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Build Your Brand

31 Thursday Mar 2016

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Today I finalized the logo for my Massage Therapy company/business/brand. The Hubs thinks I’m crazy because I am currently still an employee but what a lot of people who don’t work in this industry or any industry like this is that you are your “brand” people don’t come to see your employer they come to see you. I want my clients to come to their massage appointment and remember my name. I know they will remember my massage. I know I am good but in 5 years when the lady in the car accident has some back pain I want her to think of me and search my name or business name, not the Chiropractor I work for. I know my hands sell my massage. There are a lot of really great massage therapists out there, how does one remember me over the others? That’s why I wanted to and decided to create a logo and an identity for my business, my brand. One day I will be the massage therapist that everyone in town knows of, even if they haven’t met me. One day I would like to have a clinic where I can train up and mentor new massage therapists who have a passion for helping people the same way I do! I want to change the world with the word relax! That’s why I crated a brand and I am excited for this next step in my business.

Today mantra is to just go where it takes you. I always plan and have a goal, not that I don’t but there is a big part of me that knows there is greatness coming and I just have to follow my passion and my heart and it will be. I have to stop worrying about controlling the future because I think I am constricting it! I have faith and I will do this and it will be great, both financially and emotionally! I am ready for this new ride!

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Balance and Living In The Moment

02 Tuesday Jun 2015

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Happy Tuesday! Today is the first day in two weeks or so that I haven’t had an appointment or had to be somewhere until later today. I have a hard time getting going. I am so tired. I think that my body just kind of collapsed since I had no schedule today at least not until later. It happens a lot. I have a hard time getting going when I have no schedule. I wish I could just get my self going. This is one reason I need a schedule but also, down time is needed too. It is all about balance.

I have a hard time achieving balance. I always have! I over do it all the time! I am either over doing it or undergoing it! Why can’t I just get my shit together and be 697c17db31ce9270a51b2a5d8404abf3balanced? I know this is a struggle for more people than just me! It is something that I want to work on for sure! I always struggle with balance. I want to live in the moment more to enjoy what I have right now but I fail to prepare for dinner. I want to lose weight so I cut out crabs and sweets and then I can’t just let myself have a little bit of cake I end up eating a whole cake! I am doing better with this one: I go out with friends for dinner and drinks and end up hung over (like I said I am doing better with this one but still…a struggle). I want to work out and be healthy so I do half marathons and if I don’t have time for a 5 mile run I decide I don’t have time to work out. Seriously this is annoying. I am annoying to myself in these situations and I don’t really even know what the answer is. Yes I do, the answer is balance.

I am just venting, getting this off my chest. One day I will figure it out, I hope. I know preparation is key. Planning is key but that takes time and attentions span that doesn’t come naturally to me. I just have to sit down and plan and focus on what is important. Stay in the moment but don’t forget to plan dinner or that you have a budget. Any exercise is better than no exercise forget the ego of having to go for a long run and just run! I live on a pretty easy and pretty nice two mile loop that will take less than a half hour I can get that in everyday without tanking my day. There are a lot of easy solutions like this. I need to be mindful of what I want in life and the results I want out of each day. I need to not over commit myself, that is probably not going to happen so, I need to plan my life to make life easier and better and healthier!

The good part is these are easy fixes in my life. I can do it! I just have to stop getting overwhelmed and stop and look at what is in front of me and what I want out of each day, situation, and be more efficient. I can do it! So can you! Now, after I take a nap I will get going on today….LOL jk.

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Adventures and more adventures!

20 Wednesday May 2015

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Happy Tuesday! What a busy day! I had 4 massages watched the Hubs play softball and then the kids brought home friends for a sleepover since the teachers are on walk out tomorrow, protesting the state not funding smaller class sizes. It is interesting how many people are against the teacher walk out. I am in full support the same way I am in support of any worker walking out in protest of poor working conditions. For some reason some people think teachers should put up with the state legislature funding raises for themselves and funding jails and road work but not education. Yes I know there are only so many funds to go around and we all have to pay our taxes to fund the state business but I do believe that the state legislature has the duty to fund education at a higher level than they are currently. Every worker has the right to walk out or strike to protest their working standards, I hope the right people notice the teachers taking a stand and start looking at funding our schools in a way that the teachers can teach more effectively. Don’t even get me started on standardized testing! I am not opposed to the strike or walk out or whatever it is called I hope they get what they need because teachers getting what they need means better education for our kids in public schools! Public schools should be a priority!

