Time Or Lack Thereof

It's amazing how fast 24 hours can go by.  How fast a week, a month, or even a year can slip past us.  Lately I find myself wondering where the hell the time has gone?!  How is it that I wake up at 4:30 in the mornings and yet still can't find enough time in the day to get done the things that I need and want to?!  It's crazy, simply crazy!

The past few weeks seem to be a whirlwind for me.  Professionally, I'm in the process of winding down one job and starting another.  I couldn't be more excited as it's a great step for me in my career and I'm eager for a new beginning and a company that I feel I can dive right into.  Physically, it's been a tough few weeks as I'm still actively seeing the Physical Therapist and working on this issue with my back and legs...all which seems to be stemming from a sciatic nerve issue.  But when you take two big milestones and mix them with social obligations, personal workout schedules, and just everyday life, you realize that you find yourself wondering when you get to eat or sleep.  So begins the OCD style of me again...

I have decided that every morning when I wake up, I'm making a goal list.  These are things that I hope to get done that day.  I have two pages to this list.  One is professional and the other is personal.  It doesn't matter when or in what I order I accomplish these tasks/goals, but that I complete them by the end of the day.  Hopefully this will help me to keep everything in order professionally, kick my friends butts on the FitBit steps :), increase my strength and endurance for upcoming adventures, and be able to maintain a good work/life balance with everyone.  So tomorrow it is...tomorrow is the day that starts this new OCD process of organization...maybe then I will get back on track with posting workouts/recipes and overall fun stuff on this blog!  :)

Living Life As An OCD Woman

Sh*t!  It's 4pm and I'm realizing that I haven't yet worked out, I have about 35 emails to respond to, taxes to file, a suitcase to pack, laundry to do and an apartment to clean!  Where has the day gone?!  How do I still have so much to do?!  I have no idea as to the answers to the first two questions, but what I can tell you is that I have one hell of a "To Do" list created!  

My friends and family can tell you that I'm an OCD person.  Not necessarily in a bad way, but in an extremely organized kind of way.  My closet is organized by shirt sleeve length and by season.  I mean seriously...who wants to search for 5 minutes to find that 3/4 length shirt that matches perfectly with a black pencil skirt?!  My professional life is the same way.  My outlook calendar is detailed with every conference call, every deadline, and every task that needs to be done.  So although that list might be long, my deadline is 11:59pm tonight and it will all be completed.

As with everyone, life gets busy and we find ourselves making excuses of why we can't fit in certain things.  Fitness can be incorporated into your life in many different ways that don't take up a lot of time.  If you're like me, you're the QUEEN of multitasking to complete that ever growing "to-do" list.  So tonight, even though it's later than I normally would do a workout, I found myself doing a 45 minute elliptical workout followed by 10 minutes of abs and 5 minutes of stretching.  During my elliptical workout I wanted to make the most out of my 45 minutes not only by pretending there was a ceiling over my head so I was not bouncing around like a crazy girl, but I had my favorite cardio jam playlist going and was responding to emails as well.  In 45 minutes, I not only burned 475 calories, but I closed a successful business deal as well!  In 60 minutes, I was able to conquer a cardio workout, increase my flexibility and build some core strength...not bad for a girl that procrastinated all day!