Life is good!!! This morning I woke up at about 6:20 to go to the gym and I feel great now. I got a new Monday morning workout partner which keeps me quite motivated to get up. I find that if no one is joining me at the gym in the morning there is a good chance I won’t go until the evening. By that time the machines are full and it’s pretty much an annoyance to get on the weight machines. So I like this system!!

Basketball is going amazing! We are 9-2 right now. We placed third in our tournament over the weekend. Our semi-final game we lost by 5 to the team placed #2 in the province! We were up on them for ¾ of the game by about 10 points but then ran out of steam!!! In the third place final we beat a team ranked #4 in the province so our ranking will go up this week! On Saturday the team went to Boston Pizza and we seriously just laughed the whole time. We have so much fun!

Work is so much fun. I had a shift yesterday and then another one today. I’m working with Alzheimer’s patients today and I find this floor very enjoyable. Yesterday I kept on getting yelled at by this lady… it was actually pretty funny. She had no reason to hate me and yet she did. It’s almost as if she memorized my face and ever time I walked by she would try to trip me or think of something really mean to say.

Lately I’ve been very future focused. I’m starting to realize that what I want out of life is very obtainable if I work hard. The goals are very reachable if I strive towards them and honestly give it all I’ve got. Life is too short to be lazy and honestly what do we gain by sitting on our butts when we know we should be doing something a little more meaningful. I always feel guilty when I am watching TV and I know I should be doing homework, or when I lounge around the house and I know I should be at the gym preparing for my test. Sometimes that guilt isn’t enough to motivate me… but that my friend is going to change. Imagine all the things that can get done if I would just start it. It all comes down to this amazing quote that I heard in Coach Carter and every time I don’t feel like doing anything I read it:

“Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness, that most frightens us. Your playing small does not serve the world. There is nothing enlightened about shrinking so that other people won't feel insecure around you. We are all meant to shine as children do. It's not just in some of us; it is in everyone. And as we let our own lights shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same. As we are liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others.”