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😱 You guys, the stress of this last graduate school semester is seriously mounting. My self doubt and heart-pounding, tear-inducing worry is on full blast right now. 😭 It’s making the “Sunday blues” effect creep back into my life when I thought it was long gone.
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➡️ Enter @gixofit. Gixo is a subscription workout app that offers live classes and on demand workouts of ALL kinds: yoga, HIIT, running, treadmill, abs & core, legs & glutes, total body, with weights, just body weight... pretty much anything you could imagine. PERFECT for:
❄️ when you’re stuck home in a blizzard
🤷♀️ no access to a gym near you
🤸🏼♂️ looking for a little more movement in a busy day
🧘♀️ or if you’re just trying to stave off the Sunday scaries like me
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🙏🏻 Tonight I took a yoga class called Yoga Calm 25. 25 mins. Passive stretching. Deep breathing. Much needed movement and a way to take my mind off the huge knot of anxiety in my head. ☺️
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You guys, it’s this easy:
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✅ Yep, that easy. Do it! You have nothing to lose. Workout at home on your schedule.
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🙋♀️🙋♂️ Who wants to join me next Sunday??
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😱 You guys. Tomorrow starts what will (hopefully) be my last semester of graduate school.
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You’d think I’d be happy. 🙌🏻 And don’t get me wrong, I AM happy that I only have my internship and capstone projects left. But, I’m also a nervous wreck. 😬
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I have a HUGE “What if” mentality when it comes to this semester.
❌ What if I don’t finish my capstone project this semester?
👩🎓 What if I can’t attend the 2019 graduation ceremony like I’ve been working my ASS of to do the last 2 years?
🤷♀️ What if I get halfway through my capstone and realize I don’t know what I’m doing?
😳 What if I make a fool of myself?
📉 What if I FAIL?
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I’m terrified. I have a pretty stellar track record 👆🏻and you’d think that’d put me at ease and convince me that I’ve got this. But it’s one thing to study for tests, research/write well and follow a syllabus for an already designed course. It’s another thing to APPLY that knowledge to a project that’s all your own.
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✨ It’s almost paralyzing to think about everything that lies in front of me. It brings me near tears. But what ifs aren’t reality. The reality is that whether it’s May or August, I WILL graduate this year with a Master of Public Health degree from @desmoinesuniv.
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☺️ So, I am trying to keep my head up. One foot in front of the other. One day at a time, one task at a time, one paper, page, word at a time. Bring it on Monday. Here 🎓 goes 🎓 nothin’...
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[ @kristalyngoodenbour this was the inspirational message I pulled from my jar before I wrote this post. Funny how they’re always so timely. ❤️ ]
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[Truth #1 - I had this whole post written out and went to publish, and IG deleted it. 🤬 So here I go again trying to recreate the carefully thought out sentiment...]
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👆🏻Truth #2 - My biceps and deltoids are probably - no DEFINITELY - my favorite parts of my body. (Swipe for one of my favorite photos.)
💪🏻 I love being a woman with muscle. I love defying that stereotype and lifting heavy next to the guys like fuck yes I’m a woman who lifts, move out of my way.
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👇🏻 Also true: there was a time when I hid my arms. When I started weight training, my body changed. Duh. And there were people who didn’t like it. Funny enough, it was THEM who were worried I’d become “bulky” and “too muscular for a woman.” I wasn’t concerned in the least. I loved how I looked. And their comments just made me want to lift more. But outside the gym, I hid. From THEM. To satisfy THEM. To make THEM comfortable and assuage THEIR fears and doubts. 🤦🏼♀️
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⚠️There is so much that’s wrong with that way of thinking. I’m long past it now, which is why I’m sharing, but the pain remains. 💔 It’s incredibly hurtful to have those closest to you make such insensitive comments about the body part(s) you love the most / worked so hard to achieve.
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😍 The truth now is that I love my arms and I’m not afraid to show them off. And guess what? If you don’t like it, that’s your problem.
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💥TAKE HOME POINT💥
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You are the only person responsible for accepting your body. You are you. You don’t owe anyone an explanation for how you look. OWN IT. Your muscles, your squish, your skin, your scars, YOURSELF. Own it. You are beautiful. You are strong. You are worthy. You are enough. And don’t let anyone tell you otherwise. ❤️
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