Life, Fitness, and General Sillyness

I know that I post a lot of "stupid hippie crap" style statuses. They're positive. They annoy people. That's just too bad for them because they live in a different plane of existence than I do. (As my friend Lori always says, don't take advice from broke, unhappy people.) I've been finding myself unsubscribing from people on Facebook like crazy lately, mainly because it seems like all they do is whine. Whining, passive aggressiveness, posting their dirty laundry online where it doesn't belong, playing victim, and constantly complaining = instant ticket to an unsubscribed Abby. I just don't have time for people who don't live in the now and live their lives for their future. If you spend too much time looking behind you and pointing fingers at everyone else, you miss everything happening right in front of your face. What I adore is opening my newsfeed over my morning cup of coffee and seeing people work for their goals or reach a new milestone t...

I just got back from a week-long leadership conference that my employer sent to. I spent hours delving into psychology, business as a whole, people, and learning how communication is key to success across the board as a successful member of a team. Yesterday we spent the day broken into groups and ran simulated businesses for 6 hours. I'm not sure if any of you have used that specific training program before or not. It's called Celemi and you basically set up the most complicated monopoly board you've ever seen in your life and run the books (gains, losses, equity, etc) at the end of each simulated year for 3 pretend years. You make risks and  decisions as a group about which proposals to take on and why, how to allocate your money and increase the utilization of your team, etc. It was pretty interesting (and my team kicked ass btw, BOOM.) While that stuff was fun and informative, one of the most important sections (for me at least) was when we had to go through all the...

Helllooooooooooooooooo, my friends, how are you doing today? It's the day before Valentine's Day! I hope you have a fun day regardless of your relationship status. (And remember, single people, it's always better to be single than be one of the people that's trapped in a bad relationship so count your blessings!) I just wanted to touch base with you on the idea of control, because this is something I used to exhaust myself with and didn't even realize it. I see so many people claiming they aren't control freaks and they're oblivious that they're helplessly white-knuckling the steering wheel of life from the time they get up to the time they go to bed. It's such an instilled thing in our culture that people don't even realize that they're consuming half their own emotional energy each day trying to control everything in their life (professionally, personally, financially, relationship-wise [romantic or otherwise]) all by themselves. My bes...

The last few years I've made it a bit of a tradition to reflect on the lessons of each passing year. I also like doing this on milestone birthdays since the lessons are bigger, but even so, this year has been pretty wild. While my "Year in Review" album on Facebook for 2013 looks extremely lame on Facebook, 2013 was not a lame year at all. I can honestly say, this was a big year for growth across the board. Lesson #1: You Can't Make Anyone Stay in Your Life People come and go. Be nice, be polite, be honest, but you can't make anyone stick around if they don't want to. There's no reason to be rude. Sometimes YOU'RE the one who has to exit someone's life for some reason. You don't have to be cruel or mean spirited about it. Severing a tie is sometimes necessary, but if someone severed you, don't sweat it. It's life, it happens, and you can't control anyone else's behavior but your own. Lesson #2: If it Looks like a Duck an...

The New Year is coming. Do you have a plan? And did you know that there is 0% reason you have to start being happier and healthier sooner than January 1st? I blogged earlier this summer about my own Isagenix experience and tale. This is a follow up based on some of my the most common questions and comments I get from people about it. Totally honest, unedited, just the way it is. You guys know I would never, ever lie to you. I count on my reputation and I'm just putting this out there. "Is this really any different than the stuff I can pick up in bulk at Cost-Co or get on GNC? Come on. It sounds like a MASSIVE load of crap." Answer: Um, YES. This is the equivalent of asking if there is a difference between going to the best sushi restaurant in town and grabbing some crappy refrigerated California roll that you can get at the grocery store. Isa products are natural. They don't use hormones. They don't use artificial colors or sweeteners. Their shakes are s...

Do you consider yourself to be brave? I don't. Most people don't. Sure, you can fake it when you need to. You can pretend you're tough as nails and that there isn't a small child hiding somewhere inside of you, praying someone doesn't call you out on your B.S. But deep down... do you have courage? The answer is yes. I don't even have to know you personally. You could be a total stranger that just stumbled across this blog. You, miss or sir, have been through some sh*t. I don't know the first thing about you and I know that you have it. I don't think people are born with it, I think we're required as members of the human race to acquire it on our own- not only for survival but to truly LIVE! My Mom always calls me brave and courageous and it makes me giggle. I have my moments but anyone who knows me personally knows that I'm the most open, oversensitive baby on the planet. I wear my heart on my sleeve. I'll share my stories, no matte...

I've always been a pretty open person; arguably to a flaw. My perspective on life has always been a little different. Other people have ambitions to be at the top of their game in life and bringing in money hand over fist, others dream of getting covers, making it big, and living the American Dream. And that's all fine and well. Of course I want those things too. But my own life has formed me into the person I am today through experiences and the experiences of people around me. I observe quietly and take in lessons as they come, either through seeing other people or walking on my own path. My biological father was killed when he was 26 years old. I wasn't quite a year old yet and my sister was just short of being 3. I've always had a very strong understanding that life is finite and goes fast. Even when I was a kid, I somehow understood how acutely short childhood was and I was never a child who wanted to grow up. I wanted nothing to do with it. I wanted to relis...