release from my evolving self.

I set my sights on the high-tech industries of the Boston beltway and developed additional skills in the healthcare computer industry and management for five years.

I secured a promotion to head a department in a start-up healthcare administration company in St. Louis.

As I was, again, evaluating my 29-year-old self in anticipation of the next phase, a major life event changed my life forever.

I made the move to St. Louis, but because the road back to normal was a reconstruction of myself from the inside out, I left the rigors of the position after less than a year, to concentrate on re-joining the land of the living.

Moving back to Florida, back to family, made the process easier because I had a support system.

But the family support system was not prepared for the hard work of reconstruction…especially when the me, that returned, was not the 20-year-old daughter and sister they knew.

The changes I’d integrated over my time away were foundational to my reparation. And in the process, my new social circle introduced me to my husband to be. Of all the interesting choices in my dating years, he was the most amazing gift.

Shortly before I met him, when I was REALLY done with dating, I sat down one evening and thought about what attributes were essential for my life partner.

He needed to be really smart, have dark eyes, a killer smile and an awesome sense of humor. Within three months of me making my decisions about my future partner, I was introduced to my husband.

As I hit the half-way mark of the MKE, I am aware that I have always been proactively evolving personally. And in looking at my life, I recognize the manifestations that I have been privileged to experience.

I am energized to be on the road to accelerated evolution and deliberate manifestations, and I am so grateful to be part of this amazing MKE class.