Life Updates and a Kombucha-Fueled Brainstorm

Dearest readers,

Happy Sunday! It is 10:33pm as I begin today’s post while sipping on “Trilogy”-flavored Kombucha. I’m sitting inside the local grocery store’s café section and have thirty minutes to churn out this post before getting kicked out (well, my best friend Allan is the store manager, maybe he’ll let me stay a bit longer).

Anyway, I thought I’d give you guys a little life update. My life has been a dynamic tapestry of rich experiences and pursuits I am deeply passionate about. I am building Venture True Wellness and refining this website so it can be out of beta mode by end of this month, doing market research and business planning for everything going behind this wellness platform, which I hope to build into an empire one day. A place people can find resources and tools they need to live healthy and balanced lives.

A Week in the Life

The beginning of this week was a classic example of an ADHD / bipolar hypomanic brain in action. I still have my core teaching commitments, but I’ve scaled back my teaching schedule significantly, teaching only three classes a day, max, so I’d have more time for my businesses. I try to get all my teaching done in the morning so I have the rest of the day for deep work. Typically, I’ll teach in the morning until 11am, then drive to Google for lunch, and hole up in my designated work spot– a long table outside under a big tree– and cycle between business planning, blog post writing, podcast outreach, reading, and memoir/poetry book writing. I focus on one task for a bit of time, maybe in 30 minute chunks, before my bingo-brain takes a turn and switches gears to another task, and on and on I go like this for several hours until my brain says, “It’s time to rest.” Then I’ll go to the fitness studio and create new dance and Yoga2Music choreography, which doubles as my workout of the day.

I took a little time off this weekend to relax and take a step back from my businesses so that I don’t burn out. That’s always a struggle for me– holding back in the name of balance. I used to spurn balance as a snowflakey construct for the weak-willed, but now I realize how important it is to maintain longevity and ensure that you don’t abandon projects as quickly as you start them.

I’m also navigating the beautiful waters of a new romance. This one is probably the healthiest relationship I’ve been in, despite the circumstances we met under. He communicates his feelings openly, is not afraid to ask the hard questions, and constantly checks in on me to see how I’m feeling about the whole thing. He cares about me and told me, “I really don’t want to hurt you.” I think he meant it. I won’t talk too much about him just yet, but I am pretty happy with the way things are going.

Goals for the Upcoming Week

Some goals for this upcoming week:

• Fix my sleep schedule. In part because of this new romance, I’ve been staying out much later than I usually do to meet up with him. But this week I have some new early morning commitments that demand I go to bed no later than 11pm (even now, I’m pushing it). Goal of this week is to be in bed by 11pm and up by 6:45am.
• Run for 20 minutes in the morning. Nothing better than waking up, jumping in the cold shower, strapping on my sneakers, and hitting a quick cardio burst out in nature to get the blood flowing to my brain and releasing yummy endorphins.
• Focus on ONE THING AT A TIME, as opposed to 5 or 6 things in short bursts. Go deep, rather than horizontal. That’s the key to getting a business up and running. And within that business there are a lot of working parts, so you definitely won’t get bored.
• Have FUN. Remind myself that starting a company is as much thrilling as it is difficult. There is no guarantee of success, but I will try my very hardest to turn my visions into reality.

Thank you guys for following my journey in entrepreneurship. I’ve found my calling as a leader in wellness and hope you guys find value in this platform. Fitness. Mental health conversations. Safe space for emotional expression. There’s a little bit of everything for anyone who wants to invest in their mental-emotional-physical well-being. If you’re reading, I’m so glad you’re here. Have a blessed night.