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Okay, Finally, I Have Had to Give Up So Many Classes
By Christina | September 18, 2007
I truly thought I could go all the way through my pregnancy without releasing any of my 30+ classes per week. I teach kickboxing, boot camp, Spinning, yoga, Pilates, weights, aqua, and whatever else comes my way. This week I finally reached the realization… it’s time to slow down. I was teaching a kickbox class yesterday when all I could think of was how many classes do I HAVE to teach to make ends meet? Up to now it has been a battle to keep up the hours to save money but now I have had to come down a notch and realize I have to slow down, not just for me but for Allyssa Sienna Grace (her name is a work in progress). I was jumping and bouncing around as I said in class yesterday and the discomfort in my bladder and uterus were just too much. I left there resigned to the fact that I HAD to let something go. I made a few phone calls to be sure I could take this leap and let go and once I was convinced that I could I made the decision to be done, I was done.
Have you ever had a job where you were not unhappy but you were not really happy either so you just kept it up but once you released it you felt the rush of joy? That’s how I felt yesterday. Like, although I am beat, I know there is now a bit of light at the end of the two week notice tunnel. I know that no matter how tired I am today or tomorrow, it won’t be much longer. This is what I did yesterday, just to give an example of a crazy day in my life:
- 545am Client
- 7am Spin
- 8am Client
- 930am Spin
- 1030am Kickbox
- 1145am Client
- 1245pm Client
- 2pm Meeting in Miami (I am in Broward)
- 3pm School Meeting (back in Broward)
- 4pm Client
- 5 - 7pm Prep for Presentation to Hadassah Organization
- 730 - 9pm Presentation to Hadassah
- 930pm Arrive home to install fish tank pump (previous one broke and of course I am told at 10pm Sunday night)
- 1030pm SLEEP only to start today at 530am again with a client!
I am not complaining but more trying to show that under the best circumstances I tend to overbook myself, under pregnant conditions, I am in need of serious rest. Oh, you might have noticed, there were no meals.. let me correct that, I had an Egg McMuffin at 830am and Lean Cuisine TV Dinner at 530pm followed by 5 Chips Ahoy Cookies…
Crazy huh? Yup, I am excited to slow down and work more from home and tackle new projects. What about you? Do you find yourself KNOWING you need a change but unable to make it? What will it take for you to realize you need a change? Maybe like me, you need to get to the edge of complete exhaustion, or maybe for you, to despair or whatever the emotion to stop and LISTEN to your inner voice and make a change.
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