During this strange time in history, I noticed y’all were tackling all sorts of interesting projects. I decided I needed one, too—something positive to remember the pandemic of 2020 by.
I decided to pay attention to something I had abandoned…
Nope, I’m not cleaning my garage. I am not organizing one single thing. I’m not planting a garden or cleaning up my yard.
Instead, I decided to take care of myself better. This, folks, has made all the difference for me.
With relatively little time and effort on my part, I feel so much better than I did a month ago.
On March 30, I got on the exercise bike and the yoga mat for the first time in a long time, and did 30 minutes each. I liked it so much that I decided to do it every day. But I fell short of that, and changed my commitment to every other day, which felt more manageable, reasonable, and doable.
I also get off the bike after every song, take a couple of sips of water, shake out my legs and arms for a few seconds, and get back on. This makes the bike project a reasonable proposition, too.
Daily walks of any length—by myself, or with my little guy, Jackson—are a fresh air bonus.
My recumbent exercise bike has pulleys to work my upper body while I pedal, which gets my heart rate up fast, and also helps my whole-body strength. It feels good to get up from writing, or doing a consulting session with a client, to do something physically challenging while listening to good music.
After only a month, I feel a sheet of muscles on the front of me I haven’t felt for a very, very long time. Goodness gracious. Who knew they were there. I’ll be posting rippling ab photos soon, I’m sure.
I have no idea what the scales have to say about my bike/yoga project—I don’t care. Paying attention to scales tends to send me sideways, and therefore, I’m ignoring them completely.
But—I LOVE the way I feel! Hang in there, everyone.
Holly Simms
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Terri, what would you say was the galvanizing change that you made you improve your relationship situation? I’d really like to know.
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Terri Crosby
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The very biggest change for me is that I stopped acting like a victim of my circumstances. I took my foot out of the door — you know that thing when you have “one foot out the door”? I turned the finger I had been pointing at other people and pointed the finger at me. I took everything that I had tossed in someone else’s lap and put it deliberately and consciously back in mine. I stopped looking at Eric, for instance, as if he had done me wrong, or could ever do me wrong in the future. I decided he was always doing his best and so was I.
I took responsibility. What a concept. It made all the difference and continues to make all the difference.
Thank you for asking!
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shiner
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I am really enjoying the VBlogs, and it’s fun to see Mac
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Devaya
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I appreciate your honesty!
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corey fowler
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Sweet… Your honesty is refreshing and enlightening!
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Terri Crosby
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Thank you, Corey, since you were “one of the many!”
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