This summer has been all about fun for me & honestly, it's about damn time.
(Now, I'm not sharing this stuff with you to be all braggy-miss-braggard. Oh, no. Keep reading & you'll find out the truth.)
I had a blast hiking, whale-watching, lobster-eating & sitting fireside making smores with the fam for an entire week in Maine. It was pure awesomeness.
& then over the weekend my fam & I went down to Brigantine Beach to see my brother's new shore house, aka "Happy Chappy's Surf Shack."
Here's a cute shot of me & Amanda hanging at the beach.
It was -yup- a SECOND, unplugged week-long vacation this summer followed up with a beach weekend with the fam.
what-WHAT?
Here's the truth.
The old me would have been ashamed of that. Taking "too much time off" of work. As if it were a badge of honor to work so hard & so damn much.
I guess that's why it took Steve & I until this year to actually make it happen.
Up until very recently, I looked down on myself if I took time off. I honestly did't feel worthy of it. I just didn't deserve to take time away from my work (or my workouts for that matter). I had too much that needed to be done & well, I was the one to do it! (do it RIGHT, anyway.)
Clearly, that has changed. & some of it has to do with the video I shared with you a couple weeks ago on how I to feel better about yourself. Many of those concepts helped me build up my self-worth. And, with that came taking greater responsibility for my own happiness.
The idea that happiness is a choice I could make TODAY in the process of achieving my goals, was beyond my comprehension for a very long time.
I'll be happy when I reach 18% body fat.
I'll be happy once I finally get my degree.
I'll be happy after we close on our first house.
I'll be happy when I can leave this "cushy" job & just my open my gym already.
I'll be happy once I can GTFO of the gym industry & launch my website.
hahaha.... ok, ok. You get the idea.
Hung up on waiting for your ideal bod to be happy?
“blissipline” I love it! I may have to use this- and will credit you, Dana.
Happiness is a decision and an inside job. Took me a bit of time and some $$$ to the therapist to actually have that ideal sink in, but once it took hold– it cannot be shaken. My life has been filled with ups and downs, but I claim happiness as my foundation each day!
Thanks for the great post and pics.
Ethel
Thanks Ethel! xo So true. Happiness is something that I need to be consciously claiming & putting on the forefront every day… it’s becoming easier, less of an effort for sure. But, it’s still a practice. Oh, & I remembered where I got the term blissipline from – I follow Brian Johnson with en*theos. I learned from one of his videos 🙂