Peace of Mind

Having shared my life in the last year, has really given me a peace that I don't know if any of you will understand. For instance, I do not feel so uptight at work and stressed. Well, not AS stressed. I was reading a verse the other day and it has given me the up-most peace that ever have: "Peace I leave with you; my peace I give you. I do not give to you as the world gives. Do not let your hearts be troubled and do not be afraid." John 14:27 I realized I can't control everything or everyone around me, I can control how I react, say or do something. If I am wanting my character to affect people in such a way that it is positive and has a good outcome in their life, I can't worry about what I am doing, if it's right, or if it's being done the right way. My Ultimate peace in life should rest In Christ, but because of the everyday struggles...It doesn't. However, I can't use my struggles as an excuse for my health, I can't depend on God to keep me healthy. THAT part I have to do. He's given me the life I have, so I should use it wisely and take care of my body so that I can live a long a full-filling life.

As I am blogging tonight, Gavin Degraw's song I don't want to be pops in my head:

 I don't want to be
Anything other than what I've been trying to be lately
All I have to do
Is think of me and I have peace of mind
I'm tired of looking 'round rooms
Wondering what I've got to do
Or who I'm supposed to be
I don't want to be anything other than me

Anyway, back to my life:) In the last four months I have gotten my life back on track with eating healthier and exercising, not to only lose weight but to be HEALTHY. Most people think of exercise as a means of losing weight. I don't know where I heard this but it's has stuck with me: "If you think about exercising and weight-lifting as a means of losing weight, you're not going to get anywhere with that kind of thinking. Instead, think of exercise and weight-lifting as a means of building up, and strengthening your body. Have a positive control over how you think about the health of your body." - in the last couple of weeks or so, I haven't done as well as I should have with exercising and eating well.No excuses. My nutrition has been decent, but not great. I have been trying to keep up with eating six small meals a day, it's extremely hard. I want to blame it on the kind of schedule I have with work, but that doesn't work because most days I get a split shift which allows me to eat my 4th meal of the day. Part of my problem is not getting up early in the morning, I HATE getting up so early and eating breakfast early too. That's also where my Shakeology comes in:) It's the best meal of the day, and the healthiest for your body. I don't do well eating a big meal early in the day, so Shakeology does it for me:) (want to find out more about shakeology go here: www.shakeology.com/rachmrae90 )  SO If I truly want to be successful in all things I have to be a little more organized with my life in general.

I've been reading a book called PUSH by Chalene Johnson. It has helped me tremendously on prioritizing my life and being more organized with my goals short-term and long-term. What helps even more is doing her workouts. She is the creator of Turbo Jam and Turbo Fire. AHHHMAZING workouts:) Turbo Jam/Fire workouts are a martial arts/dance mix workouts. They're pretty intense, I love it. Some range from 20-50 minutes of a workout. Time goes by so fast you didn't see it. One of my future goals is to become a turbo instructor, it may take awhile, but I will get there. One of the ways I can help my goals is becoming more disciplined in all aspects of my life, Food, my apartment, cleaning, work, relationships and etc..

When I say I want to be disciplined, I also mean REALLY being organized. I wish I had organizational skills like mom, sister and aunt who three come to mind when I think of being either disciplined or very organized with certain things. Lately, I've struggled with making time to clean my apartment, it's one of the hardest things to come home and want to clean after a long day of work...but at the same time you want to come home to a clean place.  Yet, another goal is being more organized at home. It's funny...I'm much more organized at work than I am at home sadly....

I really would like to be consistent with blogging, but I don't want to be one to complain in a blog..... I have no right to complain.

It's late night/early morning, I should be getting home and getting some decent sleep before I work tomorrow.