The thing about life is that whether we like it or not, it happens. While I've been on a personal journey of reaching good health I've been thrown around like a tennis ball in a dog park. My days are up and down and down and down, and down some more then finally up a little, and then surgery, then on the cycle of good
days and bad days and healing goes on again.
Fortunately, I think I'm finally back on to more up days than down days again. I was hopeful that after my last procedure that I was on some sort of joy ride on being motivate, energetic, and a whole new person. WRONG, the healing was rough, and because I had another coming up it wasn't as glorious a post op as I had hoped. My motivation for anything was non existent, which meant just existing and being a good wife, daughter, human being was all the task I could handle in a day. I know you know what that's like, we all have those days where we want to disappear into our house, live in pajamas, and speak to no-one, not even use social media, but we still have to force out those few bits of what we have and give it to those we love..for their sake of course.
So in the mean time it has been incredibly difficult to stay motivated, to brain storm content to share with you all, and to even break through the depression fog to even try. I was fully focused however on trying to exercise. I was determined to be as fit as possible before being back on the mend for several more weeks. My back desperately relies on a strong core, and my stomach was taking a beating with these laparoscopic surgeries, and laying just isn't fun after so much time passes. I needed to MOVE as much as possible! I didn't do too bad either! Go me! What did the trick? I was blessed to have a beach body challenge group for a few months keeping me motivated and on track. While I was never one of those that lost each week and slowly had muscles of steel to show off, I was improving my personal self and doing so with much more priority and effort. I actually got to have my first few runs in almost 2 years, it was really dramatic and exciting!
In the jagged brush of my life lately I really had to prioritize with what energy I did have I had to purposefully choose what to do with it, and with the little window I had, I chose me this time around. It was worth it, and maybe something that I should build on as I get better.
How about you? In this battle of "life happens" how do you stay focused and on track? How do you juggle things? Have you realized that when life challenges you that you have to reassess "now" and re-prioritize? We both know you can't do it all, and that it is more than ok to put some things off until life re-balances. It's just too short to go crazy!
Here's an app that I'm loving right now. I've built my shopping lists (which has been INCREDIBLE my husband also has it and we've synced our lists so it updates as we each add!!!), a bucket list, recipes, to do lists, it's allllll right here! I can't even stand the convenience!
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