Monday, July 6, 2009

My perfect long weekend

Webster defines vacation as the following:

"leisure time away from work devoted to rest or pleasure"



Everyone's idea of a vacation is different. I figured something out this past weekend, my vacation is an extension of my day to day life, with a slight role reversal.


You have heard me say how much I enjoy the studio/ training and that getting up early to a room full of eager beavers ;) is what I love most. This being said, the life of a trainer is very much give, give, give all day every day. I have seen many people forget about their own needs, and as a result they drive themselves right out of the industry.


When I'm on vacation it’s all about ME ME ME.


I had 3 AMAZING SUNNY DAYS with which I swam, drank sangria and margarita's, "slept in", read in a hammock, saw fireworks, played with horses, flew kites, made great food, practiced yoga outdoors of course played with my kb, jumped off a bridge... into the water, went rollerblading, took pictures, played with puppies, shopped and spent time with great people!

I learned that I don't necessarily have to travel far for a vacation, it's just that my focus shifts from my clients to myself

but when I come back I am recharged and ready to roll!


4 comments:

  1. Many people forget the "Give, give, give" that you mention and they should.

    Glad to hear that you took care of yourself for the weekend. I think that you and Kevin have "given, given, given" quite a lot lately and hopefully he took advantage of the weekend as well. There is a lot to be said for vacation, no matter what the length. Of course, it helps when it would STOP FRIGGIN' RAINING FOR JUST A SECOND!!!!!

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  2. Sorry, the first sentence of my last post should have ended in "shouldn't." Makes a lot more sense.

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  3. Angus we brought you back a present :) Come back soon!

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  4. Sounds like a great weekend! So glad you got some YOU time!! And there was SUN!!!!

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