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Balance is the Key to Everything...
I ask because this week I am reflecting on my 'buzz' word for the year - balance. In January, both Sam and I chose a 'buzz' word that we would use to remind ourselves of what our goal and intention was for 2018. I chose balance and here is a little reminder of why I chose that from the email sent 3rd January...
Remain Focused
For me I needed much more FOCUS in my life. I (like many people) am a great procrastinator! Most of the time I will put the task I am least looking forward to at the bottom of my pile. I need to do my accounts and suddenly I find its time to clean the bathroom… I start doing research for an assignment and suddenly I realise I have to put all of my vinyl collection in alphabetical order, or in order of genre, or date order!
The 2nd New Year
September has well and truly arrived and in the fitness industry we call this time of year 'The 2nd New Year'. At this time we have a similar buzz in gyms to that which we find in January and February - members setting themselves new goals, re-discovering motivation and setting a routine they can keep to by building habits.
Pass it on...
It seems that summer is coming to an end… We tend to get that “back to school” feeling at this time of the year bringing with it the push we need to make changes, let go of the things that are no longer serving us and to try new things.
'OK days'...
We hope you have had a great bank holiday weekend? And if it wasn't great then we hope it was at least OK? In this technology charged world, where we are bombarded with happy faces on social media, it can look like everyone is having the best time - every day of the year!
You are an inspiration...
In past emails we have touched on the importance of telling those closest to you how important they are and the impact they have had on your life. It's not always easy for us to talk about our feelings which is why we often say a good way for most to do this is to write it it down for the other person to read. …
I'm so proud of you...
What an amazing Saturday we had running the Pride 10k race in Victoria Park! It's now 15 months since I ran my first race and on Saturday I scored another personal best! Since that first race last year I have shaved off 6 minutes from my time and my next goal is to try and get under 45 minutes As happy as I am with my time, and as much as I could use this email to talk about the importance of goal setting or challenging yourself or taking yourself out of your comfort zone (all very important!), I want to use the opportunity to talk about Pride again
A life without friends...
You may have noticed the SMASH team were missing from Friday lunchtime SMASH... It just so happens that both of us were called to important friendship duties... Sam being a bridesmaid to two of her best friends and Ash driving to Germany with one of his!
Year 2...
We are back from our holiday and we had a great time! We rested our bodies, relaxed our minds and also did some fitness training. Mostly though, we laughed A LOT! It's so important to have friends who share your sense of humour, friends who you can be completely yourself around, and this is what we had on this break. We laughed so much every day - the best kind of holiday