Perception

I'm a very structured person and love having a schedule and routine to stick to. In the month of June, I consistently woke up at 7:30, walked Jaxon, worked out, taught swimming lessons, worked and then started that same thing all over again the next morning. To some, it sounds mundane and boring, but I thrive in following a routine. I was eating healthy, I was seeing positive changes in my body, both physically and mentally, and I just felt GOOD. And then swimming lessons ended and I had a little more freedom as I didn't have to be to work at 9 am anymore. But in losing that structure, I lost keeping a solid routine. I started eating unhealthy again, and I just have been feeling kind of...blah recently.

During that month of June, I was obsessed with having vanilla yogurt, strawberries, and granola for breakfast. It was half the reason I got up and worked out because I knew that I could eat it after I was done lol. Another food item that I loved and ate almost daily was salads with hard boiled eggs. I ate both of those things daily for basically a month straight, so it was no surprise that I got tired of it, and moved on to something else - aka my Special K strawberry and yogurt cereal. But last night, I had a salad again. And this morning I had yogurt and strawberries. And it brought me back to the way that I felt a month ago. It's just funny to me how much can change in a month's time and how my perception of health and the way my body looks can change so much too.

I'm not really sure where I'm going with this post, more just talking out loud. Normally I have a message I'm trying to convey, or point I'm trying to get across, but today was more just letting out my feelings and words. I guess the message could be that it's all about perception. I mentioned earlier that I'm reading Rachel Hollis' book Girl, Wash Your Face, and she has a line in there about perception that made me stop and think.

"Every single part of your life - your gratitude, the way you manage stress, how kind you are to others, how happy you are - can be changed by a shift in your perception."

She says it better than I ever could, so I'll leave it at that!

Just Julia :)