Busy relaxing!

It has been over a week since my last post, my apologies to my faithful readers but I was busy relaxing! I've been off work since last Friday and it was wonderful. Troy took his first flying lesson Friday morning, Kayla had her birthday party with her friends Friday night, Saturday was recovering, Pilate's and chores,  Sunday we celebrated Canada Day with our great group of friends and Monday we headed to Grand Bend to celebrate Kayla's actual birthday with dinner on the beach. Sounds like a lot, but in between we did nothing. I finished a book "The Secret Daughter" and laid by the pool. Our biggest accomplishment during our time off - we cleaned the basement! 3 trips to goodwill, and a dumpster bag full of junk later and we are all feeling better having purged and organized. 


We did a lot over the past 6 days, however I would not have classified us as being busy - rather enjoying life...living. Troy sent me this great New York Times article; The 'Busy' Trap. It is a great article about how we use the term busy as a badge of honour, a way to let others know how full our life is. I love how author Tim Kreider refers to what regrets he will have on his death bed, will it be that he did not work harder or that he could have had more time with his friends and loved ones. We work hard to one day be able to enjoy life - how backwards is that. This brings me back to my last post - Who does own your happiness?? We should be putting as much time and energy into enjoying life. Recognize that we are in charge our quality of life, being busy is our choice. 


I've had many people at Create Balance over the last few days asking about my progress - am I reaching my goals? I would say YES! I am starting to notice a difference in my body - not huge, no change in pant size yet, but my face looks leaner and my clothes are fitting better (I can enjoy dinner without worrying about cutting off my circulation). The big difference is in my energy! Tuesday night I did Collette's reformer class at 6:30, then when I got home Troy and I went for a walk. That would have been unheard of before. It feels so good to have energy. I am looking forward to exercising and I think that is one of the biggest challenges for me. I was not happy with my body, my shape. I wanted to loose weight, but I got into a rut, exercise was another chore I had to do, it felt like work. Now that I have pushed past that - it feels great!!! Thanks again for your continued support!!