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The Engine of Success

The Secret Sauce Of Champions – Unstoppable Enthusiasm

The talk about it, we praise it, we applaud it, and we celebrate it the “Finish Line”, BUT we rarely celebrate the messy middle. We’ve all had those weeks—the ones where the “Toss It Out Thursday” pile is bigger than the “Win” column.

But here is the truth: Success is the ability to move from failure to failure without no loss of enthusiasm #irefusemindset

Why Enthusiasm Matters

We can lose our enthusiasm, we can lose our momentum. However Failure is just data; it tells us how to “Map and Modify” our next move. But enthusiasm? That is the fuel. Without it, the engine stops.

Your 3-Step Pivot

  1. Acknowledge the Attempt: It wasn’t a loss; it was a trial. You’re “Testing It Out.”
  2. Protect Your Energy: Don’t let a temporary setback dim your internal light.
  3. Strut Anyway: Walk into your next task with the confidence of someone who knows a breakthrough is coming.

Word to reflect on and grow: Don’t wait for the perfect result to be happy. Be enthusiastic about the journey, and the results will have no choice but to follow.

Suggestive Action Plan – A 3 Day Reset

Day 1 – Audit the Data Instead of seeing a recent setback as a “fail,” look at it like a scientist.

Map it: Adjust your plan for tomorrow based on this new data.

Write it down: What specifically didn’t work?

Identify the “Win”: What is one thing you learned that you didn’t know before?

Day 2 – Energy Protection Enthusiasm is fuel, and you can’t run on an empty tank.

Move: Do a 15-minute workout or “Champion Strut” to physically shift your mood.

The “No-Venting” Zone: Spend the day without complaining about the setback.

Affirm Your Light: Remind yourself that a “trial” is just a step toward a breakthrough.

Day 3 The Enthusiastic Re-Entry Now get back in the game with full force.

Share the Glow: Encourage someone else who might be struggling in their “messy middle”.

Start with “Yes”: Approach the first task of the day with high energy, even if it’s a small one.

Don’t Wait for Results: Decide to be happy with your effort today, regardless of the outcome.

Now is the time to Check and Make THAT PIVOT. I am screaming and cheering for your WINS !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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Tempting The Good & The…

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I’m raising my hand, no both hands, I AM GUILTY. Just a reminder, fitness and nutrition go hand in hand it’s a binding relationship FOREVER. Now don’t misunderstand this because you can get fit on changing your nutrition without being physically active. As well as you can get fit without changing your nutrition. In both instances it will take longer and in both as you begin feeling good, your mindset changes and guess what happens?
You got it for the nutrition only you begin incorporating some type of activity of fitness in your life, walking, spinning, weightlifting, yoga, Pilates and the list continues. By the way all of it can be streamed on BOD , want details ask and I’ll share and you can join me and so many others.
Okay the tempting, that I’m guilty of sometimes. My nutrition is a 75/25 just being honest I haven’t made it to that 80/20. What are those numbers well it’s the so healthy and the off the record. Now to understand eating too much good has it’s backfire. I love salads, lots of greens, nuts, pumpkin, yams, all good right, of course. However too much for me because of the fiber can cause a GI disturbance yep unless the water consumption is increased.
I love nuts and good as they are for you an over consumption means increased fat you have to balance the servings. I fail every time. I try bulk purchasing and I bulk eat not good. I had to be reasonable stop tempting myself with the good. What did I do?, well I purchase the 100 calorie packets and I really limit myself what a change. How do I manage the other good, I purchase single servings so I won’t over indulge.
Now this was difficult as it cost more to purchase small than large but I had to stop the temptation because I have no control on good nutritional food and that goes for fruit. Fruit is good but too much converts into sugar and really I can’t burn that sugar in workouts including my daily activities. Tempting the good.
Now about the other I learned I’m not good with chips so I stop that purchase. Really I can eat a large bag of chips, drink lots of water and be satisfied as I huff and puff through a workout, 5 lbs feel like 20. Now when I have that craving, and I do; I purchase chips I serve myself a few and with tears I immediately toss the remaining in the garbage and the same when I bake and no one else wants anymore I toss it. I know wasteful why not freeze it. Really freeze it, nope I know how to defrost it so I toss out the temptation.
I know I’m not the only one that fight temptation so let’s be strong for each other and I’m tossing strength to you.

