How is your stash of toilet paper? Do you have enough can goods to last you for awhile? How will you spend the next two weeks at home, with the kids, while school has been shut down? I’m sure these are all questions you’ve asked yourself the past couple of weeks as the world is trying to respond to the spread of COVID-19. I had to fight the crowds to get my weekly supply of salad, milk, and bread, and…
Time is just zooming by! March is already here, we’re losing an hour sleep tonight with day light savings time, and I’ve been a business owner for two whole months now. I have learned so much, faced and conquered various challenges, and slowly we are seeing the fruit of our labor. One of my personal goals during the transition from instructor to owner was to learn everyone’s name. I have talked to all the clients in some way or another,…
For the past couple of years, I’ve been trying to reduce the amount of “stuff” that comes with Christmas: i.e. toys, unneeded gifts, an overabundance of things. I’ll admit, I’m an Amazonaholic. If I want something, it’s just a click and a two day shipment away. The desire for “things” is never that big during Christmas time, and it takes away from the main reason for the season. So for the kids, we’ve been focusing on memberships to the zoo,…
This past week was a rough week. I ain’t gonna lie. Instead of focusing on being thankful, spending quality time with family and friends, and enjoying the kids while they were out of school, all I felt was tired. Overwhelming, physically draining, brain-dead exhaustion. There were errands to run, classes to be taught, house to be clean, meal planning… so many things to be done! I felt like I was drowning in a sea of To-Do Lists. I’ve also never…
This past Sunday, we sang the hymn “It Is Well With My Soul” at church, and as we were singing, I couldn’t help but reflect on how appropriate it was for all that occurred last week. This is the first verse: When peace, like a river,attendeth my way,When sorrows like sea billows roll;Whatever my lot,Thou hast taught me to say,It is well, it is well with my soul. I’ve been told by multiple people about how they are amazed at…
My Jazzercise journey has been a wild and challenging one. It begins with me as a client. I am then recruited, mentored, tested, failed, tested again, until there is ultimate success in becoming an instructor. My center has seen its share of turmoil as there have been three owners in one year. That’s a lot of turnover. That’s a lot of drama. Through it all, I’ve felt every emotion possible. Elation for passing. Frustration when I failed. Fear when I…