Mind
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Progression of the Beach Day
I am fortunate to have always lived near the Atlantic Ocean. My parents’ childhood included regular trips to the beach in the summer and they took me often enough to cement that love in my life. My earliest memory of the beach, I was about 5, we were in Wildwood with some of my older cousins. We spent the entire time in the water jumping waves and hanging out in the swells, it was a glorious day! When I was eleven we moved to the Wildwoods and I gained unlimited beach access! During my teens, it was grabbing a towel and a book and head to the beach with some…
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An Object in Motion- My Early Running Days
I wrote this blog Fall of 2020 I live my life by Isaac Newton’s first law of motion, an object in motion stays in motion. While yes you will find me sitting still playing computer games, checking Facebook, and searching the net or reading I am also usually plotting my next undertaking. During my doctoral program, the perfect storm occurred to rekindle a past love, my love of running. I had gained some weight from eating to stay awake to write and lack of movement, I started to look for something to get me moving. The easiest thing I could do was to start taking walks, about this time my…
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I am a Princess
I have often let myself be treated poorly or let others take advantage of me. Just over twenty years ago I made some drastic changes in my life to start putting myself in a safer space and to improve myself. It has been a slow journey and I feel like a late bloomer to only be figuring all of this out now that I am 50 and I am still a work in progress! References to being a princess have been popping up and I thought I would take some time to think about myself as a princess. One of the daily plans I read in my Bible app is…
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After the Marathon- The Let-Down
It has been a month since I ran my first marathon, and I have realized that I have been out of sorts for about the last two weeks when it comes to my running. This is a pattern I have seen before and not just in terms of running. Have you ever set a goal for yourself and then notice after the celebration is over you feel kind of blah? I have been in this spot before after completing my master and doctoral degrees, after running my first half marathon, and now after my first marathon. The first time I noticed these feelings after completing my masters degree I panicked…
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My First Marathon
I am thrilled to announce I am officially a marathoner! I completed my first marathon on April 25, 2021, in Chesapeake, Virginia. A week out I did not think I was ready, I had overtrained and had issues with the muscle on the side of my knee. I took the week off from running, foam rolled, did my PT exercises, electric stim, and a ton of BioFreeze to try to calm the muscle. My confidence in my ability to complete the 26.2 miles was shaken and as much as I wanted to just not go, I had told too many people about it to back out. I over-packed my bags…
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My Marathon Training Experience
26.2 Even before I started running regularly I had it in my mind that it would be awesome to run a marathon. I like doing things that are challenging and that most people don’t do. Although if you had been in my head during miles 10-13 when I ran my first half marathon you would seriously be questioning me, “I thought you said the marathon was off the bucket list”, “you told me the half was a one and done!” Now my brain is saying “obviously you were lying to me during that half because I see you are training for a marathon!” Just before Christmas registration opened for a…
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Pushing Past Fear- Indoor Rock Climbing
I was on a roll after our ski trip and signed up to try indoor rock climbing, another bucket list item. I was surprised to find a few places in our state and one that is fairly close. We chose one near my oldest and made the journey to meet up with her. All of us being newbies, I signed us up for a group class. They showed us how to put on our harnesses and how to find the right size shoes. Just like bowling you can rent the shoes but unlike bowling you can use your sneakers if you choose. We went for the full experience and rented…
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Diversity, Not Just for Humans
Lately, we have seen so much about being accepting and inclusive to people of all types and how this is needed in our world. Each of us brings something unique to this world and by excluding people we can miss out on some really great things. But diversity cannot and should not be limited to just people. Think about investing, would you really want to put all of your savings in just one company? No, you pick some stocks and also invest in some real estate. But why in this world where we are touting the benefits of diversity, are we overlooking other areas such as our energy production? For…
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Packing List System
I am the type of person that likes to have systems in place to make things easier. Years ago I realized every time my family would plan a trip I would write out a list of everything we would need to pack so I could make sure we didn’t forget to pack anything. I don’t know how many times I wrote out these lists before I realized they were basically the same, with some exceptions depending on where we were going so why did I keep rewriting the same list? I moved my list into tables in word documents and created different ones as needed. We have a general packing…
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Getting Out, Our Ski Adventure
As I have mentioned in previous blog posts Covid has really left me feeling unproductive and trapped at home. Every winter for at least the last 4 years my family has gone for a weekend ski trip. This year it was not looking like it would happen but I kept thinking I needed to get us out of the house and do something. I checked the state website and found I could travel to our bordering states without the need to quarantine when I returned, I confirmed this was acceptable with my employer and started planning our trip. My girls wanted to try snowboarding this year and the usual resort…
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