Tag: exercise
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2021 – The year of building better habits
I love a good planner, last year I had The Happiness Planner’s daily planner and loved it! Being out of work this year I couldn’t justify buying that again but found a comparable one on Amazon and have everything broken down into yearly, quarterly, monthly, and weekly goals. I think maybe I like the planning…
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Mental Health Awareness Week and learning about well-being
It’s mental health awareness week and I wanted to write a little about the Yale course I’ve been doing on the Science of Well-Being (it’s free!). It’s full of pretty great info on studies about happiness and how your brain works and what makes people happy. The first 6 weeks of the course is all…
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Back to reality (AKA I don’t wanna)
After arriving home yesterday afternoon I’ve been in a bit of denial at my holiday being over. I had a nap, being awake since 5am (4am UK time) doesn’t do me any good, and the one thing we managed to accomplish is buying food. After a proper night’s sleep (finally!) we wandered out for our…
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I’ll be back
Last week I got knocked down by a nasty cold while at Chevron 8.1 (a post on that coming soon!) and that meant my training had to be pushed back until I felt better. June is rapidly approaching – is it really mid-April already?! – so I can’t procrastinate any longer. Thankfully I’m feeling better…
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Ways to Love Yourself: The Physical
Physically challenging acts make me feel really proud: Being able to run longer or faster than I have before. Doing more of an Insanity workout and pushing myself harder. Holding plank longer than I have before. Doing more push ups than I could previously. Using heavier weights that I couldn’t use before. Seeing and feeling…
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My 6 week plan: week 1
Last week I realised there was only 6 weeks before heading to Ibiza. The trip was booked in January and I’m really looking forward to it, but admittedly the first few months of this year just did not go like I wanted. But that’s life and we move on. So, with 6 weeks left to…
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Feelin’ Good
Remember how I bought a bike last week? I picked it up on Tuesday night and got it home and couldn’t wait to try it out. Now, I haven’t been on a bike in oh, 16 years or so? So I was clever enough to try it out first on the short grass in the…
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Ride On, Baby
You remember my 2012 Inspo board? The one with the bicycle on it? And how adamant I was last year and the early days of this year to get a bike? Well I’d kind of given up on getting one this year. It was looking more and more like I’d not be able to afford…
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A Good Day
It feels like more and more often I’m having meh days, bad days or just plain ol’ horrible days. Over the past week I’ve felt like I have gotten myself back and you know what? I’ve missed me!! I enjoyed today. Yeah, I was at work and that kinda sucks, but overall I had an…