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What Ignites YOU on Your Fitness Journey

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There are days I’m not sure if I want to workout  or when/  Now don’t misinterpret I hate working out because I love it, enjoy it; however there are days I just feel a bit lazy for awhile.

When this happens I can only justify for a few minutes because there really isn’t an excuse.  With my streaming programs, the community that is involved I can do a workout in 10-45 minutes if I just want a change for the day because each workout has a calendar.   If you have never had an inspiring, motivational community then you have got to try my community. Beachbody On Demand Homepage: https://www.beachbodyondemand.com?referringRepID=1262129.  It’s a community like no other. ok now on with igniting

Okay I will go onto social media and see the inspiring comments from my previous workouts or view someone else on their workouts or just log onto wp and see inspiring posts from those I follow or and follow me.  Fire is higher when I listen to one of my many pod casts and then I am lit, on fire and ready to prepare for a great workout more so a great workout.  Sometimes we just need a little push.

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When Do I Increase My Weights

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Weight lifting has become a HUGE part of my fitness journey, and I am still working on as well have improved on my nutrition which is major.  I am fond of my home workouts for reasons I shall share later but my focus is on weight increase.

My workouts are with a trainer, and still at home.  There is a sheet to record weights used and monitor growth and the trainer actually suggests when to increase the weights. I am good in following the trainers because they have more knowledge than I.  However if my current weight use is still challenging I will not increase for reasons of : possible injury and compromising form to get the benefits.  When I am able to lift, lunge or press with weights that are not challenging or I am able to do 3-5 more reps without feeling a challenge then I will increase my weights.

I know by how much well, this depends on what I have at home.  There weights in between the 5 pound increase such as 10 to 12 instead of 15 or 15 to 17 instead of 20 and yes 20 to 22 instead of 25.  Oh yeah I am speaking of dumbbells because I can increase in increments of 2 or 2.5 on the barbels.  For me I have only that 12 on the dumbbells so I have to up my weights by 5 .  Which I do with caution.

Cautious weight increase is important to stay on the journey without injury and to benefit from the challenge of increasing the weights.  To a week of increasing weights and or reps with safety.

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My Reasons for Combining Caridio and Weights

My fitness journey like so many has ups and down but there is one thing I know for certain it is necessary for me to combine my workouts with cardio and weights.

It took me awhile to like  weights, what got me interested?  There are a several reasons :
1. With my history of eating disorder it has assisted (not solely) in increasing my metabolism.
2. Weights has assisted me in giving shape to legs, arms and (in the works) lift that butt and the boobs.
3. I feel stronger also.
Now for the cardio- endurance, fat burning but so are weights, toning and leaning out muscles. By the way it took me a minute to realize with continuous weight training and no cardio, my muscles become define and contracted that it shorten my stretching another reason to combine the both.

All of my reasons for the combination which I am certain I have left out a few, these are my REASONS and may or may not apply to anyone else.

To a week of workouts, choose what works best for you and go get it.

It Starts With You

Why Today Is the Day to Make Your Impact

Every real transformation whether in your personal health, your career, or the legacy you leave behind begins with a single, deliberate choice. It doesn’t begin with a grand public announcement or a massive overnight overhaul. It begins quietly, in the decision to simply start.

It’s Saturday. Look at where you are right now. If you haven’t taken action on the goals you set for yourself, there is no need to wait until next week, next month, or some imagined future moment when conditions are perfect. Today is available right now. And if you’ve already been consistently doing the work, this is your reminder to stay the course and keep building momentum.

The Power of Personal Momentum

We often underestimate the power of starting small. When you hold off on making a change, inertia takes over. But the moment you initiate progress—even with a ten-minute focus session, a healthier meal choice, or a shift in mindset—you break that resistance. Progress breeds clarity, and action builds confidence.

When you show up for yourself consistently, you create a baseline of discipline that transforms how you approach every area of your life.

The Ripple Effect: From Self to World

The Ripple Effect: From Self to World

Making a change is rarely just about individual gain. The energy, strength, and integrity you cultivate within yourself naturally spill over into the lives of those around you.

