Pressing The Reset Button
I realized last weekend when we went away to our friend's lake house for a 40th birthday celebration that I was burnt out with pretty much everything in my life. YES, I have a tendency to do this song and dance, because it is me and it is just who I am. But then things show up for a reason and I finally let go, listen, and press the reset button. And when I FINALLY press that reset button, good things happen. It is a release of all this STUFF that just keeps building and building and then it just dissipates, once I give in...I breathe...I LET GO...
I Disconnected...
Typical of me when I try to go on vacation, I try to keep up and do my thing and work and work and work, but then I realize that I am missing out on the point of being on vacation. I start making silly mistakes, because I cannot focus, I start to get angry that I am working, and then I finally tell myself that it is OKAY to disconnect. Social Media will still be there because it definitely is not going anywhere. The moment I leave my computer and phone behind, there is that RELEASE. I am present with Shannon, with my friends, with everything around me. It is an incredibly beautiful, relaxing, and freeing feeling. Because being present these days and enjoying these moments is what REALLY matters. That human connection is what we ALL need! When I came back home, I pressed the reset button and found my groove again. I was ready to write, to create, to do what I need to do for my brand and my clients. RESET WINS!
I let my body relax...
YES, this is incredibly hard for me to do, just like work. I can go go go go and BOOM, faceplant! I train hard and always go 100%. Yes I know that this obviously leads to burnout, but hey I admit that I know it is wrong and it ends up happening, but I do eventually let my body relax and when I do...HALLELUJAH, it feels AMAZING! *Side Note - If you haven't noticed I am very honest and vocal about my own "stuff" and I know I am not perfect and I know that I make mistakes, but at least I recognize it and make the corrections when needed, even if they are sometimes forced upon me!* When I came back home, I pressed the reset button and found out that it was time to switch things up. What I was doing before, wasn't serving me anymore, so it is time to switch gears, to refocus, to come up with a new training plan, and just do it. Our bodies are always changing and I am grateful that I can tune into it and notice it. RESET WINS!
I let the mermaid in me do her thing...
My favorite thing is just to be in a swimsuit 24/7 while on vacation or just all summer long. I can LIVE in cover-ups, bikinis, while preferably barefoot and letting my hair do it's wild and crazy mermaid thing. Nothing makes this mermaid happier than truly feeling like a mermaid. *Side Note - I definitely have shown up to yoga classes in Charleston, with sand still on my feet from walking Lucy on Sullivan's Island. It did help me grip the mat better.* There was so much time spent in the water and on the boat. We soaked up all the goodness that summer has to offer and I cannot tell you how grateful I was to be able to be on that lake for three whole days and to stay in our friend's amazing house. The only time we were really inside was to eat and sleep and that is the way it should be. If I was not on the boat, you could find me floating on a tube with a glass of wine in my hand, just breathing, dreaming, thinking, and resetting. RESET WINS!
I connected with those around me...
Gosh darn, I needed this! I can be a hermit in my condo and just work away. I will go to my fitness classes and hang out with friends on the weekend, but in all honesty, I can be a homebody. I do not mind it. I like my workspace at home, I like my schedule, but when you work work work, those connections can sometimes get lost. So this weekend when it happened, I felt refreshed, alive, and just flat out happy. Shannon has an amazing group of friends and I am so grateful to have met them and get to know them over the years. I believe that we all connected though on a different level this time around. It was crazy good energy. Without much distraction from TV or phones, we had conversations face to face, real, honest, raw, funny, all that amazing stuff that we as humans have kind of forgotten over the past few years. *Side Note - I loved that as the trip went along more and more people left their phones on the kitchen table!* It is a good group and be able to connect with them, have fun, and just be me, well yep...RESET WINS!
I was PRESENT...
Funny how as I was about to write this last blurb, I let out a huge exhale. An exhale of JOY! It is not easy to be present these days with technology, with what is happening in the world, with social media, there are so many distractions that prevent us for truly being present and being in the moment. But once I let go of all my rules and focused on all of the things above and just lived in the moment, there was a huge release AGAIN. I am definitely repeating myself a lot in this post, but all of this is connected to the bigger picture of things. There was a huge, beautiful, and loving shift when I opened myself to Shannon. A shift when I just let myself be ME. A shift to truly being present to these friends. It was what I needed emotionally, physically, and mentally. RESET WINS!
THANK YOU Avery for allowing us all up to your place! It was a birthday weekend for the books and one I will never forget! Grateful for you and this incredible group of friends. We definitely know how to celebrate and live our best lives! xoxo
