Goals

When new seasons arrive, people tend to evaluate their lives and make lists/goals of what they want to improve on.

With fall approaching, I did this very same thing. I started to think about what I wanted in life and what my passions were. Which actually ended up smacking me in the face after realizing how I spent my day off.

• 6:30 am wake up, quick snack, head to gym
• 7:00-8:00 am gym time (1.5 mile run and weights)
• 8:15 am shower, breakfast, read blogs and relax
• 12 pm Barnes and Noble. I spent a solid 45 minutes in the health/diet/fitness section grabbing all different types of books and skimming through them, contemplating on which ones to purchase. i wanted ALL of them, and sadly left with none until I do further research. Money is tight these days and I need to spend wisely so I will see what the library has available ;)
• 2 pm make a yummy lunch of left over baked chicken breast, mashed sweet potato and sauteed eggplant and squash.
• Spend the rest of the day reading more nutrition and fitness blogs online, looking up new fitness classes/gyms to check out, and making a monthly chart of my miles of running so I can see how I have improved. I will share this at the end of the month :)

I decided based on my evaluation of today that I needed to follow my passion. Clearly I absolutely LOVE anything health/fitness related. Hence why I created this blog. I wanted to challenge myself to be creative, to document different recipes and lifestyle changes and make goals for myself to achieve. One of these being more running. I love how I feel running, I want to become a runner, kick butt in a race and feel that I accomplished a personal goal. 

So why am I not pursuing a career in this? Being an only child who had divorced parents who worked full time and then some in business jobs, I often felt that they didn't really LOVE what they did. Instead I believed they felt comfort in knowing it was steady and safe regardless of if it was a passion or not. I do not want to follow that path. I want to wake up every morning knowing that I love my job, that I am following my passion, that I am helping people and growing as a person. 

I decided I am going to start educating myself further. Reading more books from the library and store on health and nutrition, following more blogs, promoting my own in the community, and saving my pennies to get certified as a personal trainer. I want to do this for a living, I can feel it in my heart, I can taste how bad I want it. So what's holding me back? I'm young, fresh out of college, and have the opportunity to do something with my life.

As I partake on this little journey of happiness, I will be sure to share everything. The ups, downs, good, bad, and everything in between. With that being said, I'll leave with this little inspirational quote: 

Don't be afraid to follow your dreams. It's better to know you at least tried, than always wonder "what if?"