  • For Yourself: You build self-trust, resilience, and physical and mental capability.
  • For Your Community: You become an example of what is possible, inspiring family, friends, and peers to elevate their own expectations.
  • For the World: Small, consistent, positive contributions aggregate over time. Elevating your standard creates a tangible ripple effect in every environment you enter.
Take the Step

Whatever change you’ve been putting off, the commitment you know you need to make for your body, your focus, or your purpose well it’s time. You have a distinct contribution to offer, but it stays dormant until you decide to activate it.

Don’t let today slip by as just another Saturday. Make it the day you decided to start, or the day you decided to push further.

Follow Your Heart

Do What Your Heart Leads You to Be

How Present Gratitude & Self-Love Transform Every Area of Your Life

We live in a world that is constantly telling us to look ahead. We’re encouraged to focus on the next fitness milestone, the next career move, the next personal goal, or the next stage of our relationships. While having vision is powerful, there is a quiet trap in always looking toward the future: we forget to honor who we are right now.

When you, me. us operate solely from a place of “I’ll be happy when…”, we miss the richness of the present moment. True transformation—whether in our physical health, mental clarity, relationships, or purpose—doesn’t happen when we reach the finish line. It begins the moment we align with our heart and practice deep, unconditional self-love today.

Here is how honoring your heart, practicing gratitude, and choosing self-love transforms every single area of your life.

1. Physical Well-Being & Fitness

When it comes to movement and health, mindset is everything. Working out or eating well out of self-punishment or guilt rarely leads to lasting success.

When you shift your perspective to self-love and gratitude:

  • Exercise becomes a celebration, not a chore. You move your body because you appreciate what it can do today, not just to change how it looks tomorrow.
  • Nutrition becomes self-care. Choosing nourishing foods becomes an act of respect for your energy and longevity.
  • Rest becomes sacred. You listen to your body’s signals without guilt, knowing that recovery is just as essential as effort.

2. Mental Clarity & Mindset

Your internal dialogue dictates your daily experience. When you constantly measure yourself against where you “should” be, you create unnecessary friction and anxiety.

Following your heart begins with grounding your mind:

  • Acknowledge your current blessings: Gratitude immediately shifts your brain out of a scarcity mindset and into abundance.
  • Release the pressure to be perfect: Loving yourself means granting yourself grace on the hard days.
  • Trust your inner voice: When your mind is quieted by peace rather than overwhelmed by pressure, it becomes much easier to hear what your heart is truly calling you to do.

3. Relationships & Community

The way you treat yourself sets the tone for how you show up for everyone else. Your family, friends, and community. You cannot pour from an empty cup.

  • Authentic connections: When you are rooted in self-love, you stop seeking external validation. You show up as your real, authentic self, which invites others to do the same.
  • Deeper empathy: Recognizing your own journey with gratitude helps you extend patience, grace, and encouragement to those around you.
  • Vibrant community: A strong community is built on individuals who uplift one another from a place of genuine peace and shared growth.

4. Personal Purpose & Everyday Living

What is your heart leading you to do right now? Maybe it’s starting a new routine, stepping into a new creative project, setting stronger boundaries, or simply taking time to rest and reset.

Whatever that nudge is, remember this: who you are today changes everything.

You don’t need a complete life overhaul to start living with intention. You just need to honor where you are, appreciate how far you’ve come, and take one small step forward in faith.

Daily Practice: Anchor in Today

Before you move on with your day, take three slow breaths and ask yourself:

  1. What is one thing about my life today that I am truly grateful for?
  2. How can I show myself a little extra love or grace today?
  3. What is my heart gently asking me to pay attention to right now?

Self-love is priceless, and gratitude is the key that unlocks it. Honor your journey, trust your heart, and step fully into today.

The Ups The Downs

You’re Still Winning Your Game

Let’s take it to the real for a minute. Life isn’t a straight, smooth upward climb. We all hit seasons where everything feels in sync, and then without warning, the momentum shifts. We hit an unexpected bump, an off day, or a phase where staying consistent feels heavier than usual.

It’s life. We will always have ups and downs.

