Becoming Mighty

Hey all, I'm Josie! | 24 | Librarian | Mainer | Working towards my health and fitness goals!

[littlelesbiansoul]

[missjojothemighty]

I actually woke up early to go to the gym BEFORE work this morning, which is the first time in a long time. Now I'm grabbing a quick breakfast, iced coffee , and heading to work for the day!

I have to say, I really missed how it feels to be up with the sun and not be scrambling around trying to get ready for work and pack lunch etc in the 10 minutes I usually have between waking up and leaving for work 😅

[missjojothemighty]

Had a quick go on the elliptical this morning, and then some coffee and lunch!

Next is grocery shopping and a walk with Patty and her doggos. PLUS it's a sunny, gorgeous day out on top of it all. :D

[bubblegum-flix-deactivated20181]

reminder: you can start over at anytime. your day is not ruined. your world is not over. take a deep breath. start over.

[missjojothemighty]

Adventures in dog-walking:

✔️Finding the last vestiges of winter

✔️Beautiful views of the river

✔️Lucy found something putrefying to roll in

✔️I then had to PICK UP said stanky-ass Lucy as some assholes left their excitable dog off leash when they saw us walking with two other dogs and it came rushing at us (she was a youngish looking dog, so not really her to blame, but even after we were standing there CARRYING THE DOGS as the other one was literally jumping on our legs trying to get to them, the owners still didn't even attempt to leash their dog or call her away, it was just a lot of "aw, how cute!" on their end... which was frustrating).

All in all though, it was a lovely 2+ hour walk. :)

[missjojothemighty]

Went to the gym last minute tonight (AFTER a 2+ hour walk with my friend and her pups!) and it was fairly close to closing, so I only got a 35 minute workout on the elliptical in. But I pushed myself to go! (or, okay, I made the mistake of getting back from my walk and lying down on my bed and decided I WASN'T going to go, then I asked my s.o. to pick "yes" or "no" to determine my fate... Stefan saw straight through my bullshit and just said "if it's for the gym, yes. Go to the gym." 😂 ) But I went, and that's the important part. 🙂

[auraboo]

Burnout, 2018.

Three years ago, my constantly worsening sleep deprivation and stress resulted in a burnout. I’m 30 years old now, at the time of posting this comic, and I still haven’t recovered fully. I still have the heart symptoms - even the smallest amount of stress brings the symptoms back. It’s likely I will never recover enough to work a fulltime job again and I can’t go back to high-stress environments like customer service. But that’s alright. I am more than just my work. I’m slowly learning to be merciful towards myself and to show myself the same kindness I show others, and I think that’s very important.

This is my story and I won’t be ashamed any more.

[sexpositiveselflove]

[missjojothemighty]

Work is slow and lazy today (I’d say tgif, but I have a function at work tomorrow which is going to end up being 3 hours of idle chit chat with people I don’t know and will probably never see again...so yay for that 🙄). We close early to the public on fridays, so we can get big projects done without distraction, and even though my coworker and I will have to stay past “closing” to set up for the big event tomorrow, I’m hopefull we’ll get done a bit early so I can leave and go shopping. Said big event is apparently “actual fancy dress” material, which neither I nor my coworker knew until like two days ago, so I need to find something to wear (I have no “nice” clothes that fit anymore that are appropriate for this type of event, so yaaay for that too) ‘cause there’s not much in the way of shopping around here. Oh well. I’ll figure something out. I just hate shopping for clothes at this size, it feels so futile lol.

On the bright side, I’m down about 5 lbs in the last two weeks! Slowly but surely. :)

[musicforthemorningafter--blog]

[adolescentn]

[missjojothemighty]

@wildteadrinker and I had a great workout at the gym tonight! Went a half hour on the "arc trainer" (basically like an elliptical) and then another half hour of strength training exercises and then stretches. :) I was super tired and not really feeling the gym tonight when I got out of work, but Alice didn't let me back out! Loving these weekly gym sessions with her ❤️💪🏻

[fuckyeahhealthyeating]

[ladulcet]

[wildteadrinker-deactivated20200]

I’m so proud of this! I went on the toughest cardio machine at the gym and stayed on for 30 minutes and burned 446 calories! I even got a new work out buddy to go with me tonight and it looks like tomorrow too! And with @missjojothemighty joining me Wednesday’s we’re going to have a little workout group!

[missjojothemighty]

Yaaaas you go Alice!!! And I’m excited for our Workout Wednesdays :D

[missjojothemighty]

Also, what app is this?

[littlebean-jellybean-deactivate]

Hi Heather! I don't know if you remember me, it's been a while since I've really been on tumblr, but I just wanted to pop in and say hi and that I hope you're doing well! You're blog has always been one of my favs on here, and I'm glad to see all the lovely photos of your adorable pets and your walks and all that good stuff. :) <3

Hi hi hi!!!! I’m so glad you’re here and posting again! You were one of my favorite blogs too! I’d look for your posts all the time and could never found anything… I thought about you often and have wondered a lot how you’ve been! Thank you so much for popping in!

[missjojothemighty]

Hah, I don’t mind that you posted publicly instead of replying via message, no worries :p 

[stayhungry-stayfree]

If you find yourself thinking lately, “I can’t live like this anymore,” it means you need to change your life sweet soul, not end it. Don’t live like that anymore. Change your thoughts, your focus, your behaviour. If you’re willing to propel yourself into the unknown, give yourself the chance to do so while you’re still here. Rediscover a new life for yourself. Rediscover yourself. Rediscover what it means to be alive.