Motivation

In less than one week, I am officially moving out of my current apartment. I’m filled with mixed emotions. Roomie and I have lived here for 2 years and 3 months. It has many memories and along with my previous relocations, brings a close to another chapter in my life. Thinking about going through all [...]

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Today, I have a fun change of pace for you on the blog today. I am a big blog reader and wanted to introduce you to one of my new favorites, The Skinny Confidential written by Lauryn Evarts. I got a chance to ask Lauryn a few questions that I’m always curious about when it [...]

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Summer weather can be “muggy,” so getting up early to get in a workout is sometimes the only way to guarantee a workout. If you don’t exercise in the morning, you need to stay hydrated and eat properly to keep energy levels up. People get out of work at 5 or 6 but have a [...]

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Do you have your own set of healthy living rules? Do you always workout in the morning or end each day with a Hershey kiss? Here are my hard fast rules that I live by to make my life a bit healthier to maintain. RULE #1: GET ENOUGH SLEEP I love my sleep but studies [...]

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Do you consider yourself a gym rat? Do you think you spend too much or not enough time sweating each week? Turns out, the experts can’t even agree on how much we need so how should we determine our own goals. Here is a sample of my weekly fitness schedule, keep in mind I am [...]

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Dream Job

March 30, 2012 · 7 comments

In 4th grade, my dream job was to be Katie Couric on The Today Show. Then came along The View. It started later, which would mean I’d get to sleep past 5 am, so then that became my dream job. Then in college, realistically I wanted to be a journalist, preferably on camera but I [...]

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One day cold afternoon last winter, I was running my routine 3.8 mile loop and just stopped. I was bored. I was tired. I was also kinda sad. I had a personal issue going on and really was not in the mood to power through a workout. I glanced down at my iPhone and began [...]

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Last night, I had the privilege to volunteer at a charity event in Boston to support Youk’s Kids. It’s an organization that was started by Red Sox star Kevin Youkilis and the Junior League helped staff volunteers. Youk’s Kids mission is to create a community of support, increase awareness and advocate for the health and [...]

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Happy New Year! While I’m not a big resolution person, I do like to reflect on the previous year and make a list of improvements for the coming months. Here are a few of my goals I hope to accomplish: Be more organized. Not only with my finances and receipts for tax purposes, but also [...]

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I have an addictive personality.  When I give up one vice, I usually pick up another.  One habit I’m lucky to have is that I love to exercise!  I rarely do it longer than 90 minutes, and usually for only 45 minutes a day.  But I didn’t always find it easy to get out the [...]

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