Post: #161

Yeah, I finished both days already. It is a bit weird since Celes is on Singapore time which is a day ahead of me as well. But oh well, I will take them and do them when I can get them. However, mostly I have been waiting until after work because I do other writing first thing in the morning.

Bikram Yoga kicked my behind. I am not ashamed to say. It's the "hot yoga" that they do in a room over 100 degrees. I was drenched in sweat by the time we could finally leave. (Honestly, I was drenched in sweat well before that actually!) I must have lost at least 5 pounds of water weight.

Post: #162

Bikram Yoga may be my new favorite thing. Yesterday, after my first class, I was not too impressed. I had been dizzy and light headed during parts of the class and only did slightly more than half of the poses due to the extreme temperatures in the room and my inopportune positioning right in front of one of the heaters! Today, however, was much better and I left the studio with the world feeling much lighter and brighter! I made it through at least one set of all the poses; I only copped out of a few of them and most of those being the extreme balances!

I can definitely see why people love this. As I went in today, as I wanted to make use of my 20 classes, I was feeling faintly masochistic to force myself to do this. However, now I can say I've seen the light.

Post: #163

So as I mentioned in my status, I got the job I had been interviewing for and I am extremely excited and will begin on September 6th. I was a bit wary of putting in my notice at my current position because well, I am the only person in the store who can do what I do at the moment. And they were talking about training me in Human Resources when my boss finally did come back because the HR manager is also pregnant. Apparently I was just going to be the all around maternity leave girl and cover everyone's. (Which would have been funny since one of our loss prevention/security staff is also pregnant!)

But my boss was really kind and understanding and appreciated that I came to her as soon as I knew and gave her so much warning. So we will be looking for someone new to train back in the office to take my place, hopefully someone who they would trust in HR as well. I am not sure who I would pick from inside the store though, so that will take some thinking on all of our parts.

Because of all the excitement yesterday I was going to be late to my Bikram Yoga so I skipped it. (They lock the doors and don't let anyone in after class starts.) But I am about to head out right now to another class.

I am doubly excited because my new job means that I will be able to afford to keep doing Bikram Yoga. It is a bit expensive and I was hoping I would be able to figure out a way to keep it up. It seems that things are working in my favor lately and I do so like it when life does that.

Post: #164

Yay. Congratulations, Moira I'm happy to hear you got the new job. I hope you enjoy it. Do you plan on taking a short between jobs?

Post: #165

I have three days between my last day at my current job and my new job. I feel that is enough, or it should be considering I am going to make an appointment to use my gift card to a local spa one of those days. That should definitely help me relax in those days! I am pretty excited about the idea.

In the meantime, I am working really hard to get everything in order in my current job before I leave. I have three people to train. (Two assistant store managers in training who have to make the rounds in all the positions in the store and my replacement. My store manager does not want my replacement to train the assistant store managers!) I don't want to leave anything in any sort of a mess when I leave, but I see that happening quite easily especially once I have a trainee who I can get to do the repetitive tasks herself for practice and I can work on the backlog of invoicing.

Post: #166

It's been quiet here at the forums and I am not sure if that is because everyone is focusing on their life or the BBM challenge. Either way, that's great news. I haven't been around as much either.

I'm currently reading Change Your Thinking, Change Your Life by Brian Tracy and finding it quite interesting except the fact that it is majorly business focused. The chapters about deciding to become a millionaire have nothing to do with what I want out of life. I am of the theory that you should live a happy and productive life, helping as many people as you can and living comfortably with enough. If somewhere in there, I happen to reach the million dollar mark that'd be awesome. But if I don't, I am not going to worry about it. I want comfort and happiness out of life, not money. Other than that, it's a great book that I would definitely recommend but I know a lot of you here have already devoured all of Brian Tracy's work.

I am starting my new job in about three weeks and I am super excited for that. I have also decided to keep my current job and I will be going in for a couple hours on Saturday and Sunday morning. We'll just consider that extra play money and a chance to give my current supervisor the weekends off which she most assuredly deserves. This extra money will more than cover the expense of my newest addiction, Bikram Yoga. So I am quite pleased with the situation. We'll see if that changes. I may get exhausted not having any days off, but I should at least try it for a little while.

Also, with all of the other stupid drama that is going around the store that I will not get into, my current boss is quite happy with the fact that I am trying exceedingly hard to make this as painless of a process as possible. Even if I decide to quit later, we will have more time to properly train a replacement. All is well.

