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September 11, 2012

The Monday Night Plan

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Today has been a long day. On Mondays, I wake up at 5am in order to dash to the airport for my 6:30am flight. (I used to get up at 4:30am until I learned to shower and dry my hair the night before… apologies to coworkers for my messy hair and often complete lack of makeup on Mondays.) It’s not really all that crazy early – I’ve certainly done worse for marathons, and know many of you who get up that early for training. However, the fact that I have an airplane commute means that when I roll into the …

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August 1, 2012

To fake it or not to fake it?

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Yesterday, I made what was apparently a really big faux pas. While at an offsite event in Miami, I decided not to drink for the night. I know, the horror, right? But judging by how many times people asked me to explain again why I wasn’t drinking, you’d think I had committed some unforgivably rude and terrible act. I started out by explaining I wasn’t in the mood (truth), and then switched to saying I’d decided to start Alcohol-Free August early (basically truth, since I knew I wasn’t going to want to drink Tuesday night either, and then it would …

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July 24, 2012

How I’ve tested my stress response today

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Back from vacation. Real post coming soon. But in the meantime, a quick list! How I’ve tested my stress response today: 1. Continued working through the 89234082348 emails that have accumulated in my inbox while I was on vacation. (Note to self: do not ever take vacation ever again unless retiring immediately after. Too hard to come back.) 2. Took my client up on the offer to try a Crossfit class in the parking lot during lunch (yes, in the Dallas heat). It turned out to be “Every Minute on the Minute” (which made me feel like one of the …

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June 5, 2012

Balanced on the ledge of crazy

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Last night, I had a little bit of a meltdown. Mondays are always pretty tough on me. I have to be up at 4:45am ET to catch my flight – but since the flight is at 6:15am, which is a fairly normal waking time, I’m usually pretty awake by the time I actually board. So I spend the flight working and then arrive in Dallas around 9:30am and head to the office to start my day. (Yes, start my day after I’ve already been up for 5 hours.) By the time 6:30pm CT rolls around and I’m starting to wrap …

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May 24, 2012

Acting with Intention

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One of the most eye-opening things about my retreat this week has been seeing how there are a lot of people dealing with the same things. Sometimes I wonder if I’m crazy to spend so much time stressing about the food choices I make and working out on the road – I mean, thinking about these things that much has to be some kind of eating/exercise disorder, right? I’m very conscious of the fact that I read a lot of healthy living blogs, and that some of those blogs may either portray themselves unrealistically or flat-out be promoting unhealthy behavior. …

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