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I love the idea of the big life – the life that matters, the life that makes a difference. The life where stuff happens, where people take action. The opposite of the life where the girl can’t even speak to the boy she likes; the opposite of the life where the friends aren’t even good friends, and lots of days are wasted away feeling bored and kind of okay, like nothing matters much.

E. Lockhart, Fly on the Wall  (via bourbonandpearls)

I have been terrible lately!

I have haven’t been posting, I haven’t been lifting, at least I have been running and doing my squats every day (which really doesn’t sound like a lot).

In all honesty, I have kind of been freaking out about my new job that starts a week from Monday.  I have this terrible habit of over-thinking some things and this is one of them, just because so much about it is unknown. 

This is a huge opportunity for me and it will open so many doors but also challenge me on many levels I am sure.  I try to live my life never backing down from a challenge and have tried to make a point to not let fear steer my direction (which can be really hard), so I flip between SUPER excited to petrified.  Either way, I am going to make it great and run with this opportunity.

I am hoping this new routine will give me an opportunity to change up my schedule a bit and get my runs or workouts done in the morning.  It will be weird to not be part of the fitness community as a professional for the time being, because I LOVE being surrounded by so much knowledge.  I have been so blessed to be here at State of Fitness.  I am still studying for my personal training exam (which has also deterred me from updating) and still aim to get my masters in Sports and Health Psychology, but instead of now having my day job being in the health industry and my “side job” being a writer, it will be reversed.

Here’s to diving into the future!

If your dreams don't scare you, they're not big enough.

I am not meant to be around kids…

Like having them or being in charge of them.

Tonight I baby sat for one of my best friends, and she has 3 girls.  11, 10, and newly 6.

I am just terrible.. sure they love me, but that is because they can smell fear and know that I am not the “scary babysitter”, I am the fun one because I don’t know what else to do.

One had a carton of cherry tomatoes for dinner, another ate 3 sausage links, and the youngest had a PB and J bagel.  Oh, but they were all properly fed ice cream.  I let the youngest eat hers on the couch until the middle one yelled, “she’s not allowed to eat on the couch!” to which I glance over and notice that there is ice cream ALL OVER her face… we are talking eyebrow action here and all.

I guess, in the end, no one got sick, no one got injured, and the parents were happy to get a night away, so it wasn’t so bad.

Now I am just so so very ready for bed. 

Just had a decent run.  It got hot fast, even though when I started it was a perfect 66 degrees.  I set out to do 7 and starting walking around 5.  

Paul was riding his bike with me and as we going through campus, I noticed people walking in the Red Cedar.  Having been here 10 years and never doing that, I decided we had to stop. 

But after that, I was just really enjoying walking and talking with him, so I ended up walking until we got home.

So the bigger news:  I accepted a new position with the Michigan Association of Counties as their Communications Coordinator.  It is a very exciting opportunity for me and I am so honored that I was chosen for the position.  It will be a lot of work, and I am so nervous about it, but things that are worth it are a little scary, right?

I am so sad to be leaving my job at State of Fitness.  I love being a professional part of the fitness community and impacting peoples’ lives the way that SoF does.  I will still be training there (as in working out there) and am still studying for my personal training certificate, but it will just be a change.  They are such a great group of people who genuinely care about their members and they have changed my life in ways they will never understand.

But, here is to a new adventure!  Wish me luck!