But I wanted to drop into this space today to remind you of something essential. No matter what phase you find yourself in right now, it is absolutely necessary to TRUST & BELIEVE in yourself.

Your worth and your progress aren’t defined by the hard days. When things feel rocky, that isn’t a sign that you’re losing, it’s just a phase of the game. You are building resilience, re-aligning your mindset, and proving to yourself that you can navigate the low points without walking away from your goals.

So take a deep breath. Release the pressure to be perfect every single day.

Keep showing up, hold on to your belief, and remember—you are still in the game, and you are still winning it.

With love and gratitude you are NEVER alone.

Embrace Today

Plant Seeds, Erase Guilt, and Grow

Every single sunrise delivers a gift: opportunity. In fitness and in life, every day is a choice between moving forward or staying stagnant.

Here is what that truly means:

  • Opportunity: The chance to reset your trajectory. It means you aren’t bound by past mistakes or restricted by where you started.
  • Planting Seeds: Consciously choosing actions today like eating well, moving your body, or adopting a positive mindset. The mindset that will blossom into health and success tomorrow.
  • Weeds: The negative self-talk, bad habits, or toxic environments that choke out your growth if you don’t clear them away.

Building Momentum VS. Rebuilding

If yesterday was a victory, use it as a foundation to build even higher. But if yesterday felt like a failure? Erase the guilt. Guilt is heavy baggage that slows down your journey. Clear the slate and use today to rebuild a stronger foundation for tomorrow.

A Quick Tip for Your Journey

Finding the structure to keep planting those seeds every day can be tough. That’s why platforms like BODi can be a game changer. With flexible workouts, structured nutrition plans, and mindset support, BODi gives you the exact tools you need to clear out the weeds and cultivate daily growth in your fitness. No matter where you’re starting from.

Your Today Starts Now

Don’t let yesterday’s weight hold back today’s potential. Embrace the new opportunity sitting right in front of you, plant your seeds, and watch your life grow.

Viewing Yourself Through Kind Eyes

We are often our own harshest critics. We replay past mistakes, monitor our progress against impossible standards, and judge where we are based on where everyone else seems to be. I was once so guilty of this behavior. Had I been charged I would have served time in the “Get Over It Room” for days.

But what would happen if you paused, took a step back, and chose to view yourself through kind eyes?

When you look at your life with compassion instead of harsh judgment, clarity follows across every single dimension of your wellness journey.

Fitness & Body Image: Your Journey, Your Body

Your fitness journey is uniquely yours. Comparing your results to someone else’s highlight reel ignores your specific body, your history, and your individual growth. True physical wellness starts when you honor where your body is today while supporting where it’s going tomorrow.

Nutrition: Get to Know What Your Body Needs

There is no one-size-fits-all approach to nutrition. Different lifestyles, daily activities, and body types require completely different intake. Instead of following every trend or comparing your plate to someone else’s, take the time to tune in and really get to know your body. Feed it for your energy, your health, and your life.

Relationships & Faith: Trust What’s in Your Heart

Outside observers, even close friends or partners cannot measure the depth of love, faith, or dedication in your heart. The connection you build with loved ones and your personal spiritual foundation are intimate and real. Don’t let external opinions dictate how deeply you love or how you express your core beliefs.

Professional & Purpose: It’s Okay to Pivot

If you’ve been feeling miserable in your career or daily routine just to appease other people, consider this your permission slip: it is completely okay to change. Staying in a situation that no longer serves your growth or peace isn’t loyalty. It’s self-neglect. Realigning your work with your purpose is one of the highest forms of self-kindness.

Through Kind Eyes

Stop comparing your outcomes to the crowds around you. Give yourself grace for where you’ve been, honor where you are, and step into where you are going.

Today, make a conscious choice: Look at yourself through kind eyes.

Are You Trending

Follow The Crowd or Build Your Own Path

Society’s trends move at breakneck speed. It changes faster than a good night’s sleep. One week it’s a specific diet or workout craze; the next, it’s a lifestyle aesthetic or a must-have wardrobe trend. What’s truly wild isn’t just how fast these trends cycle, but how many of us lose ourselves trying to keep up.

Often, the trends we chase don’t connect to us at all. They don’t align with our personality, our body shape, our natural fitness preferences, or our personal style. And yet, the temptation to follow along remains powerful.

