The health and wellness industry is worth about a bazillion dollars. And yes, that is my exact personal calculation. As I age, I’m starting to long for the shape of my body when I was younger. Not like teenager, thank you very much. But like in my early thirties. I had just moved to Canada, shed an ex-husband (loosing about 200 lbs!) and lost weight.

I was long, lean and gorgeous. No sagging jowls or crinkly neck. Granted I don’t have those now, but I’m keenly aware that this is the best I’ll look going forward. And I don’t know how to feel about it. Because good design is good business and now all of a sudden, we’re not talking about living rooms or moody washrooms. We’re talking about the human body.

Apparently (and don’t ask me how or why this can onto my feed) but do you remember Kris Jenner’s facelift from last year? Now she’s upset with the results, or so say the bots. And now I find myself reading about the differences between deep plane facelifts and SMAS. Remind me again why I’m spending my limited time on this?

Oh, it’s because I feel youth’s bounce gradually fading. I do not have the get-up-and-go mentality of my twenties anymore. My body is still strong, but now I’m looking for a personal trainer. My shoulder started hurting about a year ago and I wasn’t sure if it’s because of a bad mattress or the impending perimenopause. Bu ta according to my physio I have weak scapular muscles which is throwing off my shoulder alignment. And my thoracic back is waaay too tense. So, I need now to be a bit more focused in how I approach my training. Earlier I never had to make this consideration before.

So now I’m going to start designing my body. And good design is good business. I realize that personal training is not cheap. But I need help with a tailored program and someone to keep me accountable concerning my ongoing progress. And I’m not the type of person to use AI for such things. No shade on if you do, but I need more human connection in my life, not sycophantic AI connection. I’m not really loving the shape that it’s in, but I know that this is part of the human experience and that I can design it. But hopefully I can stay away from the surgeon’s knife.