There are days when you feel as if just by waking up and continue on living, it's already the bravest thing to do.

There are big struggles, however, it's the small day to day decisions to live that is the most meaningful to overcome.

These kinds of feelings just remind me to refocus and to put my heart on the strength that is blessed upon me by a Being much higher than I.

life nowadays

nowadays i feel that i have good people i can rely on to be there with me when times are tough...

we're all fighting loads of battles but there's something affirming about the people i encounter everyday. it doesn't make me immune to panic or stress... but it just makes the load somewhat more bearable.  i can't say easy because it's still very hard.

a good insight i learned today is changing your mindset to what situation is given to you.  i'm a very easily flustered person... so this is hard for me.  however, i know i should work on myself to be more calm and level-headed just so i can troubleshoot in a more lucid manner.

i won't let worry consume me.  i have good people to stand by me and guide me and i have a God that's constantly trying to refine me by teaching me lessons.

i also appreciate spending time with family.. watching the kids, having a beer with my brother and my sister in law... it seems like it just makes me realize the important things in life and prevents me from focusing on the fleeting, superficial aspects of it.

this week so far

I eat so much because of stress... I need to compensate...


Sunday

1 hour Zumba

Tuesday

25 squats
25 crunches
25 squats
25 crunches
stretch

Wednesday

50 jumping jacks
5 push ups
50 crunches
20 mountain climbers
30 second plank
40 scissors
25 squats


stress levels... go down please...

what's new?

hello again problems! Why did you all come today without letting me know?

What's new?

sigh

I'm imagining myself on a wooden deck lounging with a melon mango shake reading a book overlooking the see...

The smell of sea water... The soft crushing sound of the waves...

Just totally absorbed by the fictional novel I'm reading...

At night... I plan on lounging in the same spot... feeling the cool sea breeze and exchange my fruit shake for a tangy mojito...

If only....

oh my golly goulash

life is so stress balls...

I don't have an outlet to release this stress as i need to save money.. and i can't eat much as i'm trying to lose weight.

Wish i had a punching bag!!!

Any recommendation to release this?

I wish I can run with a faulty knee...! but i can't!

my knee is slowly getting better though... slowly but surely. Thank God for antibacterial ointment! I don't need to put maggots on my wound to eat up the pus... Thank you modern medicine!

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