It’s time to pause and ask yourself a crucial question: Are you trending in your own life?

The Cost of Chasing Society’s Mold

When you spend your energy trying to conform to external expectations, you trade authenticity for approval. You adopt habits that feel forced, purchase items that don’t bring genuine value, and follow fitness or wellness routines that leave you drained rather than empowered.

Materialistic trends and temporary hype will always exist, but they rarely contribute to long-term fulfillment or personal peace.

What It Means to “Trend for Yourself”?

Trending for yourself means shifting your focus inward and making choices that genuinely serve your growth, well-being, and identity.

It looks like:

  • Customized Fitness: Choosing movement that energizes your body, honors your current stage of life, and feels good to execute consistently.
  • Authentic Style: Wearing clothes that make you feel confident and comfortable in your own skin, rather than chasing fashion aesthetics that don’t feel like you.
  • Purposeful Priorities: Letting go of materialistic distractions that don’t matter to focus on personal and professional goals that actually align with your vision.
How to Shift Your Focus Today
  • Audit Your Inspirations: Take a look at your daily habits, spending, and routines. Are you doing them because you love them, or because you saw someone else doing them?
  • Release What Doesn’t Fit: Give yourself permission to drop routines, styles, or goals that feel performative or exhausting.
  • Define Your Personal Blueprint: Write down what success, wellness, and style look like on your terms. Make that your standard.
Take Back Your Narrative

You don’t need a viral trend to validate who you are. You are the author of your life, your health, and your happiness.

Shift your focus today, step into your individual power, and build a lifestyle that truly feels like home.

Time to “Free Yourself”

No More Excuses

It’s Friday, a day we usually reserve for looking forward to the weekend, unwinding, and leaving the stress of the workweek behind. But today, I want to invite you to leave behind something much heavier.

I want to encourage you to Free Yourself.

Specifically, I want you to free yourself from the guilt you’ve been carrying. You know the kind I’m talking about. That lingering regret over a past mistake, the feeling that you should be further along, or the heavy burden of trying to please everyone around you.

When you hold onto guilt, it creates a tight clasp on your mindset. It pulls your focus backward while your future is trying to push you forward.

Guilt Sabotages Your Growth

Here is the truth: Guilt is directly affecting the Upcoming Greater You.

You cannot step into the most confident, empowered, and vibrant version of yourself if both of your hands are busy gripping past mistakes. That higher version of you, the person I know you can be, and the person you know you are capable of becoming. This person requires space to breathe and grow.

I Am Challenging You To…… for This Weekend

Forgive yourself, and watch the shifts:

  • Your energy opens up.
  • Your confidence restores.
  • The way you show up in your life, your work, and your relationships transforms.

I am looking forward to seeing that change in you, but more importantly, I want you to experience the relief of feeling lighter.

This Friday, give yourself permission to unhook the weight. Take a deep breath, release the past, and make room for the incredible person you are becoming.

Your Best Changes Daily

And That’s OK

When it comes to fitness and personal goals, it’s easy to fall into the trap of all-or-nothing thinking. If you don’t hit a personal record, complete the entire 60-minute workout, or feel 100% energized, it can feel like a loss.

Here is the truth: Your best today will not look like your best yesterday.

Redefining Your “100%”

Fitness isn’t just about the weight on the bar or the speed on the treadmill—it’s about effort and consistency.

  • High-Energy Days: You smash your goals, set records, and feel invincible. That’s your 100%.
  • Low-Energy Days: You’re tired, but you complete a light walk and stretches instead of quitting. That is ALSO your 100%.

If you give whatever you have available on any given day, the scale rates you at 100% every single time

Whenever you feel like stepping back or making excuses, remember three simple rules:

  1. Rise Up: Decide to start, even when motivation is zero.
  2. Stay Up: Keep your mind focused on growth rather than perfection.
  3. Keep Moving: Small, consistent steps build momentum over time.

Stop waiting for the “perfect” day to work on yourself. Show up, give what you’ve got, and keep going.

You got this.

