Keep Calm

 Something I feel like I've noticed as I continue to grow older and experience new things is that the less I care about petty things, the more I learn from the things that actually matter. In my case these things can range from situations at work, in my friendships, relationships, in the gym or even the random things that happen to fall in there somewhere from time to time. 

Yesterday, for the first time, double unders just clicked. I'm sure many of you have had these moments, in and outside the gym, where something you put so much pressure on for so long just happens. And even better, it happened when I had just completely relaxed and not worried about it. I am naturally an anxious person and its amazing that when I let myself just relax, that's when I PR and when I don't give up on a skill or weight. 

It bleeds into my workplace as well; I work in sales and have to be confident in myself and what I am selling over the phone and through e-mail. For months, I freaked out before every phone call, read over every email 5000 times and then one day it just clicked. I let myself relax and just trusted in the knowledge I had.

The most interesting thing about this for is that we have this "skill" as children and somewhere along the way we forget. The two girls below are some awesome crossfit kids I love hanging out with and they fear NOTHING. It's so refreshing to see that and remind ourselves to not let our stress and anxiety affect our performance in every area of our life. So relax and PR at the gym and in your life!

KCCO (Keep Calm Crossfit On)

(giggling to myself as I change the chive's words around...glad I can make myself laugh)

Sunset after my first ever open water swim!