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I completed another CrossFit Open last month.⁠⁠Initially, I really didn’t want to do these workouts because I hate the pressure I put on myself when I believe that I “should” be better than I am and I was afraid of how I would feel with my scores.⁠⁠“Should” creates a lot of unnecessary mental distress.⁠“Should” is … More 𝕃𝕖𝕤𝕤 𝕀𝕞𝕡𝕣𝕖𝕤𝕤𝕖𝕕, 𝕄𝕠𝕣𝕖 𝕀𝕟𝕧𝕠𝕝𝕧𝕖𝕕…⁠

In the past month, I’ve been feeling lost and unclear about what I want from my life.  The thing I love and define my lifestyle by – training for CrossFit, even came into question which terrified me.  Feeling less excited about my workouts sent me into an intense transcendental kind of self-examination.   I’ve spent the … More 𝕎ℍ𝔸𝕋 𝔻𝕆 𝕀 𝕎𝔸ℕ𝕋?

PTA/BAKE SALE MOM No. I don’t like it. I won’t. No. I love the shit out of my kids and I want them to have the best experiences in/out of school but I trust that the teachers and those with a passion for fundraisers and event planning have a much better handle, enthusiasm and etiquette … More Who I’m Not

“𝙸𝚗 𝚘𝚞𝚛 𝚙𝚘𝚕𝚒𝚝𝚒𝚌𝚊𝚕 𝚌𝚑𝚊𝚘𝚜, 𝚙𝚎𝚘𝚙𝚕𝚎 𝚝𝚑𝚛𝚘𝚠 𝚊𝚛𝚘𝚞𝚗𝚍 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚠𝚘𝚛𝚍 “𝚜𝚑𝚊𝚖𝚎𝚕𝚎𝚜𝚜” 𝚠𝚑𝚎𝚗 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚢 𝚜𝚎𝚎 𝚜𝚘𝚖𝚎𝚘𝚗𝚎 𝚖𝚊𝚔𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚊 𝚜𝚎𝚕𝚏-𝚜𝚎𝚛𝚟𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚘𝚛 𝚞𝚗𝚎𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚌𝚊𝚕 𝚍𝚎𝚌𝚒𝚜𝚒𝚘𝚗. 𝙰𝚗𝚍 𝚊𝚝𝚝𝚛𝚒𝚋𝚞𝚝𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚞𝚗𝚌𝚘𝚗𝚜𝚌𝚒𝚘𝚗𝚊𝚋𝚕𝚎 𝚋𝚎𝚑𝚊𝚟𝚒𝚘𝚞𝚛 𝚝𝚘 𝚕𝚊𝚌𝚔 𝚘𝚏 𝚜𝚑𝚊𝚖𝚎. 𝚃𝚑𝚒𝚜 𝚒𝚜 𝚠𝚛𝚘𝚗𝚐 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚍𝚊𝚗𝚐𝚎𝚛𝚘𝚞𝚜. 𝚂𝚑𝚊𝚖𝚎 𝚒𝚜𝚗’𝚝 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚌𝚞𝚛𝚎, 𝚒𝚝’𝚜 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚌𝚊𝚞𝚜𝚎. 𝙳𝚘𝚗’𝚝 𝚕𝚎𝚝 𝚠𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚕𝚘𝚘𝚔𝚜 𝚕𝚒𝚔𝚎 𝚊 𝚋𝚕𝚘𝚊𝚝𝚎𝚍 𝚎𝚐𝚘 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚗𝚊𝚛𝚌𝚒𝚜𝚜𝚒𝚜𝚖 𝚏𝚘𝚘𝚕 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚒𝚗𝚝𝚘 𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚗𝚔𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚛𝚎’𝚜 … More Dare to Lead