I don't have time for that...

Aside from the losing weight thing, another reason I decided to go on this journey was to refocus some of my time. Late last year I had some drama in my personal life. I handled it well, and while I am no means gun shy, I decided I really wanted to take a break from dating and any potential personal relationships to focus only on myself. It seems whenever I say I'm going to take a break though, inevitably someone new shows up in my life. Well, that has happened again, but with my new goals and my very full workout/training schedule, I don't really have any time that I want to devote to another person. So while it's always nice to get attention from a good guy, I am happy with keeping it in the background of my life for now.

As for all the other areas of my life, I have quite a few more goals that I wanted to work on for myself in the new year as well, such as financial goals as well as some focus regarding my career. But my current schedule simply doesn't allow for much more than what I'm already doing. Even my friendships have been quite neglected lately.

Then today, I found it humorous as I realized that my even job seems to be getting in the way of my working out! As it is, most days I leave work to go directly to workout, usually a yoga class or a kettlebell workout with my sister. I also like pilates class, but I don't get a chance to go as often because it's on Thursday's at 4:30pm. Either I cannot get there in time or my Women's Empowerment Group falls on that night (every other Thursday). But as my momentum for working out builds, I find myself wanting to do as much as I can.

Having arrived at work late today (because I stayed up doing laundry until 1am last night and was too tired to get up on time), I had planned on working later. But as the day progressed, I just kept thinking about going to pilates class. My boss was planning on leaving the office before 4pm, so I thought to myself that the moment he's out the door, I will leave as well. But he wasn't leaving and it was getting late. Finally, my desire to go to class got the best of me and I told him that I wanted to leave and go to pilates class. It was fine with him, but as I rushed out the door I just thought about how funny that now even my job seems to be interfering in my workout schedule!

Anyway, here's today's accomplishment... 1 hour pilates class and 1 hour on the treadmill for a walk/run of 4 miles. I'm satisfied!

So, while I would love to have more time to do many of the other things I am not currently doing, including working more (because I do enjoy it), I remind myself that I intentionally chose this path for myself for the moment. And while I suppose I'm soon going to have to find some time for the things that really cannot wait much longer, such as the groceries I need, the clean house I'd like to live in, the bills that need to get paid, and even a pedicure that I desperately want, I have to say that I am very much enjoying my life these days and happy to be working on becoming a better me!