“Now I see the secret of making the best person, it is to grow in the open air and to eat and sleep with the earth.” ~Walt Whitman September highlights enjoyed a month away traveling the U.S. via vansoaked up as much outdoor + nature goodness as possiblelogged 7,400+ miles with my two favorites52 workouts
“Things falling apart is a kind of testing and also a kind of healing. We think that the point is to pass the test or to overcome the problem, but the truth is that things don’t really get solved. They come together and they fall apart. Then they come together again and fall apart again.
“The best thing about your life is that it’s in a constant state of design.” ~Cleo Wade July highlights Ziggy adopted (foster pup)welcomed another new foster pup — Pepecontinued weekend wanderings + adventures in our citycompleted many days of hardCORE On the Floor + 42 strength and yoga classesrode 150 miles (despite being out of town for
“To learn to swim in the ocean of not-knowing — this is my constant work.” ― Suleika Jaouad, Between Two Kingdoms: A Memoir of a Life Interrupted June highlights welcomed new foster pup completed many days of hardCORE On the Floor + 39 strength and yoga classesrode 172.4 miles + 1 PR117 workouts + 27.5 hrs (cycling,
“We speak about losing our minds as if it is a bad thing. I say, lose your mind. Do it purposefully. Find out who you really are beyond your thoughts and beliefs.” ~Vironika Tugaleva March highlights passed 3,000 annual Peloton minutecelebrated Peloton milestones: 50th yoga + 150th stretch + 300th ride36 rides = ~12 hours,
“But part of getting to know yourself is to unknow yourself—to let go of the limiting stories you’ve told yourself about who you are so that you aren’t trapped by them, so you can live your life and not the story you’ve been telling yourself about your life.” ― Lori Gottlieb, Maybe You Should Talk to Someone:
“November comesAnd November goes,With the last red berriesAnd the first white snows. With night coming early,And dawn coming late,And ice in the bucketAnd frost by the gate. The fires burnAnd the kettles sing,And earth sinks to restUntil next spring.” ― Clyde Watson November highlightsPeloton milestones: 150 rides + 50 meditations + 4,000 annual minutes192 miles rode
October highlightssurpassed 3,000 annual Peloton exercise minutescompleted multiple Peloton activity challenges 31 rides + 7 PRscontinue The Power of Awareness training courseread five bookshit milestone weight-loss goalcelebrated Peloton century ride!completed five live Schweloton ridesstarted SF stairway challengecompleted 60+ workoutsenjoyed a socially-distanced visit to the SFMOMAtook part in a virtual Oktoberfest beer tastingspoiled by an amazing experience at Atelier
Don’t you imagine the leaves dream now how comfortable it will be to touch the earth instead of the nothingness of the air and the endless freshets of wind? And don’t you think the trees, especially those with mossy hollows, are beginning to look for the birds that will come—six, a dozen—to sleep inside their
So few grains of happinessmeasured against all the darkand still the scales balance. The world asks of usonly the strength we have and we give it.Then it asks more, and we give it. From “The Weighing” by Jane Hershfield August highlightscompleted 64 workouts (strength, yoga, strength, cycle, hiking, running)exceeded activity goal of 25,000 calories burnedperfect
