It’s Friday night. July 1st. It’s raining – pouring actually. I am content.
Except for my back. For the last
several months I have been suffering with lower back pain. Not just a nagging ache but debilitating
pain. As long as I stay moving I seem to
be okay. I can run several miles no
problem, but if I lay down on the couch it hurts to get up. I can lift weights for an hour straight but
turning over in the bed causes a great deal of pain. I don’t know what to do. I remember the days when I was
pain-free. Last week I took the week off
from lifting and focused only on cardio.
I noticed that I was experiencing less pain. A trip to the doctor may be in my
future. Until then, I’ll do what I can
to manage the pain.
I found this ridiculously beautiful park and lake
around the corner from my house. I’ve
lived in the same neighborhood for 14 years and I’m just now discovering this
park. It’s my new running spot. It’s quiet and there’s no traffic. It’s about a 3-mile run and I love it. Sometimes I just walk it and enjoy everything
around me. I am really starting to
appreciate little things like that.
I’m interviewing next week for another position at
the Y. It’s a position for a night
manager. I’d still be able to do the
coaching and teach my class. I’m hoping
that the interview is just formality. I’m
hoping that this will be an opportunity for the director to tell me about the
position and ask for my availability and then tell me when I can start. Since I already work there, I won’t have to
go through the reference check again. So
yeah, I’m hoping this is just a formality.
My boss at the fitness center said he would work with me and adjust my
current shifts in order to make room for this position at the Y.
Additionally, the facility manager at the fitness
center resigned two weeks ago. My supervisor
may be in line for that job and his boss asked me (strictly out of curiosity)
if I would be interested in my supervisor’s job should it become vacant. I told him if I could continue to teach my
classes and work with my personal training clients than I would be interested.
I am interested in moving up but I would need the
flexibility to be able to actually work with and help people. That is why I left the corporate world – so I
could feel like I was helping people.
The people in my classes and my personal training clients let me know
every single day that they are grateful for what I do. I do not want to give that up. Anyway, if I was going to move up anywhere I’d
like it to be at the Y because of the free membership. I don’t want to give up the free membership.
So much to consider.
Changing gears here – I recently had an article
published on an online magazine. You can
read the article HERE. I recently had another article
accepted that will be published in August.
I’m doing live broadcasts now on Facebook Live. I’m broadcasting early in the morning on my
P.U.S.H. page on Facebook. I’m usually broadcasting between
6:00-6:30 a.m. if you’re interested. If
not, you can always catch the replay.
The broadcasts are faith-based and taken from devotionals that I’ve
chosen from the YouVersion app. For the
next few weeks I’ll be talking about love.
You can go to the page to see some of the broadcasts from last month.
The rain has stopped and I’m reflecting on my
blessings. There are so many. Too many to list here. Between the job opportunities, writing
opportunities, good friends and healthy family members I am overwhelmed. Everything is not perfect but I’ve learned
that happiness is all about perspective.
I can either choose to focus on the bad (my aching back) or on all of
the remarkable good that continues to flow in my direction.
I choose the good.
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