Nick Saban's Speech

Since I've been boring the past couple of days, enjoy this video that a friend shared with me on facebook a few days ago. Pretty good motivator. Self discipline is something with which I've always struggled.

"Discipline: Doing what you're supposed to do, when you're supposed to do it, the way it's supposed to get done"

"You are going suffer through one of two things in life: the pain of discipline, or the pain of disappointment."

"Your character is a accumulation of your thoughts, your habits, and your priorities on a day-to-day basis"

Top Five Regrets of the Dying

I read a powerful article this morning and would like to share : Top Five Regrets of the Dying

After reading this article, I want to set 5 goals based on the article's 5 points, in order to not die with these huge regrets:

1. I will write down my life goals/dreams and check them off as I go. I'll post them somewhere that I can look at them each day, so they are not put on the back burner

2. I will encourage whoever I end up settling down with to be an active member of the family and although supporting the family is important, the time spent together is more important. (I'll also try to remind myself this throughout my career)

3. Expressing my feelings... I'm a pretty open book when it comes to my feelings, so perhaps writing them down so I'm able to better express them to others would be a good goal.

4. I need to make some phone calls...

5. I am currently working on being happier overall. It's kind of been my project over the past year!

At the end of the article they pose the following question: What's your greatest regret so far, and what will you set out to achieve or change before you die?

I'll have to think hard on the answer and share another time; let me know yours!

Crunch

My Friday night may have been slightly healthier than your Friday night.  I joined my friend at her gym for a kickboxing class. I'm definitely one of those people that gets so much more out of a work out when there is an instructor pushing me on - so it seemed like a great idea. Crunch is a gym that I previously categorized with a weight watchers / 40 to 50 year old women getting their work out on with strength in numbers....

Wrong. Total opposite. The gym has bright, lively colors and the class was both effective and fun! The manager was nice and helpful even when I explained I was not interested in a membership at this time. We attended kickboxing with Roberto who I now love and would religiously go to his classes if I was a member. (Maybe it was because he told me I'm a natural, always a motivator! ). Crunch is much smaller and more personalized than my large city feel gym.  And much, much cleaner. Scattered about the walls are fun,  uplifting,  and motivational phrases such as "Objects in mirror are more fabulous than they appear," or something to that effect. It definitely didn't hurt that this particular location looks out over the beautifully lit Bay Bridge. I will definitely take advantage of my 5 day pass.

I am satisfied with my gym (24) for now. Especially when my boyfriend and I enjoy piña coladas in the sauna (shh don't tell! ) and pretend we are on vacation :) I have another 18 months on it and maybe can upgrade to the more personalized feel that is Crunch when all is said and done.

By the way, I'm more than over calling him "my boyfriend," so from now on he is "D." And while I'm at it,  this same friend I've been referring to will be mentioned with frequency,  so let's call her "R."

D & R - forgive me in advanced if I accidentally use your full names :)