Starting the Journey Over

Dream Big!  So authentic, right?!  I want to tell you what can happen when you dream big.  This may be a long one, sorry, not sorry.  It's time I share what I have been up to the last year.  I have not been extremely vocal about my dreams becoming my reality.  I didn't really realize this until a recent conversation when a relative of mine had no idea of what has all happened over the course of the last 15 months.  There are some pretty big things that have transpired.  I think I was so caught up in all of it, a bit of a whirlwind that I didn't realize how quiet I was being, and if you know me, you know that is not normal, lol. I had realized almost 2 years ago that I was not living out my purpose or my passion.  Something needed to change, but I wasn't sure how to go about making the changes I needed to.  I knew I missed helping people and working in the fitness industry, but I knew I couldn't go about it the way I had in the past....

One thing goes wrong, then another, and another, and another...  Before you know it, you are in over your head.  You can't move.  You can't scream.  I know what this feels like.  I am pretty sure most of us know what this feels like.  I hadn't thought about this in awhile in these terms.  It's also like the snowball effect.  It seems like the problem/problems keep getting bigger and bigger or deeper and deeper.  I have watched so many people struggle through 2018 for so many different reasons.  It seems as though quicksand may have been a theme for this past year which got me thinking.  How do we get out of the quicksand when it just wants to suck us deeper and deeper? If you have seen the Princess Bride, Wesley uses some kind of vine to dive in and climb back out.  While this may not seem practical in real life, it is kind of what we should do.  We all need to have a vine in place or a system of vines.  My vines a...

It is that fabulous time of year again that has us reflecting on the past year and planning for the new one.  How did you do on your 2018 goals?  I have to admit that I actually did pretty good on my goals for 2018.  I'm feeling a bit excited about that because it was a tough year.  Ok, honest moment, the last 4 have been difficult and incredible all at the same time. I have been busy planning 2019 goals.  I don't call them resolutions for myself.  I put a plan together and take it further than a lofty list of what I would like to accomplish if I decided to put in the effort.  Ouch, that may have hurt a bit, but let's be honest.  How many of us have made a list of resolutions to have it be just that, a list?  I know I have in the past.  I have completely fallen flat on my face in the past, but I have learned something valuable.  Resolutions and goals need to be approached differently. I have watched many people join challenges i...