Health & Wellness by Lexa's Journal

My mission in life is to not merely survive, but to thrive: and do so with passion, compassion, humor, and style. – Maya Angelou

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An eternal optimist, always wearing a smile. Must haves: sunshine, fitness (jogging, weight training, & CrossFit), reading, good food, writing, music, and fun with family and friends.

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  • When Procrastination Is Good

    If you do follow your bliss, you put yourself on a kind of track that has been there all the while waiting for you, and the life you ought to be living is the one you are living. When you can see that, you begin to meet people who are in the field ofyour bliss,…

  • How to Clean Up Broken Eggs

    While placing 18 eggs one by one in a pot of boiling water, one egg quickly slipped out of my hand and landed on the kitchen floor. Splat!!! As the yolk partly laid on the floor and partly resting inside the shell, I thought it looked disastrous but also colorful and pretty. Instead of stressing over…

  • Three Simple Rules In Life

    Happy Sunday! 🙂 If you do not GO after what you want, you’ll never have it. – Sitting around wishing, or worse, talking about what you’re gonna do (without action), isn’t going to get you anywhere or any closer to your personal or professional goals. I get the fear factor situation because I too once…

  • Borders, Obstacles, And Imagination

    How we set out to overcome the borders and the obstacles we face is all about our perspective and imagination.  Amy Purdy’s story is simply amazing and inspiring!  Make no excuses! Happy Monday and have a fabulous day!

  • Starting The New Year Off With “7 Deadly Sins”

    New Year’s Day WOD “7 Deadly Sins” 7 Rounds 7 Hang Cleans 95/75 7 Burpees Over Bar 7 Chin Ups 7 Pistols (Alt. each leg) 7 Planks Up-Down 7 bent Over Row W/Bar  95/75 7 Jelly Bellies 1 Min rest between rounds Modifications 5 Rounds Though I celebrated the New Year and didn’t crawl into…

  • A Leap of Faith

    After eight months of working ten-hour plus shifts, six-day work weeks, attending mandatory 9:00 a.m. staff meetings on my only day off, the stress and demands of my job began to take a toll on my 28-year young body. The combination of the long hours, attending evening classes at a community college, mothering a pre-school…