A Journey to Fit & Fast

2016 Has proven to be a difficult year for many, many people. A lot of folks I know said final goodbyes, and many continue to see loved ones fight or begin fights with illnesses. It seems it's just been a tough year to be a human in our country, to be fair. If you add in life's events and occurances, it's easy to see how people can be ready to get 2016 in the past. It made me think about my year at the very least. 2016 was fairly uneventful in a lot of ways. I tried to give of myself and be of support to those fighting some big battles. I learned the importance of taking care of myself, and that it is not selfish to put yourself first. I continue to struggle to find balance within myself sometimes, and fight off old habits that threaten to sneak back into my life (mainly controlling things as a means to be comfortable and perfectionism). Luckily, I have a partner that keeps me honest and even though I don't like hearing them, tells me things to keep me in check.  We h...

I sit here tonight blogging after a particularly trying few weeks. We've had lots of stress from outside sources, stress from inside our family, and stress between us (because we have lofty financial goals and with that a coinciding lack of time together, because of time spent at other jobs). We've had A LOT on our plates, we've had kid activities up to three nights each week and normal every day life on top of it all. Just life stuff, really. Somewhere in the mix of the last few weeks, I've let my joy slide. And by that I mean I've let my happy, typically positive self give way to A LOT of negative. A LOT. I almost feel bad for my partner, because quite literally every day I've had a negative comment/attitude/overall being. My language has been negative, the look on my face has been negative. And all this because life is happening. Now, granted....I've had a fair share of annoying things happening (falling down, hurting myself, miscellaneous random litt...