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?
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...
If you want to follow me run the marathon this weekend go to
http://www.xacte.com/templates/mcm/supporter.html
and type in my name J
