Friday, October 26, 2012

The Best me I can be...


I have been a bad FitGirlDC recently and not been as diligent with my posting even though there is still so much I want to say.  To let you all know, I work full time, go to grad school full time and have been training for the Marine Corps Marathon. All of these activities have left me with not enough time to dedicate to my blog. Like most of you all, hectic does not even begin to describe how I live my life…

However, my marathon will be done after this weekend and I have been thinking a lot about what this commitment has taught me. Through my training, I have had some time to really collect my thoughts and work on my mental health at the same time as my physical health. I mean what else is there to do when you are running hours on end?  Like any girl, I over analyze everything and at the end of the run usually find some clarity.

Simultaneously, in my classes we have been doing a lot of talking about mental health.  It is a really interesting topic to consider how your mental health affects your physical health.  Your state of mind can affect your appetite, immune system, and productivity.  Usually when your mind is happy, your body follows suit.

Finding mental health isn’t always easy, especially when as I previously mentioned we all live such hectic lifestyles.  “Balance” is the motto I preach as the way to manage your mental health, since I doubt any of us are going to have any less hectic lives in the near future. Balance is all about organizing all your activities and figuring out how to make them fit. Unfortunately, I can’t always do everything I want and something may need to wait on the bench until I have the time to enjoy them again.  In my case, sharing recipes/ fitness/ health on my blog for a little while had to sit it out.

Soon I can shift my balance from marathoning to blogging.  Finding balance can be hard.  It’s hard to realize we can’t always do everything when we want, no matter how much we want to throw tantrums about it.  But knowing that things always have a way of working themselves out and if there is something you really want you will find a way to balance it into your life and accomplish it.

I have come to the realizations that there is no use trying to be perfect, but just trying to be the best me I can be...


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