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Never Miss a Monday
How you start your week is how you’ll finish it. Start with excuses, build on those excuses. Start with action, build on that action. i.e. NEVER MISS A MONDAY. Showing up is half the battle Picture Monday morning. Your alarm clock is blaring. Instead of jumping out of bed, you hit “snooze” and roll over for 9 more minutes of glorious sleep. (Why it is 9 minutes and not an even 10, I’ll probably never figure out). That alarm blares again in what FEELS like…
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Begin from the Beginning
In the summer before 4th grade, I sat in a doctor’s office for my annual checkup. The doc told my mom that if I gained any more weight, I would need to go on a diet. To a 9 year old, that is terrifying. What does this mean? No sweet snacks? Ice cream? How about chips? What is “diet food” and will I be able to eat what other kids eat? A few months later, I vividly remember bawling after a weigh in at the…
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Competition
Somewhere, somehow I heard we should compete every day. So…I signed up. For an outdoor competition. In the middle of July. In Texas. Thanks, Camp Gladiator. (Shameless plug…if you sign up, let me know!! I’ll give ya my phone number. I want the t-shirt for all the referrals haha). What was I thinking? This isn’t the only time I’ve felt this way or asked this question. I have completed 3 Spartan races (including the “Ultra Super” San Antonio Spartan in March), CG Games 2021, CG…
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My Top 10 Nonfiction Reads
Part of the 75 Hard program is 10 pages of daily reading, and not the fluffy romance novels I normally gravitate toward. I like those for the same reason I watch the Hallmark channel — it’s happy and doesn’t require me to think! The 75 Hard program, however, does require thinking. Good thing I’m an avid reader and enjoy digging into new books. Below are my 10 favorite nonfiction reads from the past year, in no particular order: Can’t Hurt Me by David Goggins. Mindset…
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The C-Word
Everyone knows they need it, most of the time it eludes them. Why do people let distractions detract from their goals, and how do you make sure it doesn’t happen to you? What is the word? Consistency. How do we get it? I don’t know. Before True Consistency A few years ago, I subscribed to another C-Word. That word is comfortable. With a splash of coffee (sorry–had to say it). I sat around drinking a lot of coffee. I consistently yo-yo dieted. I felt sluggish and…