Wednesday, January 14, 2015

Give Yourself Time

One of my recent trips to the Red Mill Inn

Hello lovelies,

I recently went to a meditation with my lovely friend, Alyssa. We had gone to one this past December and ultimately enjoyed what we got out of it.

Our instructor during the hour was an actual medium--neither of us knew this until we were about to leave, and she got a chill. It was strange, at first, but then she began and it all fell into place.

I had to leave early that day, so I did not get a reading. I was barely late for my appointment, thankfully, but my friend told me how much she enjoyed going to the meditation (as did I!).

Since I wasn't able to get a reading, I had been anticipating this upcoming meditation so that she could help me out on some things I have been dealing with. My coworker pretty much set up a date for me and our other coworker, and it's really been bothering me. I was very excited to make plans at first, yet, now that has become anxiety for me these past couple days. Is this what I really want? Do I actually want to try dating right now?

My life has been going excellent! I'm in love with my life. I get to hang out with our wonderful pets and bond with them, I get to see my family on a regular basis, I'm working out and cleaning up my diet, my languages and striving--everything is falling perfectly into place for me. Except for this one planned "hang out" session that I can't get off my mind. I also have so many plans for my blog, that I'm about to explode with all these jumbled thoughts and feelings!

It was about an hour into the readings when the medium came up to me. She complimented me at first, which took me off guard, since she hadn't done that with anyone else in the room.

"You know, you're so young," she told me, and I nodded. "You have a life pretty much ahead of you, which you are just starting...

What I want to tell you, is to give it time. Figure out what you want, and completely know yourself before joining life with someone else."

This wasn't exactly news to me--I had been thinking about whether or not I wanted to go to the movies with this guy for the past week, and I had been driving myself nuts about it! But, that night, something ticked. I changed. I don't know exactly what, but since then, I have never been happier.

During the meditation, there's a part where you can ask a question. I asked, "How can I make everyday feel satisfying? I do everything I enjoy everyday, and yet, I usually go to bed dissatisfied." My answer was this: do everything you love with PASSION.

Since then, I've been working passionately with my languages, my pets and family, focusing more on the present than what could happen later on. And I didn't have a regret. It tickles me to finally acknowledge that I should passionately do all I do during the day, rather than go through the motions. It needs to mean more than that.

I don't know if any of y'all believe in psychics or mediums, but she was right about many things--I also loved watching her interact with everyone else in the room, especially Alyssa!

What do you have to work on right now?

Cheers

Baylee

Thursday, January 1, 2015

Getting Fit: My New Year Resolution

Happy New Year from the Jersey Shore!
Hey all,

I have a list of resolutions jumbled in my head that are pumped and ready to be accomplished this year! One of them is getting toned, which I've had as my resolution for about 3+ years now...

Oops.

BUT, this year, I'm not letting myself get away with not reaching this goal I have for myself. I want a nice, toned body--is that too much to ask for? I definitely started 2015 one a high note--when I got home from a NYE party at 1 AM, I brought out my mat and did my first workout of the new year. I'm very proud of myself!

I want to take the "dreaded" before pictures just so that I can really motivate myself to do this.Y'all are my witnesses.




What I have been doing lately is assigning one day per week on one part/section of my body, excluding rest, cardio, and full body days. I weigh about 155 and I'm around 5'10". I'm focusing on eating more fruits and veggies and cutting out sugar from my diet, especially since it's after the holidays!

I'm mainly using Blogilates for my workouts but I'm also participating in the Yoga with Adrienne 30 day challenge and I'm gonna try to do Tone It Up's weekly schedule as well. I'm really excited and already feel the burn from these workouts, and I hope to post an update every other week or so, depending on how chaotic my schedule becomes in the next couple of weeks.

I'm looking to get toned for Summer, but I will make it a year round project. :)

See you soon!

Baylee

**The photos above were the night of January 1st, and I had eaten about four or five hours before. In the morning I have a little more ab definition, but not much.