We’ve all said it, “I’m too busy, I just don’t have time to get to the gym.” Sorry ladies but that excuse is so 1999. Here are some tips that have helped me get my sweat on, no matter how tough my schedule gets.Think about working out in the morning. Not only is it a great jump-start to your day but also you will feel more energetic throughout the entire day.

Pack your gym bag the night before so you have no excuses.

Prepare your weekly food on Sunday afternoon or evening. If your main meals are packed for the week it’s easier to get that gym bag packed fast in the morning. Just throw the Tupperware or ziplocks in your packed bag and go! Plus, you avoid munching on things that hinder your fitness goals.For weight lifting, plan out the exercises and write them out in an exercise journal. With a game plan you can get to the gym, workout and get out.

When it comes to cardio, sometimes the thought of getting on a treadmill is daunting and more often than not, your cardio consists of the stairs you climbed to get to the gym. Make it a point to check out your gym’s fitness class schedule and start out by promising to go once a week to a spin, yoga or body pump class.

We are all glued to our phones so actually put your weight training and cardio schedule into your phone or day timer (wait, do people still use those?)

Instead of watching TV on the couch, try out some plyo in your living room while watching Glee instead!

Lunch time walks. Are you ashamed of walking to and from work in those white running shoes? No more! Don those shoes (maybe opt for black) and get your lunchtime walk on.

Every bit helps and it will certainly show. Ladies, it’s time to fit fitness into your schedule.

Why do architects need to draw up blue prints before building, coaches create game plans or teachers build curriculums? Well it’s because we need to transfer our ideas from our minds onto paper so we can see it and continually add to it as our visions grows. With the daily obligations of life, such as parenthood, careers, social life, we tend to lose track of the ideas we store in our head. When we feel that there is nothing to invest, we stop thinking about saving or investing. Our mind turns to survival mode or “I need to make more money then I will start saving” mode and life goes on and the procrastination game begins.

A financial adviser not only provides you with financial opportunities, but also manages your portfolio so you can focus on your passions and your life. Stop thinking this is not the right time or I can do it myself. “POOR people spend time to save money; RICH people spend money to save time.”

Time is valuable, and when it is gone, it is gone. Time is wealth, and unlike money, when it is gone, you cannot replace it- Napoleon Hill.

There is no better time than the present to start your journey towards financial freedom! I can help.

What if we are wrong? What if we don’t assign them the proper role, or cannot determine prematurely what their role is?

I am at fault of doing the following, constantly. Always trying to be one step ahead, trying to tell the end of the story before its even begun. I can say that I have been wrong many a times, trying to write the script. What if we let the story play out on its own, what if we let the “players” – claim their own roles, write their own script, teach their own lessons. What if we allowed people to show us just how long they were intended to be here, rather than trying to get them to stay longer then they had intended?

Have you ever wondered if certain people in your life had extended their stay, simply because you wouldn’t let the story end. You were determined to change the course of things, so you made them permanent fixtures, when maybe in reality their time in your life had come to an end.

I wonder sometimes, if some of the people in my life are a result of me not being able to let their roles take their own course in my life…

One thing is for certain, the people who are meant to stay with us on this journey are easy to spot – there is no questioning what their purpose was or how long they would be here. Others leave us wondering – in that moment of wonder , we can either let it be proven to us or we can write the script as we would like it to be. The choice is yours, which one will you choose?

A year from now you may wish you had started today.

-Karen Lamb

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Who thought healing would feel so great...

In the vain of healing, relationships in my life are getting a dose of healing as well. Relationships that I thought were beyond repair. As you may know from reading this blog, in the past my relationship with my mother (as you can read here in Time With My Mother / My mom loved me…I didn’t know until recently)  and my father  (My dad loved me now I know)was anything but easy for me. I never had thought that it would be better, I hoped it would. I mean who wants to get old and not have a good relationship with their parents ?!

Either I am maturing, extremely fast, or maybe its about time. New cycle?! However, whichever it feels great ! That part of my heart that always felt like it needed more love, that part of my heart that always felt like I was missing something, that I was incomplete; it filled itself. Its so hard to put into words the exact feeling. All I know is that apprehension, that tension, that uneasiness that I used to feel around them is now gone. I don’t feel anymore pain. I am really excited for what that means as a whole, and how that will shape my future now that I was finally able to heal this part of my life. I am looking forward to how my relationships with other people will take a different route since I have rectified the two most important relationships in my life.

It all happened so suddenly, not many people around me are aware of the significance of these events. I feel empowered and confident more than ever that I complete. I finally feel the love from my parents that I was looking for during all these years. Things can only get better from here.

If like me you have or had difficult relationships with your parents, I am here to tell you that it can get better and it does if you are willing. Once you are ready to forgive, move on, and see things from a different point of view, your heart will open up. Let it, don’t be scared

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I spent many years of my career waiting around for validation. Waiting for a boss, or superior to tell me that my work was good. In doing so I failed to realized that I was giving way too much power to someone who couldn’t possibly care about my life as much as I do.  I waited years and years… Earlier this year, I finally came to realize that I was waiting for something that was unlikely to happen. I spent a lot of time, doing the best I could, waiting for others to choose me, approve me and give me permission to progress in my work.

I am not denying that receiving feedback is important, getting others to know the value in your work is important. What happens when they don’t see it as you do? Do you then stop believing that you are good altogether, because they haven’t validated your perception of your worth. I think there is a big difference between accomplishing goals and realizing that you work means something. If you have something you want to do, DO IT ! Don’t wait for someone to tell you that you are good enough to do it. All that matters is that you believe you can. After seeing how much time I wasted waiting for validation, I have taken things into my own hands and decided to do something about it. There is no reason anyone should wait for someone else to decide if they are worthy enough.

Have you ever been in a situation where you were waiting for validation in your career?