I have mentioned quite a bit my new addiction to Bikram Yoga lately. I am seriously in love and I want to try either the 30 day or 60 day challenge once my new job settles in. I have to say that I am averaging 5-6 classes each week. You'd be surprised how relaxing an hour and a half of butt-kicking yoga can be afterwards. And I can honestly feel me legs getting stronger and my balance and flexibility increasing. That's an amazing feeling. Though I am trying not to push myself too hard, which is easy to do in the hot room where the body tends to be more flexible than natural.

Honestly, I've come to the conclusion that I love yoga. I could see myself getting into so many kinds of yoga right now. I think I found one of my passions. I find myself also wanting to check out Ashtanga Yoga as well as a few other forms. This is definitely something I want to keep doing in many forms for the rest of my life. I sort of foresee myself going through teacher training eventually though I am aware that most yoga teachers do not make a living doing so. I just think it would be something I would enjoy adding to my life in that aspect.

Post: #167

I'm just so happy everything is finally going great in your life, Moira! It's always a pleasure for me to see you succeed1

"Everything you can imagine is real." - Pablo Picasso
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Post: #168

Thank you, Stacey. You are always such a bright light of joy in our lives here.

On an update note, today I skipped out of my Bikram yoga class but ended up doing pyramids with my sister and her friends. I think I've finally broken myself. No prodding was needed, they just asked and I changed clothes and started doing pull ups and push ups with them. At least it's a healthy breaking.

Post: #169

Hey, Moira. Yes I did notice the forums have been slow during August and probably the last couple weeks of July as well. I think everybody is just more focusedo on 30BBM though. I think things will pick up in September though. Hopefully Celes will give the forums a shoutout at the end of 30BBM and we will get a few new friends to join.

I think it very admirable that you are taking care of so much before you leave for your new job. I'm sure a lot of people would just half ass it their last couple weeks before leaving for a better job

I did try following along with a yoga video a couple weeks ago. It was much harder than I expected and I was using lesson that was meant for beginners. It was very relaxing though and a great way to start the day.

Post: #170

I realize I haven't updated here in a while myself; I think I fell into the trap of not posting as much here with everyone else.

The past couple of weeks I have stopped doing my morning pages over at 750words.com. At first I just missed a day and I realized it wasn't really missing in my life. I am in general so very content right now that I don't have much to mull over in my mind (or type out!)

I start my new job on Tuesday and I am obviously pretty excited about that. I've also been going through and organizing and cleaning my spaces in my apartment. I finished up my month at Bikram yoga and unfortunately I cannot afford to go until I start getting my paychecks from my new job. So I will have a couple weeks off where I will probably be working out with my sister and brother in law. I need to focus on stuff other than yoga sometimes anyway so this isn't necessarily a bad thing.

I'm currently reading a couple of Deepak Chopra's books. I am also in the middle of Training the Mind and Cultivating Loving-Kindness by Trungpa. I am pretty excited about these reads, though I am definitely going to take a break and read some high fantasy when I finish the six books I have. (Oh, one of them is a book by Thich Nhat Hanh as well!) Needless to say, I've been abusing my new library card.

I really don't have specifics to get into really. I've been happy. I don't think I need to say more considering my "goals" revolve around finding happiness in my life. It's been there the whole time and right now I am grasping it with both hands.

Oh, and as a random added bonus my aunt's husband who did not care for me as a teenager apparently thinks I have my head screwed on right and am doing rather well for myself these days. (I agree. I have changed a lot for the better since those days!)

Thinking of getting a place for just me and my boyfriend when my lease is up in February. I love my sister but I think we could use our own personal spaces these days.

Post: #171

I read it and I like your goals, so I hope you succeed more!

(01-31-2011 12:26 PM)Moirawr Wrote:  [font=Verdana]

I want to simplify my life. I want to spend more time on the things that matter and less time on things.
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Agreed! I believe simplification is one of the best things one can use to beautify one's life

Thanks for sharing!

-Monisha

Post: #172

I read your last post and I am glad you're excited about your new job!

" It's been there the whole time and right now I am grasping it with both hands."

Wow, that's good to hear!

Thanks for sharing!

-Monisha

Post: #173

Thanks, Apu. I am glad that something I said is ringing true to your ears as well.

I am very much enjoying my new job but it's high confidential and I cannot really say who I work for because there is a lot of people's private information and money involved. This is strange for me. I finally work for a company I would be proud to say I worked for and I'm not really allowed to do so. Oh well. I feel good about the whole situation. (And I get to wear real work clothes again. Bye, ugly ill-fitting polo!)

