This more about how you feel than you're actual looks. This author, who happens to be 41, feels fabulous! I love my life, I feel like I look better, feel better & know more who I am & what I want.
How about you?
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Wednesday, May 25, 2011
Better at 40 Than at 20 | Health, Beauty, Fashion, Love, Careers and more - MORE Magazine
Monday, May 23, 2011
Jumpin' in the Great Outdoors!
Sometimes, going downstairs or to the gym, indoors, just sucks. Today was one of those days. It had rained all morning and the sun was now out with a gentle breeze. Birds were out & my cats were dying to get out - not to eat the birds; my cats are not allowed to eat my songbirds - house rules.
So, I spent 5 minutes & hauled all my portable equipment to my backyard. I improvised on some exercises by using bands wrapped around a tree trunk, did my jump-ups on my favorite old log - I even have a name for this exercise - Stump Jumps! I used a Swiss Ball instead of a bench and you can do push-ups anywhere. It takes very little equipment to get in a good workout in the great outdoors!
I'm sure there are a ton of stats on how your endorphins really respond to fresh air or something and other things that really, I don't care about. To be honest, it just plain feels good to get outside on a nice day. The sunshine on your face, smell the smells and hear the sounds. It's great to get fresh air and I felt really Rocky-like (like Rocky 3 or 4 or whichever one he fought Dolph Lundgren & had to train in a barn) improvising my exercises and equipment. It was a good day.
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| Jumpin' around in the backyard! |
I'm sure there are a ton of stats on how your endorphins really respond to fresh air or something and other things that really, I don't care about. To be honest, it just plain feels good to get outside on a nice day. The sunshine on your face, smell the smells and hear the sounds. It's great to get fresh air and I felt really Rocky-like (like Rocky 3 or 4 or whichever one he fought Dolph Lundgren & had to train in a barn) improvising my exercises and equipment. It was a good day.
Thursday, May 19, 2011
Does Mickey Mouse Hurt Rain Forests?
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| Photo courtesy of Rainforest Action Network |
What's our beef with Mickey? To the majority of Americans, Mickey is a symbol of fun & happiness. I totally understand this - my family & I have had the fortune of going to Disney a couple of times.
Here is the scoop on the above link as well as what on earth is Mickey doing chained to a gate?
In the shortest form:
- Disney publishes tons of books
- Books are made from paper
- Disney gets its paper from two companies in Asia
- Both of these paper companies cut down rainforests to get their paper
- Disney has continued to buy its paper from these companies despite knowing how much damage is caused by this
- Disney can get their paper from a different, more responsible company
Make sense? That's the basic deal. Why do we care? Because, as B.A.B.Es, we have an obligation to stand up for what's right - not necessarily chaining ourselves to a fence - that's not our thing. But, we can make a stand with our dollars. Remember the tuna boycott in the 90's (or maybe 80's!?)? Dolphins were being slaughtered in the catching of tuna & regular people took notice - and stopped buying tuna. Ah, the power of the people. We can do the same thing now. Consider buying from a different company & check out the website below the picture to sign a petition letting Disney know you do not support their "blind eye" practices. Hey, we're B.A.B.Es - we lead, not follow.
Tuesday, May 17, 2011
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Wednesday, May 11, 2011
Does Your Vacation Match Your Money?
Planning your vacation? Vacations are tricky; we need them - the time off- but can we afford them? Over the past few years, as I've been on my own financial journey, I've been stunned about friends' attitudes about vacation. Specifically, about their outlook about their vacation dollars - or lack thereof. I will never forget, for some reason, my friend saying, "We absolutely cannot afford to go on vacation, but we're going anyway". I was stunned. This wasn't a situation where they were going to have the money shortly, they weren't going to have it in the foreseeable future and they were going to charge the trip. As women of the world - as B.A.B.Es - we have an obligation to lead our family on the right path to financial success. Financial success = freedom = going wherever you want 'cause you have the money!
Look, we all work hard. We all need a break. But "I deserve this vacation" may not be the best attitude to have, as it fools your brain. Deserve & need are two different things. Sure, we may have worked hard enough to earn the time off, to definitely need that break. Does that break need to be a $1,000 vacation? How much will you have actually paid for that vacation once you've charged it and paid interest?
Consider this: While you save for your next vacation, maybe take a day or two at a time & do something that makes you (or/and your family) happy. Go to a local zoo or state park. Take a day off, in the middle of the week, and go to the local cheap-seat theater & catch a flick you've been wanting to see. Check out an area of your town that you've not been able to get to and go window-shopping. The point is to not work, de-stress and not spend a lot of money. Then, start your plan of where you would like to go next year and begin a plan to ensure you'll have the money to go. You will then be on your way to having a guilt-free vacation!
Saturday, May 7, 2011
Money is a “way of keeping score in life,” says T. Boone Pickens. But that is just for those who like playing the game. The real goal is to live with grace and dignity. You can do that with a small amount of money...or not do it with a fortune.
-- Bill Bonner, financial journalist
"They make enough money, they should give". Do you? I've listened to many people complain about people who are "rich" should pay more, give more, do more. While there is some truth to that, re-read the quote at the beginning. We all have the ability to do, or give, something. Serve one meal every month or two at a homeless shelter, give $5 to an organization you care about, donate clothes & other goods to shelters in need. You don't have to make a ton of money to make a difference in your community or the world around you.
Ever heard of the bystander effect? The basic gist is that everyone waits around for someone else to do something, so everyone does nothing. Are you a bystander? Think hard this week what one thing you can do or give, then just do it!
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