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Friends – its March. WHAT THE HECK.

Getting old is scary because time just flies by.

February was pretty much a month of adventure. I spent time in San Francisco,CA, St. Louis, MO, and Nashville, TN. We had our friend Isiah visit the second weekend of the month, and I started picking up extra hours at the gym. Whew.

February always feels like a struggle bus month to me, no matter what I have planned. I’m not sure why the shortest month of the year is often mentally rough, but it is. I didn’t suffer from the winter blues as much as when I lived in Michigan – but it has been rainy, gray and chilly (40s-50s) in Cali lately.

I think posting these monthly updates is definitely holding me more accountable to my goals, so to whoever reads this, THANK YOU. I’m being a better person because of you (in a roundabout way).

If you missed my 2017 goals post you can see that HERE, and check out last month’s update HERE!

Let’s get to it!

Fitness & Health Goals:

The good:

• Annie is still kickin’ my butt – after this week I will have been training with her for 6 months! (post about all of this coming Friday!)
• I am taking my monthly progress photos
• I started paying more attention to my macros again and finally downloaded My Fitness Pal (not sure why I waited so long to do so). It’s been a big help with tracking – if that is something you’re into then I would download it!
• I was (*almost*) successful with no bagels, office candy or Sprinkles cupcakes in February! [ I had candy once at LAX and I had half a Sprinkles cupcake over the weekend haha]

What I need to work on:

• still didn’t get my @$$ to a yoga class – but I did some on my own at home. The free yoga at our apartment is Monday nights, and it was really hard this month to get there (obviously haha). Two of the Mondays I was flying back into town, and the other two I was at the gym instead. BUT  I found a Hot Yoga studio right by our house and snagged a Groupon for 10 classes for $45 (amazing considering a drop in class is $24) so I’m starting there this weekend.

Life Goals:

The good:

• I had a lot of airplane & airport time this month so I ended up reading: Scrappy Little Nobody by Anna Kendrick, Straight Man by Richard Russo and Yes Please by Amy Poehler
  • I plan to have my book review post live next Friday (which will include these 3 books + 5-6 more!)
• I’m on track with the 52 weeks of saving plan (this is the farthest I’ve ever made it haha)
• ACLU and Planned Parenthood received donations from me for February

What I need to work on:

• Finding a job I’m passionate about. Big changes are in the works, and I’ll update you all once things are set in stone. BUT – teaching SPIN part time and helping out at the gym here and there has been making me happy. I’ve been teaching for 2 months so now I have regulars in my classes and know the students, which, as other instructors know, is the best part.
• I’ve been struggling internally trying to figure out what I WANT. Not what society says I should want, what my friends want, what my family wants, etc. I’ve been working through this for a bit now, but it definitely still needs some work 🙂

The good:

• My friend Corinne (who I’ve known since 2nd grade!) moved out to LA over the winter and she and I are heading to Joshua Tree and the Salton Sea this weekend.

What I need to work on:

• In the process of figuring out dates to go to Palm Springs, Sequoia National Park and back to Mammoth to ski (hopefully all this month!) so fingers crossed I can make all that happen

Thanks for stopping by today friends. I really appreciate you.
I would love to hear about your goal progress – share in the comments below or shoot me an email! m.cassidy.lou@gmail.com

xo, Maddy

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