Day Job Blues

I'm back! My day job is really getting in the way of my blogging time. We have been going through an audit this week and it has forced me to work a lot of overtime and it added a whole lot of stress to my week. But the good news is that its OVER and went great! So now I can regroup and get back to blog land where I belong! One day I dream of being able to spend my days sitting at Starbucks (in my yoga pants and sweatshirt) dreaming up amazing blog posts and writing everyday.... But until then I must keep this as a part time gig and focus primarily on my day job.. Boooo!!! A girl can dream right???

Its been a bit crazy around here but to recap my last week has looked like this:

work

run

work

work

run run run 

get sick eating dairy

run

work 

work overtime

work some more

Yup! Welcome to my world. You are probably glad now that I wasn't blogging all week about all of THAT fun now aren't you?? I logged 20 miles of running last week (which was my goal woop wooop!!). And my last run of the week, Sunday, I did at the beach and took some obligatory photos after to share with ya'll! It was an amazingly beautiful day. You could see Catalina so clearly which is not always the case. Taking pictures of yourself while running on the beach is awesome embarrassing to say the least so I hope you all enjoy these!! The things I do for you :) 

I really feel like today is going to be a great day! I feel refreshed and ready for new things! Do you ever get like that? Like when you have been so buried under busyness and all of a sudden you come up for air you feel so refreshed and revived! That's me today! Yesss! I am going to conquer the world! Heal the sick! Solve the political dramas going on! Raise money for the poor! And travel to other countries to rescue orphans!!... But for now I am going to go back to dreaming of my future full time blogging career and go buy a lotto ticket get to work on some really awesome posts for you all!!  ;)

xoxo

Katie

The Crazier The Better

Hey! Happy Thursday! The weekend is almost here and I am more than ready!! I feel like life has been on fast forward lately and it just needs to SLOOWWWWW down a bit! I am always running here or doing this or cleaning that. And then I decide "hey maybe I should write a blog too?".. Yup that's how I roll. The crazier the better is the motto these days 'round here. Today I am going to share with you some of my strategies for managing the crazy and not losing my mind in the process!

1- Make a to-do list! I am a huge fan of lists. Even if the list is 3 items long, I write it down so that I don't forget that one extra thing I need at Target that will cause me to have to go back (like the light bulb for my front porch that has been out for a month). As soon as its in my head I jot it down - usually on my iPhone note pad- and viola! Its there for when i need it and clears up some brain space for some other things. My iPhone note pad is FULL of things I want to get done at some point... Like "kitchen gadgets I want one day".. or "things from Pinterest I want to make like almond cheese or coconut butter". I know you are just getting to know me but YES I am wild & crazy like that! :)

2- Prioritize your to-do list. whether its meeting up with friends, going to the gym, family time, cleaning the grout or shining your shoes (do people still do that?) you can make time for it all. Find the items that are most important and that make you the happiest and make sure to leave time for these. Otherwise you will have a life that is organized and neat but NOT happy. And nobody wants that. Sometimes we have to take a step back and look at what we fill our time with and ask ourselves "do we really WANT to be doing____?". If you don't know if that answer is YES! then take some time to think about what that activity brings to your life and if you want to keep doing it. Do you feel happier with this? Then go from there! I have felt so much more peace once I started looking at things in this light. I know that the things I spend my time doing now are things I love doing and want to be doing and it is great! Obviously no one loves cleaning their toilet but having a clean toilet is worth doing it in my opinion ;) Be protective of your time!

3- Multitask like its your job. This is one thing I am amazing at. If there were a multitasking Olympics Id be all over that. But anyways.. Multitask. Take a second to look at your to-do items and group them together. For example..."Items to take care of at home".... You may have sore muscles that you need to stretch, but need to update your iPhone, take a shower, bake a sweet potato and squeegee your carpet all in a small window of time. This is how I would tackle this..... drum roll please...... do them all AT ONCE (well sort of)!!! Shocking I know! :) I would turn on my oven to pre-heat, plug in my iPhone to update so it was running while I'm in the shower and therefore don't miss any calls anyways, hop out of the shower <get dressed>, throw my sweet potato in the oven, grab my squeegee and sit on my carpet, and in between stretches I would rake up a little pet hair off the carpet. And within an hour BAM all of your list is taken care of!

4- Let things go! Sometimes things just wont get done! And things wont always turn out perfectly. And you can't always please everyone no matter how hard you try. So letting things go is sometimes a must. I always put people first and then let the rest of the stuff sort itself out! Its hard for people like me to "let go" sometimes but if you are actively practicing it gets easier and easier!

5- PRAY! "You've got to pray just to make it today"- Ok am I dating myself there??? Anyways this is by far the most important item. Ask God each morning to give you abundant grace for the day. Ask him for wisdom on how to best tackle your day. Pray for help if you need it (thats ok!!). Hand over your anxieties, stresses and worries to God and he WILL step in! (more on this in future blogs!)


These tips can be applied to any life activity that you are looking to fit in. Errands, shopping, working out (get it in where it fits in!!), cooking, visiting with family & friends, relaxing!, work life and so much more. And an extra bonus is that with so much energy being spent you will probably sleep like a rock at night! I know I do!

I hope these little tidbits will help you to take a breath and know that there IS enough time for it all. And everything is going to be alright! Hope you all are having a fabulous week so far!!!

xoxo, Katie