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One month after my race, the feelings keep coming. My Journey has brought more growth than just getting a medal.

The transformation continues!

Almost one year ago I stopped this

I know I did not understand the concept until someone said to me, "Did you know your thoughts can be what you make them?" Then, when I looked around, I felt like I was thinking of what my life was. The concept of my changing how I looked at a situation was foreign until I practiced the idea.

Here is the reason why I ditched and switched! I love candles; I love their smell and lighting them. The ambiance of candles also brings warmth and homeness to a room. So I go thru TJ Maxx or Marshalls, smelling all the scents, and bring them home. As I stood smelling all the beautiful candles in the store, I started to sneeze. So I turned to candle over to see the ingredients for the candle. I had never thought about what made up a candle; I thought of wax and fragrant. Amazing what happens when you do a little research. Research has found that most brands of scented candles use 95% of chemicals that make up "synthetic fragrance," which include paraffin, lead, benzene, and toluene. The last two are known carcinogens which means you are releasing hazardous toxins into the air you are breathing. These chemicals also are capable of causing allergies and hormone disrupters that can cause weight gain, hormonal acne, mood swings, anxiety, stress, and additional side effects. I removed candles from my home and replaced them with diffusers and essential oils. Now buying oils can be as tricky as buying candles. Most oils sold in department stores have synthetic fragrances. So I have chosen a pure essential oil of Young Living. I also love the moods candles give off, and I have filled my homes with flameless candles. As I set my diffuser for the day, I can set the perspective of the day as I wish and have flameless candles going when I want the ambiance of the candles. Additional benefits from diffusing. I do not need to worry about knocking over or leaving a candle going. Diffusing is safe, cool to the tough, and runs on a timer if you wish. Here is my link to the Young Living website; if you want to know, look at diffusing or switching and Ditching. Click Here  

What does that mean? How long have your been thinking of doing something? How many times have you planned it out? How many times have you stopped because it is too overwhelming? That has been me, and I had even had a complete plan and all these detailed notes and processes, I would not complete any of it. Perfections or having all the answers to be successful is a myth. Yet, this is one of the most significant components of procrastination. Now my motto is: LEAN IN! DO IT MESSY! Lean in means being uncomfortable with the process, and that's okay. However, I am not perfect, and there is no perfect plan, and I am ecstatic about that. Why? I had had some of my most significant accomplishments when I showed up and was uncomfortable. Let me be honest! Doing it messy is scary; however, you take perfection pressure off you. This new thinking means a mindset shift of being open to failure. Failure leads to learning, exploring, fine-tuning, changing, or rebuilding. Failure does not lead to giving up, defeat, loss, or underachiever. So remember, the next time you are contemplating goals or changes. LEAN IN! DO IT MESSY!

Angst, Anxiety, Uneasiness, Fear .⁠These emotions introduce themselves into my mindset daily. Sometimes I have no clue how the emotion got there. But there it is!!!⁠⁠Screws with my thoughts, behavior, and frame of mind. ⁠⁠I change plans, change directions with goals, change decisions and missed out. ⁠⁠It seems the older I am, the more fear has crept into my frame of thought. I was living my life in a state of fear. ⁠⁠That all changed when I found the secret sauce. ⁠ Be relentless and do it scared Adjust the emotion of fear to the emotion of excitement⁠ This takes work, change of mindset, and dedication. ⁠⁠But ask yourself, doesn't anything worthwhile take work, mindset and dedication? ⁠

Am I the only one who has these self-doubt talks with themselves? ⁠Please don't leave me hanging.⁠Mine goes something like this: You are 61 what makes you think you can do that? Or, your time has passed. It's too late!! ⁠ WHAT? Why are you saying that? ⁠A few weeks ago at a women's retreat I faced my self-doubt talk reality head on. I had to turn to the women next to me, then proceed to tell her about this self doubt as if I was telling her that about herself. Imagining telling that to someone and crushing their dreams. ⁠⁠If you want a shot of reality that was one quick way of getting it. ⁠⁠So, it got me thinking more about age! What is the meaning of age? ⁠⁠The length of an existence extending from the beginning to any given time. Pretty philosophical ! ⁠⁠That's it so why do we make such a fuss of it. The definition does not put any parameters around when we should or should not be able to do something. ⁠⁠I am embracing my age with grace, grit, and love. I am not going to allow the age of 61 to be the factor that stops me from doing or being the person I am striving to be. A wellness coach, trail runner, and anything else I want⁠.

Failure consumes me! ⁠⁠All my great intentions, plans in place, energy high, and expectations even higher. ⁠⁠Then I start to lose momentum, energy levels start to diminish, and plans are falling apart. ⁠⁠Another goal failure. I declare to myself this was not meant to be. ⁠⁠The more the same circle of failure kept repeating itself, the more I had a destructive mindset. ⁠⁠ "Insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results." per Albert Einstein. ⁠⁠Insanity was not my problem, doing it alone was. Who was I accountable to? ⁠⁠Don't be afraid or ashamed to stand up and say "I needed help, a coach, or an accountability partner." I did. ⁠⁠My tribe is a like minded, goal oriented community. Bolstering my commitment, energy levels, and expectations daily. ⁠⁠Let me assure you, they hold me accountable, push my limits and do not allow for excuses. ⁠⁠What are you working on achieving right now? Are you hitting any roadblocks? ⁠