So I guess we must be having fun here at RB. I don’t know, it’s all been so fast. Today, is the year anniversary of my official buyout of Reform Bode, prior to this last year I had partners. And while I could say much about the buyout and the events which led to it, this is not the time or place for that story. I don’t know who coined the phrase “it’s not where you start out but where you end up” but it’s a good quote and that will be the theme for this post.

This year has flown by, when I look back I can only see chunks of time synched with events. I guess my mind doesn’t work as much chronologically with dates as it does work to save a series of events. So my event respective for the past year goes something like this:

rearranged my desk

bought a new laptop

bought additional cardio equipment

rearranged office

hired a new trainer

expanded corporate wellness client base

got a new, interactive website

got fired from a corporate wellness account

hired new pilates instructor

redesigned studio layout

started 2 very popular challenges

watched my daughter get launched off a horse

watched crying daughter get back on said horse

saw my daughter finish the 5th grade (with straight A’s)

Paid taxes

won an adventure race

installed cardio theatre and studio entertainment system

finished Atlas Shrugged

Learned the value of being selective about with whom you spend your time

“Surely there was more to my year than this” I say, but this is what comes to mind. I ’spose I learned to smile again and that cannot not be overrated.  I also have become aquainted with silence and calm, two friends that I value highly but have seemed to escape me for the last few years.

Most importantly I am beginning to trust again. Myself more than anyone else but it’s a start. It’s the rebirth of a commitmment to happiness so that I can be the trainer, mother, friend, and role model I am called to be. For if there is one thing I have learned through the buyout and since it is that negativity is a powerful force if you let it get a foothold in your life. It is the opposite of trust, clarity and empowerment. To harbor it is to harbor defeat. BUT if you just hold on to belief, if for nothing other than for beliefs sake (thanks Lance) you can see the power of trust and light in your life.

believe in yourself, get away from those who don’t

Tanya

I got a great email from a client participating in our Pledge to Lose Challenge II (this came after a Pledge workout here at RB):

“Hi Tanya!  Wow am I sore!  Shrinking pains, right?!”

I love it. She could’ve griped, but she chose not to. Instead of bitching about the discomfort, she tied that evidence of change (albeit uncomfortable) to her long term success. Very Smart.

I invite you to contemplate where your own beliefs, habits, attitudes, and values are standing in the way of making the commitment to get happy and healthy. Remember when your head is right, all else follows.