Finding the right Fit!

I'm the type of person that functions well off of routine. Not to say that I am a daily grind kind of person. I definitely like to mix it up and kind of move from one fun moment in life to another. However, even the changing up of things becomes somewhat a routine for me in and of itself.

I remember when I was in college, it was a big thing for me.every quarter when classes changed. I always looked forward to readjusting my schedule each quarter working around when my classes were, where they were located, what my schedule would be like, study time, play time, etc.

And in 1999 when I first started working out and losing weight that was my goal. Because we all know how easy it is when things get changed around in our daily lives to let exercise be one of the first things that slip off of the radar into the "I don't have time for it" section. So every quarter I would look forward to reconfiguring all of my priorities to make everything fit!

That process for me continues to this day. When I was a teacher... I had a routine. Then I had Cooper and we had our routine.

Then.... Gracie came a short 11 months later. THAT required a serious routine. The 3 of us were on this tight-knit schedule to keep everyone functioning, clean, and happy! :)

As they've gotten older... I've slowly been putting more of my stuff back into my schedule. You know first they went to preschool 1 day a week, so I had my stuff I'd like to do on that one special day. Before you know it, I'm up to 4!

So now that I'm working not only from home with the restaurant, but I've added another piece of a puzzle in working outside of my home as well... I've got to situate again to make everything fit! And it sounds crazy, but it's kind of fun! I think I look at my TDL as some sort of a challenge sometimes! And the challenging part is learning which things to just scratch off completely because there just aren't enough hours in a day.

So it got me to thinking about how it's times like these in our lives that are really kind of cool because without us even necessarily trying, we're FORCED to do some prioritizing, and I think that's really important for all of us to do often. If your TDL has enough stuff to cover a 30 hour day, well common sense tells us that at least 6 of those hours are gonna get cut. Maybe they'll get moved to another day, but it just isn't happening today!

For some workaholics out there, you lose a lot of sleep and end up getting overworked, over-stressed and lose control of taking care of yourself to try to fit as many working hours into the day as possible. But as an athlete, we know we can't do that! You still have to work it out where you can go to bed early enough to get plenty of rest. Stress needs to stay down, so you need to still find ways to eat well and relax.

I'm a professed clean freak... but when things get tight, the dishes will sit in the sink for an extra day if need be! :) Or I'll do the thing that I normally HATE to do and I know a lot of you reading this blog are the same way and do the forbidden actually ASK someone else for help! :)

And that's a really good thing for me to do because it helps me keep up with myself and NOT be such a crazy lady!

So this week has been hectic, but I've really enjoyed it! And I've managed to stay pretty stress-free because I'm taking my TDL as a progressive process and not letting it hang over my head! For those of you who've known me a long time... this is a COMPLETELY different Kellye than I used to be!

I'm telling you... my 30's are going to be soooo much better than my 20's... I can FEEL it!! :)

So what made me think of all of this was yesterday I went to Nike to purchase some clothing for my new training position. I was told to go and get some Nike collared shirts and some Nike "nice" pants to bring in and wear and get embroidered with my training company's logo on it. So while the kids were in school, I headed down to the Nike store at Lenox Mall. Excited because it's not everyday that someone says go buy yourself some nice Nike stuff and I'll pay for it!

I got there and headed to the women's section and started looking for collared shirts.... that would be a no! Then I started looking for nice pants. You know, not sweatpants or bummy workout type stuff (the stuff I usually wear :) but some that look more professional. That wasn't really happening either. I tried on one pair, but they were more like hip type pants and were way big, so I was like, you know what I need.... GOLF!

Nike Golf!!

That apparently is only at places like the PGA store. Now, I've NEVER played golf. Always wanted to basically just to try it. And have especially never done the Golf type clothing! I haven't really been into the preppy look since early 90's! :)

So I headed over there and tried on some stuff and actually walked out with 3 collared shirts that go with the color scheme of PT Solutions and a Nike Skirt! That's right.... one of those little workout skirts with the built-in shorts! NEVER would have guessed owning one of those. When they first came out, I thought... ah... not my thing. But it ends up being perfect! Professional AND functional! Can't beat it!

So it just goes to show you that sometimes when you're looking for the right "fit" in something... it helps to look outside of your usual parameters whether you're talking about clothing, schedules, or whatever.

The moral of the story is you just may never know what you'll like until you try it!

So in the spirit of this, my niece and I are finally going to take that rock climbing class tonight! Adam is convinced that everytime I get together with my niece or sister I come home with some sort of body morphing tattoo or piercing, so I'm going to try to come home exactly as I left!

However... you NEVER know what will "fit" until you try it! :).... right??? :)

Have a great day everybody!

K :)