Some thoughts and discussions from me.

Good morning! I hope you’re having a lovely week so far.

(running trail in Mountain Village in Telluride!)

I have to admit, mine  completely threw me off track. I kind of freaked out on Monday morning, threw my intentions out the window, and had an all out downright hissy fit. It wasn’t one of my proudest moments, but let me explain…

Shane and I had just gotten back from Telluride the day before, and on Monday morning at 7:05, I was juuuust about to pour my coffee when the doorbell rang.

It was a man who was hear to seal off our entire house because a crew was coming into re-sand our hardwood floors. Without our prior knowledge. (Quick backstory, we moved into a new construction this past May, and they messed up the flooring. It’s been like pulling teeth trying to get them to agree to fix it.)

So, at 7:05, I’m about to pour my coffee, and at 7:15, I’m moving all of the furniture off of the wood floors so the floor guy and put up plastic to seal off our house.

It legit looked like a kill room straight out of Dexter.

I didn’t tell you about 7:10 – when I was standing in the middle of our main floor in tears, totally resisting what was going on around me. I felt both childish and justified at the same time. (spoiler alert, I was only being childish.)

Long story short, I freaked. I’m a HUGE on my routine – especially in the morning, and especially after coming home from a trip during which I had no routine at all, and I broke down. I forgot how to accept reality for a beat, and fought it with all of my might.

Luckily, my husband (sometimes – ha) knows what to say to snap me out of it.

“Take a breath. Stop wasting your energy toward resisting and start grabbing what you’ll need for the week!”

At that moment, I realized how #firstworldproblem I was being, and that I’m lucky to HAVE a home, and that some people are worried about losing their entire homes to hurricanes and wildfires right about now.  And then I grabbed 4 protein bars, a case of water, and my gym shoes.

Perspective. Just about 30 minutes too late 😉

Needless to say, all meals this week have been eaten out, and hey, that’s ok because I have to set up shop and work somewhere! 😉

Every day I intend to take situations as they come and as they are, and not to get too worked up – especially when that won’t help (which is never,) so I’m looking at this situation as a reminder of what happens when I don’t implement that mindset into place.

Whenever I feel myself starting to stress out, I rely on 3 tactics:

  1. Ask myself why purpose being mad/stressed/put out serves (the answer is always NO PURPOSE)
  2. Remind myself that when I fight reality, I lose, but only 100% of the time (a la Byron Katie)
  3. Think what future Paige would think of current Paige if she reacted to the stress (she’d probably be ashamed)

Well this blog post is starting to sound more like an email I’d send to my newsletter fam! Don’t worry, if you’re here for workouts or tips and not my little mini life lessons, a new Stability Ball Workout will be up on Friday!

I hope you’re having a lovely week, my friends!

When’s the last time you let life throw you off your A-game?