Thursday, April 25, 2013

#Fitness

Hello again,

I've been trying to keep more fit over the past year...another one of the more tangible efforts I'm making to live my "best life" (Can you hear Dr Oz dictating this sentence to me in the background?) I have to say it's gotten a lot easier over time.

Lately it hardly feels like a chore at all, it's a lifestyle switch that I actually enjoy. - I know this might sound "righteous" but once you get into the habit, you begin to love it...need it even. Also, I have found exercise is a great way to equalize ones emotions. So I often run further when I'm upset and by the time I get home I'm too bushed to be stressed. Also, I do believe exercise releases a certain good endorphin (like chocolate) that makes one happy...so if not for health, do it for happiness. :)

I do a couple different things to keep the excitement alive: Running, Muay Thai, and Gym at Virgin Active. If you'd like running info, SA Active  and Nike + are good places to start...it helps to get into a community of sorts just so you can have the support it takes to stick to it. If you'd like to get into Muay Thai, I go to a class in Rivonia by @bakibaai (Tweet him for more info - he's really tough! Get's rid of the fat faaaaast!)

Here are a couple of "me doing exercisey things" pics... LOL

Watch the Tone! ;")


Witness the Fitness ;")






Friday, April 19, 2013

Cheer up!

Hello friends!

As you may or may not know, I am going about my days trying to clean up the clutter that has found habitation in my life over the last couple of years. Some of my efforts are practical, like the Accountability Calendar I posted below and others are less tangible. One of which is to try and isolate bad incidents from a bad life or even a bad day.

It's unbelievably easy to turn into the grumpy lady, the bitter black woman...bleh. We'd rather be awesome! So, I've opted to break things up.

 E.g "That was an awful meeting" vs "That was an awful day."

Aren't we ever so quick quick to claim the latter? This habit of blowing things out of proportion (and I'm not being apathetic to the bad things that can happen to one in succession.) is exactly what keeps us clinging to feelings of unhappiness and helplessness.

Ugh, no-one likes a "problems girl." - and if all this talk about the universe hearing our thoughts or attracting the negativity you keep thinking about is true, then we're bound to make our days worse by dubbing them BAD even before lunchtime?

So here's what it is: I had a bad, moment, argument, 5 minutes. Not: My life sucks, FML, Earth Swallow ME etc. Lol, this might sound like boring logic but trust me, once it's really sunk in, it works. And now we can walk around with our beautiful smiles instead of putting up death tweets.

CHEER UP! :)

Capre Diem

Tuesday, April 9, 2013

Accountability Calendar

Hey friends,

I've devised a little plan to help me stay on track. Lists are obviously not doing their part to help me keep to what I say/think I'll do daily. So, I've made an accountability calendar! - Pastel colored, so that it's at least bearable to look at daily. It's an A3 foldable print with blocks for 5 days in each week (because it would be ungodly to PLAN to spend ones weekends working) You can print one and join me. Hopefully this will yield a kick-ass productive month.

Yay!

Print!!

It has little messages to encourage you along the way :)

Like: "Started from the bottom"

Folded

and "Now we here!!" hahaha

Wednesday, April 3, 2013

Got Noo See-Throughs

Michael Kors
These are so long overdue. Finally, no more eye-squinting, head-tilting attempts at reading.