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It’s self-care day. It’s Saturday work-life balance practice day. Yay!!!
Are you giving yourself a few hours for self-care on a weekly basis?
Moved my fanny playing sand volleyball with my lovely friends–I must say, I put minimum efforts on the court. I felt more recovery workout since I had worked out pretty hard on Friday. Blue skies, sun shining, and warm enough. My plans with a client for afternoon changed so after volleyball, I hit the sauna. I met a nurse in the sauna and chatted health and nutrition away for a while. I ended up staying in longer than usual and body called for a nap.
Went home and two hours later, ~6:30pm, I woke up with sun shining outside still and with a ton of energy. Worked on a few misc work stuff for 4 hours and bed again. It was a pretty darn good day. Napping in the afternoon and waking up with sun still shining was just amazing! I hadn’t done that in a long time!
I am loving my Saturdays’ self-care. Moved my fanny at the gym and on sand courts with my lovely friends and budy, then hit the sauna to wrap it up. Today was EXTRA SPECIAL. I got lots of KISSES. Unconditional love from Buddy, Lucia’s 3 leg dog. He is adorable, full of energy, and loving. Hope you are having an awesome day too!
Pre-volleyball, I got myself to the gym for a great workout:
3 rounds (completed in 12:38 min)
10 pull ups
15 box jumps 20 inches
20 air squats
60 double unders–DUs don’t EVER fail to slow me down 😥
Left the gym to meet the ladies for 6 GREAT GAMES of sand doubles. My shoulder was in better shape than that of last week. We had a blast, long rallies, perfect weather, great attitude…fun period! Feeling grateful. Thank you ladies and buddy for great sanity times.
Finish the self-care round with sauna and good shower.
Dog LoveBuddy Likes My SweatSand Volleyball 20160319
“Life is what we make it, always has been, always will be. –Grandma Moses
What’s fun to you? How often do you find asking yourself when was the last time you had fun? or have to think hard to remember fun times or time for yourself? Sometimes, we just don’t even think about it.
Fun and relaxation are important to healthy living. Our hormones love and need! I cannot lie. Unfortunately, I have neglected them for the past 1.5 years. I have been focused on getting my business up and running. Changes are on the way. Spring is perfect season for that 🙂
Today, from the moment I woke up around 7:30am to about 4pm, I’ve done things I love:
Ate a healthy breakfast: hard boil pasture raised eggs, avocado, soaked/dehydrated walnuts and brazil nuts, goat’s milk kefir. Healthy protein, fats, and carbs/probiotics.
Moved my fanny at the gym (more below)
Played doubles sand volleyball — perfect weather in low 70s and sunny this morning. It had beena while since the four of us played together. Right shoulder has been bothering. I irritated a little more though 😳
Ate my power house and complete meal smoothie (ask recipe if you’d like to know more)
Sauna for 30 minutes followed by nice shower
Stopped by at a couple of places for grocery shopping…cooking yummy stuff tomorrow!
Now, I am ready to get a few hours of work done. Cheers to self-care and fun!
Workout
EMOMx 14 (Every Minute On the Minute 14 min) odd: 10 Calorie Row even: 100m Sprint
– Rest 5 Mins –
EMOMx 10 (Every Minute On the Minute 10 min) odd: 12 Wall Balls 12lbs even: 12 KBS 35lbs
Good stuff!
Maria, Candice, Lucia, Kendall. Perfect day for sand volleyballwall ball
I have always had the mentality of work hard and play hard. Until I started my own business, I did a good job doing just that–always planned one or two great vacation trips every year. I love travelling and don’t mind going alone. I’ve met awesome people along the way.
Well, my life has changed quite since mid 2014 and especially after I left corporate to follow my passion for health and wellness in the end of 2014. I haven’t done of the ‘play hard’ or ‘time off’. I used to work lots of hours. I work even more now–if I am not with clients, working out, cooking, grocery shopping, or driving somewhere, I am working which includes studying. I am NOT complaining, don’t get me wrong. Although it has been very stressful and long hours, most of the time, it doesn’t feel like work.
I love the flexibility of getting out and sun for a few minutes, if that’s what I want to do. I love to be able to go outside and go for a 1-3 minute to stretch my legs and calm down my nerves. I can do all that and more without feeling guilty or uncomfortable to leave my desk during business hours to do something that will help me regroup and reestablished productivity.
Anyway, long story short, I took a few hours of my Saturday, 3/5/16, to do something I love and hadn’t done in a while…moved my fanny playing six games of sand volleyball. Forgot to take a picture of playing with the ladies…boo to me. I hadn’t played in a while. Needless to say, didn’t have my ‘A’ game. However, weather was amazing, had a great time, moved my fanny, de-stressed a little, and spend time with 3 great ladies: Lucia, Sarah, and Tracey!
It felt good to put my feet on the sand. Left the court, ate, and got a few more hours of work done right next to my website designer…By the time my website is close to 95%, I might have become a WordPress guru lady. Not sure if I should smile or cry about that–I think cry since it’s been just ‘wow’ for an experience, dozens and dozens of hours, and lots of stress since the relaunch on 2/1/16.
Cheers to better work-life balance! Fun is an important pillar of health. I must do a better job following my the same recommendations I give my clients. Truth must be told!
