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@laurelashton
Well, Hello
My goodness, it has been a long time. I thought I would never get back to blogging, even though I have missed it so! I don’t even know where to begin. Over the past year, I have begun my nursing career. I got married. I moved again. I started showing Flynn. Well, we went to one show last year before life got in the way. And now we have hit quite the setback (more on that to come). Needless to…
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Slowing Down
It’s funny, I recently wrote a post about time management and now I haven’t posted in nearly two weeks. I suppose that I still have a lot of room for improvement when it comes to managing my time. To be honest, this semester has already been a lot. Between the general workload of nursing school combined with applying for jobs for after graduation, I have been completely overwhelmed. That…
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A Way of Life
A Way of Life
Horses are a way of life. They aren’t just a hobby. This isn’t just a sport. Being a horse person is a lifestyle. We have horses in our blood. Sometimes it feels like this lifestyle chose me. I always knew I would have horses. I have always kept journals, since I was a kid, and I have found where I wrote about how I would have a horse farm one day so that I could help retired racehorses. These…
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Good Old Time Management
Good Old Time Management
I am beginning this post after a long day of school work. If you’re new here, I am in my last semester of nursing school. So, I know a thing or two about having a thousand things on my plate and that thing called overwhelm and I are very good friends! People often ask me how I balance nursing school, working part time, and owning horses. It’s funny, I have never considered myself to be organized…
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When Times Get Tough: Go For A Ride
When Times Get Tough: Go For A Ride
I don’t think that anyone can deny that the past couple of years have been tough, collectively. 2020 really turned our whole world upside down. Along with that, there are always struggles in life no matter what else is going on in the world. Loss, heartbreak, failure, stress. These are things most of us have experienced. Hardship is a part of life. What is the one thing that has always helped me…
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Owning A Horse With A History of Abuse
Owning A Horse With A History of Abuse
Today I wanted to share a little bit about my horse, Flynn, and my experiences with owning a previously abused horse. I have found that it is different to own a horse with baggage, and sometimes a different approach is needed – along with a lot of patience! I got Flynn last May. He is a nine year old off the track thoroughbred. To clarify, the person I got him from treated him very well and…
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Inauthenticity Sells
You know what’s funny? How people are always complaining about how social media is a highlight reel, and all fake. But look at popular accounts.They tend to have perfectly edited photos, a perfectly curated aesthetic, and perfectly written captions! Inauthenticity sells! We complain about it, but just keep on giving it traction! Okay, maybe many of these perfect accounts actually are authentic.…
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Relationships and Goals
My journey with Flynn so far has been very different from the other horses I have had. Typically, when I would get a new horse I had a specific goal in mind – showing, re-selling, etc. My approach toward riding and training was about a achieving that goal, and bonding along the way. When I got Flynn last year, I didn’t have a specific goal so my focus was on bonding with him first. And just a…
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Don't Sell Your Horse Short
Don’t Sell Your Horse Short
I was a little intimidated getting back into the hunter jumper world. My horse isn’t fancy. He’s an off the track thoroughbred. He’s not a warmblood. He is not a made hunter, but still learning. You know what though, he gets so many compliments at the barn and he has been making so much progress in his training showing. He is starting to blossom, and shine. He gets complimented on his manners,…
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Another Food and Fitness Post
Another Food and Fitness Post
I felt that blogging about food would be appropriate this week. I am pre-writing this post, as I will be in Disney World when it posts enjoying eating and drinking around the world at the Epcot Food and Wine Festival! I used to post quite a bit about food and fitness. While I still am focusing this blog primarily on horses, food and fitness is a big part of taking care of myself as a rider and…
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Your Horse Isn't Your Therapist
Your Horse Isn’t Your Therapist
We see and hear all the time, people comparing their horses to therapy. Saying that horses are great for mental health, and so on. I have been guilty of this too. And of course horses can be very therapeutic. They are used in actual forms of therapy. But our own, personal horses that are not specifically trained to be therapy horses should not have the burden of dealing with whatever is going on…
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Horses and Fireflies
Sometimes I get sad the day before I go to work. Days like today. Working now is a day that I do not get to see the horses, since moving back to the big city (okay, it’s a suburb but same difference). A work day is a day that I don’t get to breathe the fresh air. I breathe in the air circulating through the hospital, that is likely filled with even more cleaning chemicals than it used to be…
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Summer Riding Tips from a Texas Equestrian
Summer Riding Tips from a Texas Equestrian
It seems this year that the rest of the country has gotten a taste of Texas heat, with record highs in many states. While earlier this year, in Texas, we had records lows and actual snow on the ground! But back to the point! I have been riding for nearly twenty years in Texas, and we always ride all through the summer. We are more likely to skip riding when it is cold down here. However, we do so…
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Back to Basics
As I mentioned in last week’s blog A Big Move , I have been taking lessons with Flynn. This is probably the first time I have taken lessons in four years, and they sure have been humbling! After taking a couple of years off of riding, and coming back on my own, I have picked up a lot of bad habits. I also lost confidence, and turned back into the timid rider I was as a kid. Being back at a…
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A Big Move
As promised in my last post, I am going to give an update of what the heck has been going on with me and my horses. For starters, we moved. My parents sold their farm, I moved to an apartment, and the boys moved to a boarding facility. It has been a big change, and while they are at a lovely farm, not a day goes by that I don’t miss the farm and having them right outside my door. It has been an…
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Change Is In The Air
Change Is In The Air
Wow, it has been a little while since I have posted on here. So much has changed that I actually considered starting a new blog. There are just so many posts on here that I cherish, particularly the posts about my journey with Chance. That being said, I will be making some changes to this blog moving forward. I will be going back to basics. I started this blog years ago to write about my life as…
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No Excuses
“I don’t have time to workout.”
I hear this all the time when I talk about my own personal fitness journey, or my fitness coaching business. And you know what, I don’t have time either. I am a full time nursing student in a BSN program, and I work in a hospital one or two days a week – along with running my Beachbody coaching business. I don’t magically have more time to workout, I make time. I…
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