Also I mentioned it in the status but I got home from work last night only to be dragged out by my sister and her fiance to go rock climbing with them. We have a local gym where they teach you to do so safely. It's very hard and quite a workout. This is definitely something I could do somewhat regularly.

Post: #174

Moira, sweetie! I just wanted to say that I'm extremely happy to see how your dreams are coming true. Maybe you don't notice it, but since we 'met' on the forums, you've achieved quite a lot, and it's been about 6 months so far! You're doing great, I'm so proud of you!

"Everything you can imagine is real." - Pablo Picasso
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Post: #175

"Oh well. I feel good about the whole situation. (And I get to wear real work clothes again. Bye, ugly ill-fitting polo!)"

You didn't know who you were working for but you still looked at the plus sides, and I am glad you did! =)

(09-07-2011 09:12 PM)Moirawr Wrote:  Also I mentioned it in the status but I got home from work last night only to be dragged out by my sister and her fiance to go rock climbing with them. We have a local gym where they teach you to do so safely. It's very hard and quite a workout. This is definitely something I could do somewhat regularly.

Rock-climbing! I wanted to do that you know

Don't worry, soon as you get accustomed to it, it won't be that hard, practice makes perfect! =)

Post: #176

Thank you so much, Stacey. You have no idea what your encouragement means to me. I think, sometimes, we get so caught up in what is going on in the present (not necessarily a bad thing) that we forget how far we've come. It's nice to be reminded sometimes and I definitely agree with you. I've done a lot for myself in the past six months and you can see the results by looking at my optimism and general level of happiness and contentment.

And yes, Apu, I definitely intend to keep practicing my rock climbing though I have to say that even a couple days later parts of my arms hurt that I didn't even know could! The underside of my forearm is still a bit tender and I am not even sure how exactly I worked that muscle while rock-climbing!

Post: #177

I'm happy that you have found a great job, Moira.

If you enjoy the Deepak Chopra books please share what you learned from them. I have had a negative opinion of Chopra in the past as just a knee-jerk close minded reaction to what little I have read. I have hear his books recommended so many times though that I may read one if I have the chance.

(09-07-2011 09:12 PM)Moirawr Wrote:  I am very much enjoying my new job but it's high confidential and I cannot really say who I work for because there is a lot of people's private information and money involved.

I'm just going to pretend Moira works for the CIA negotiating hostage situations and defusing bombs.

Post: #178

(09-13-2011 04:42 PM)Matt Wrote:  I'm just going to pretend Moira works for the CIA negotiating hostage situations and defusing bombs.

Hahaha! I would be lying if I said I hadn't considered saying something like that. It is definitely an unusual circumstance for me but I can understand it. I have never named the retail store I work at either because it's much more simple on-line to keep it anonymous even though I do not tend to say bad things about my work.

Right now I have a middling opinion of Chopra myself. I find myself suddenly thinking that he is insane during certain passages of the books I have read so far but there are others where I am smiling and nodding. I do care particularly for his reiteration that happiness is the meaning of life. So far I have finished The Happiness Prescription and it was alright; I would be glad to let you know if the new one I finish is better and possibly a better way to introduce yourself to his writings.

Post: #179

I've been super busy working at both of my jobs. I work at least 9 hours every day and it's a bit tiring but I am enjoying my new job immensely and I'm not at my older job long enough in the week to get too stressed out! Having money is really nice but I am trying really hard not to spend too much of it despite the fact I need to switch up my wardrobe. I am pondering getting some nice staple career wear in a natural brown shade and some more shirts and then I can play mix and match a lot better than with what I currently have.

I've been trying to relax and get out of the house in the evenings since my downtime is a lot lower now that I am working close to 60 hours a week. Believe me, I was rather astonished when I realized that and I do think it is too much to take on for too long. We shall see what the future brings though!

My new job has a fitness center and I spent 20 minutes on the elliptical after I got off work today which was good but now my poor abs hurt and I did not even know that it could work my abs. I think I should do that a couple times a week until I can get back to my Bikram yoga. In fact, I should probably continue a couple times a week even after I start yoga back up. And somewhere in there goes strength training, probably whenever my sister wants to do pull ups or rock climbing. My life is so active lately and I am loving it. Which is good, because I have to do something to work off the pot luck and other food we pass around at the new job.

Post: #180

Moira, I'm so happy for you! It's so interesting that both of us are having similar changes in life at the same time I understand what you mean by spending more money - I've been counting my expenses lately and I guess my next challenge is gonna be devoted to cutting down spending.

"Everything you can imagine is real." - Pablo Picasso
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