Beauty & Terror of Evolving

Growth Feels Scary Yet It Is A Must To Ground Into It

We chase change like it’s the ultimate destination. We map out our fitness goals, overhaul our nutrition, optimize our professional daily calendars, and promise ourselves we’re ready for the next level.

But no one really warns you about the quiet room you enter right after the breakthrough.

Whether you’ve just committed to a grueling new full-body workout routine, shifted your nutrition, or stepped into a leadership role that demands a totally new level of authority, true growth brings an unexpected guest: intimidation.

Growth is loud. It shakes the foundations of who you used to be. It forces your mindset to stretch so far past its comfort zone that your inner critic starts screaming, “Are you sure you belong here?”

When the expansion feels too heavy, the secret isn’t to push harder. It’s to look inward. To anchor the expansion of your life, you have to connect your mind, your physical body, and your energetic anatomy.

There Is A Blueprint of Your Internal Power The Chakras

When your external world changes, your internal energy centers. Your chakras can get thrown out of alignment. To stop feeling overwhelmed by your own evolution, you must understand how each energy center connects your mind and body to your growth:

1. Root Chakra (Muladhara) – Center of Stability

  • The Connection: Located at the base of your spine, this is your foundation. When fitness or life changes feel destabilizing, a balanced Root Chakra keeps you safe, secure, and anchored in your physical body.

2. Sacral Chakra (Svadhisthana) – Center of Creativity & Adaptability

  • The Connection: Positioned just below the navel, this governs your emotions and fluid movement. Growth requires emotional agility. Balancing this center allows you to embrace the flow of new nutrition plans or lifestyle shifts without rigid perfectionism.

3. Solar Plexus Chakra (Manipura) – Center of Personal Power

  • The Connection: Located in your upper abdomen, this is the fiery engine of your confidence, discipline, and willpower. It’s the muscle that pushes you through that final rep and gives you the guts to stand tall in your professional worth.

4. Heart Chakra (Anahata) – Center of Love & Self-Compassion

  • The Connection: Situated in the center of your chest, this bridges your physical and spiritual selves. Transforming your life can trigger harsh self-judgment. The Heart Chakra reminds you to extend radical grace and love to yourself while you are a “work in progress.”

5. Throat Chakra (Vishuddha) – Center of Truth & Expression

  • The Connection: Located in the throat, this rules your authentic voice. As you grow, you must speak your boundaries, own your achievements, and vocalize your needs to your community without fear of judgment.

6. Third Eye Chakra (Ajna) – Center of Intuition & Vision

  • The Connection: Positioned between your eyebrows, this is your internal compass. When the day-to-day grind of a new routine clouds your judgment, a clear Third Eye allows you to look past the temporary discomfort and see the grand vision of your future.

7. Crown Chakra (Sahasrara) – Center of Higher Consciousness

  • The Connection: Sitting at the very top of your head, this represents your spiritual connection to the universe and your highest self. It reminds you that your growth isn’t just about physical aesthetics or professional accolades—it is a spiritual evolution.

Turn Inward

The next time your mind spirals over a new challenge, stop running. Step outside, feel the fresh air, look at the sky, and take a deep breath. Bring your awareness back to your body. Run through your energy centers from root to crown. You are not breaking down; you are breaking

The Saturday Shift

Strut, Slay, and Smile Your Way Through the Weekend

Happy Saturday! The work week is officially in the rearview mirror, and the weekend is staring you right in the face. But let’s be honest—how often do we let Saturday just slip by in a blur of endless scrolling or playing catch-up on chores?

Not today. Today, we are shifting the energy.

If you’ve been waiting for a sign to dust yourself off, step into your power, and actually enjoy the life you’re building, this is it. Here is your three-step game plan for the perfect Saturday:

  • Strut: Own your space today. Whether you are putting on your favorite outfit to go absolutely nowhere, hitting the gym, or just walking down the grocery store aisle—do it with confidence. You survived the week. You earned this ground.
  • Slay: Pick one thing today and crush it. It doesn’t have to be a massive career milestone. Slay a killer workout, slay a creative project you’ve been putting off, or simply slay the art of doing absolutely nothing guilt-free.
  • Smile: Joy is a choice, and it looks incredibly good on you. Find something today that makes you genuinely laugh or feel at peace.

It’s Saturday. Let’s do this.