With that said I am having to get a sitter for tomorrow because of my flakey-ness I said I could work tomorrow at the bar to start my training as a bartender! So I have my niece coming over to watch the kids and their friends. Luckily both kid’s friend will be getting picked up at the same time. In other news I am now the only Massage Therapist at my office. So I will be working at the Chiropractic office doing massage Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays and Fridays (9-3) and then bartending who knows when… I went from being a stay at home mom with a blog to tell stay at home mom’s we’re enough, to having two hobby jobs and blogging too, ironic right? Right. I think I should just hire my house keeper now and prep for many nights of butt sex due to the house work not getting done! Or maybe I just need to teach my family to fold their own clothes and vacuum and to shut up about it!

This happens all the time to me. I go from not having enough to keep me busy/happy to finding projects (jobs) to do and then I end up having too much to do. I am trying to keep perspective and remember to enjoy my life and live it to it’s fullest. For now I will see where the Bartending and Massage go and how I do with both and if my family still loves me while I am busy the way they love me when I am not! If all goes well we will have a leg up when we do decide to buy the Hub’s the new car he wants for me! And our house on the water in a few years. I am cautiously optimistic with my new adventures! I think it will be great. The Hubs and I are in a good spot, the kids are older and can help out around the house more and it is almost summer so they really can help out around the house. I am going to be paying really close attention to home life so not to overwhelm the good stuff with me working too much.

Here’s to sending the boy to camp, buying the hubs a new car and maybe even sneak in Nationals too! All while not loosing our family connection! Loving the excitement of our new adventures!

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Enjoy Your Garden Of Roses

05 Tuesday May 2015

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Hello Tuesday! Today I got all ready and headed to the office for a massage only to realize that the massage I came in for was not today, it is on Thursday! LOL! Story of my life, I am running frazzled barely on time only to realize I am there on the wrong day. Oh well, I had some computer work to do for my charting and got a lot of that done. Boy, that, the computer work, was intimidating. Considering your charting goes to insurance companies and feeling like they scrutinize everything you write and if it does not match what they are looking for they can deny your claim. Not that I haven’t been doing this for almost 20 years but this kind of stuff intimidates me. But I got it done and I think I rocked it! Now my charting will be clean and quick and thorough.

Today I got word from the Hubs that his Dad has to go back into surgery (he hadJump to conclusions shoulder surgery approximately 2 months ago) due to an infection. Hearing this freaked me out! So scary. I don’t know what caused the infection and I don’t know what the surgery is for or is going to do! I have some close friends dealing with infections after surgery that have greatly affected their life. I am just saying a prayer for my father in law and hoping he is going to be okay! I love him so much more and the thought of possibly losing the closest thing I have left to a father is sitting in my head and freaking me out! No I don’t ever jump to crazy head dramatic conclusions ever, but I can’t jump to conclusions, I know nothing about what is going on. I just have to have faith in the doctors, he has some of the best doctors in Seattle so, I think, he is in good hands.

This reminds me to say I love you out loud, more often. I don’t know if I have ever told my father in law that I love him. The Hub’s family does not say I love you. Not that often anyway. Especially not the adults. I think I tend to be the more sentimental one in the family. But I do give hugs (which I think sometimes is weird to all of them) and to me even sometimes I feel like should I hug or should I not??? Well folks, everyday is not guaranteed and yes I should always hug and if it’s right for you so should you! We should not take advantage of the idea that we have tomorrow, because you never know when you won’t. I have a co-worker who lost her daughter in a car accident and knows that all too well! I am sending out good vibes, healing thoughts and prayers for my husband’s dad!  We need our Gramps I have faith he will be back to kicking in no time! We love you Gramps!

Tell people you love them

We all should live each moment to its fullest. Take care of yourself. Love your family. Don’t hold grudges! Remember what is important. The crumbs on the ground are not going to make a difference in the big picture. People are people, their humanness is what make impacts on our lives. Really is the crumb issue worth stressing about? Probably not. With that said crumbs do have to get picked up, laundry has to get folded and your life has to function. You can’t use “Carpe Diem” to ignore responsibilities but don’t let the small stuff take over your life. Live your life and enjoy it. Some moments you have to stop and clean up and some moments you have to let the dust sit there because you only get so many moments with people. Field trips only happen once, that vacation you could take with your family only happens every once in a while. The laundry can wait until after that school performance, don’t be late…Get it? Be responsible but don’t let those responsibilities over take living your life! It is all about balance!

You are not promised tomorrow dust if you must but don’t miss something important for it. Go to your kid’s game, have doughnuts with your co-workers, play ball, wrestle with you kids or go push them on the swing! Give you mom and had a hug no matter how old you or they are. Stop and smell the roses. Yes, you must pick the weeds but if you are not going to stop and smell the roses why worry about the weeds? I will hold the people in my life tighter today and give my FIL a bigger hug next time I see him. And I will say I love you more often! How are you going to enjoy and appreciate your garden of roses that you call life?

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