yoga meltdown
I have an extremely busy day today and the only time I had to workout was 5:00a.m. Now to actually be working out by 5:00a.m. meant that my alarm went off in the 4:00 hour.
The early bird gets the worm right?
I. hope. so.
I needed to be super efficient this morning and that meant I needed a plan. And usually a great way to make me stay on track when I am in a hurry is to use a DVD. There is a clear path and order to the workout. You know exactly how long it will last and you can’t waste any time.
Perfect.
I popped in Jillian Michael’s Yoga Meltdown and 30 minutes later I was sweaty with some shaky arms. I liked it. And I feel like Jillian is making a real effort in this video to be likeable and not so hard assy.
Then I jumped in the shower, blew dry my hair, curled my hair, got dressed, made a green smoothies, made a lunch, typed this blog post and I am out the door.
3…2…1….Happy Monday!
Do you ever use workout DVD’s? Which ones?
explanation
I might have seen the cutest thing evvvvver yesterday. A first grade boy did his rendition of LMFAO’s I’m Sexy And I Know It complete with dance moves. Only his version was
“I’m Elmo and I Know It!
Tickle Tickle Tickle Tickle Tickle Tickle”
Cutest thing ever. I wish you had been there. It would have made you smile all day long.
It’s fun to watch the innocence of kids. Their biggest concern yesterday was whether or not recess would be rained out.
Remember when those were our biggest worries?
Yesterday I asked you if you thought more money could lead to increased happiness? There were some great opinions on that post. I want to give you my explanation for why I think more money could lead to increased happiness in my life.
I don’t think money directly equals happiness but I know that the things that would make me happier cost money. My number one example and the thing I think about almost every minute of every day is: I want a baby.
For my new readers….I have struggled with infertility and then when I did get pregnant I had a miscarriage last October.
And more money would make fertility treatments easier (financially) or the possibility of adopting easier. That is how I think. Am I happy right now? Yes and no.
Yes because I have so much to be thankful for in my life. I have a husband who adores me, a career path I love, a house, and friends and family who love me. I have a good life. So I am happy.
But.
I want to be a mom. And I truly believe that money would make that easier for me and Keith.
So in my mind more money would equal greater happiness for me.
I also think that my answer to this question can and has changed as my life has changed. So this is how I feel today. I may not feel this way in 10 years and I may not have felt this way 10 years ago. But today I view having more money as a way to help me achieve parenthood which would in turn make me happy.
If you had the money what would you use it on today that would make you happy?
money vs. happiness
Keith and I had a really interesting conversation a few days ago about money and happiness.
Truthfully I was convincing him that we needed to buy a Powerball ticket! The jackpot was $300 million and I figured I couldn’t win if I didn’t play.
I am sorry to say that I am not $300 million richer. Sigh.
But I digress. I made a comment to Keith about how I didn’t think money made you happy but I thought it made happiness easier to come by. My reasoning for this was that sometimes I think what makes me the most unhappy is financial stress. So I reasoned that if I had millions of dollars I wouldn’t have that burden and would therefore be a little more happy.
Keith said that he didn’t believe that. He believes that the bigger the fortune the bigger your financial stress is. You have all the money and depending on where it is (stock market, investments, etc…) it may cause you stress.
But wait, I chimed in, what about the single mom who has thee kids, a minimum wage job and worries constantly about how she will feed her children towards the end of the month. Surely her financial stress is greater than say, Jerry Jones, the owner of the Dallas Cowboys, right??
Keith didn’t agree. Thereby saying that if I think more money = less financial stress = happiness that I was wrong. We never did convince the other one that we were right! ha! 😉
So what do you think?
Does more money make happiness easier to come by?
Or does more money equal greater financial stress?
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