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Anti-Climactic Birthday

This weekend (Saturday) I “celebrated” my 34th birthday. I use the word celebrate really loosely here, because in reality… it was probably the most boring birthday ever. In past years for my birthday I would get up super early to give myself the gift of running. But not this year… …

My Feelings (I’m Not Terrible)

Yesterday I put up a post and then after some feedback I received, I proceeded to pull it down… as well as every single post on my pregnancy.  I strongly considered closing up this entire site and I questioned my entire validity as a person.  I seriously thought that I …

Resolution Ready

Well, I’m finally ready to come up with my New Year’s Resolution.  I’m grumpy so far this year… it’s been hard to come up with something.  But I feel that these two things are going to be really good for me. 1. Don’t eat breakfast and lunch at my desk …

Finding Some Peace

Sometimes life throws you a curve-ball.  And sometimes that curve-ball hits you smack in the head*, leaving you dazed, confused, bewildered and angry. That’s how I’ve been feeling for almost a month now. Dazed, confused, bewildered and angry at the curve-ball that  hit me pretty hard. Those feelings aren’t that healthy, especially considering I’m …

I Like The Runner

When I was younger, I was not really physically active.  As a kid I would rather curl up with a book than exercise.  In middle school I loathed PE class.  By the time I was in high school, I was content being a band geek.   College was consumed with …

Authentically Jill

The voice behind this blog… it’s mine. I write the content.  And I make the decisions. And I make the mistakes.  It’s my stomping grounds and just like almost anything in this online world, if someone doesn’t like it they are welcome to surf away to another site or close …

Mental Health Month

In 1949 Congress designated May as Mental Health Month.  (That’s in addition to it being Skin Cancer Awareness Month!)  Anyway, the purpose of the designation is to illustrate the importance of mental health issues to the overall health and well-being of American citizens. The phrase “mental health” has a lot …

Find Your Strong

Saucony is branching out with a huge new campaign under the tagline “Find Your Strong”.  Just the phrase alone invokes positive images for me.  They’ll be hitting up print media, but also playing a big part with social media and their first ever television commercial: The commercial doesn’t speak to …

Revisiting Resolutions

Plum Blossoms 2009It’s a new quarter in 2011, how are you doing with your New Year Resolutions? In order to keep your progress on track it is valuable to take a look at your goals; revisit, re-evaluate and revise (if needed)!
Also, I check back in on my 2011 resolutions to see where I stand thus far.

Nurturing Words

If you’ve been reading my site for any length of time… you’ve probably figured out that I am pretty damn hard on myself.  I am a people pleaser, but that means that I often forget to please myself in that process.  I have frequently tried to be “everything to everyone” …