The Journey

Although I have been teaching fitness classes for almost 4 years, my fitness journey has evolved so much. It started with needing some me time and I joined a gym with childcare. It wasn't about getting healthy, it was more about getting away! I had no idea how much I could enjoy exercise when I discovered Zumba. It went from once a week, to twice to three times and then poof; I became an instructor. Well, of course it was a bit more than that but you get the idea. There is always a reason we are pulled in a certain direction and what may have been our initial intention may evolve into something completely different. I call this a journey because I believe that there are no quick fixes to whatever issues or problems we are facing. I may have wanted childcare to get away, but I still had to pick the kids up right? Exercise gave me the skills to deal with whatever stress that led me to believe I needed to get away. It made me see the kids weren't the problem. I was! It didn't solve the problem, it made me identify what I wanted. I wanted to be more pleasant around my children. I wanted to not be so tired and crabby. I wanted to feel good about myself. Exercise, fitness, health...walking in that class changed my life and brought me into an industry I never thought I'd have a career in. You truly have no idea what lies on the other side of a door that you have yet to walk through. 

It's okay to have expectations, but don't be surprised when something extraordinary to happens.