Since I started my fitness journey last year .I really wanted to work on my endurance and grit for long periods.
And I’ve seen people who’ve built up and grown so much in their fitness journey and put so many activities and have really tried one marathon as a realistic goal.
Like, I remember one of the famous movies, I’m not sure. It has something to do with a famous boxer or a person in training. When a person runs up the stairs and then cheers as they reach their goal.
I wanna try to do that. Maybe running a 5k marathon or hiking up a big trail like a mini mountain to reach the top or finish line and look down and say…
Yeah, I did it.
And since I’ve always been sedentary and put some workouts in my routines, I’ve never tried running a marathon as a nice fitness goal, and running as an activity so that could be something I can try for the first time.
If you had a million dollars to give away, who would you give it to?
If I had a million dollars to give away first of all, that would be great. And I would bless and thank God.
But I would give it to those people who could have a second chance.
People’s journeys come to a standstill, and they don’t know what to do. The most important factor in any place is having money. So you can do what you aspire to do.
Not a lot of people have that.
For instance, like homeless people who lost everything. But still want a second chance at pursuing their dream and having the ability of a good income to be okay.
Like convicts that have done something wrong, horrible even due to their previous circumstances and have suffered the consequences. They’re in a dark tunnel and don’t have the light when they’re released back into society. It’s good to help those who are looking for a second chance to help, not only for the public, but also for themselves and become part of the working environment.
Like helping the people who need financial aid in their higher education, because money is always an issue when trying to pay off a student loan or trying to pay for tuition. So you can try something new or something that you wish to be. It’s a good stepping stone to make sure that they’re truly financed with the learning opportunity to grow to begum the next generation’s good leaders.
I’d like to give the money for those type of people who deserve a second chance.
Share a lesson you wish you had learned earlier in life.
As a kid, I wouldn’t say I was too pressured.
But I did not get the grades in the subjects that my parents approved of….
There would be harsh and negative judgment and that caused me to put so much pressure and be hard and critical in my own self-reflection.
So much so, when I got a bad grade like a C or B- in grade school to college. I would cry for an hour and say such horrible things to myself. I would want to control the outcome and when things didn’t go my way, it would feel like the end of my life.
Like…I’m so stupid, Why can’t I get this right, I have no brain 😔
The instant experience or action that led to a change was in 2024. When I was depressed for a couple after I failed a big exam and others passed. I put such a comparison and felt stupid because it was a familiar subject and I couldn’t remember from college after the pandemic.
Then my brother told me to take a trip for my self-care and get into a new environment and erase everything and live in the moment.
So I did, it was the best decision. It was like a refresh and when I got back home. I googled what I can listen to for self-care and change. Because I was not in a good state of mind, I decided to focus and start a lifestyle journey that I am still continuing.
My first 2 podcasts that helped me so much even today.
Mel Robbins
Jay Shetty
2 Quotes that helped change my thought process and still help me today.
I may not be perfect, but I am worthy – Mel Robbins
Mel Robbins discusses in her podcasts, in a lot of episodes that chasing perfection is a trap that prevents true progress and acceptance of oneself.
I took that into account because I am a people pleaser and it was for other people I needed to be perfect, and set an amazing standard that I didn’t accept myself, no one can be good or excel at everything.
The externals will never be perfect, and the goal isn’t perfection. Life is not going to go your way. You have to go your way and take life with you. Understanding this will help you be prepared for whatever may come – Jay Shetty
After hearing that on many of his podcasts episodes with experts I psychology and human behavior.
I really sat with myself. Everyone’s life has its ups and downs and you cannot control everything in life, you can only control yourself, your actions, and make yourself happy.
I am still reminding myself because as I go through the stressful and bad times, I forget. So I just write it down and remind myself what I can control and grateful for.
Well, it’s a typical summer day when the sun is shining, but a little bit different…
As before I would not have woken up so early to exercise, trying to get motivated by going for a bit of a walk and having a little bit of a proper routine.
It’s a bit typical, but sometimes I’m trying to work on adding a little bit of new activity or mindset each day. Either learn a new fact or do something that I haven’t done before.
For instance, I never really went for a walk in the morning, even though I was a little bit inside, I stretched my legs.
Also never really spent outside, mostly since I have a hybrid job, but I’m trying to spice up the typical day.
What strategies do you use to maintain your health and well-being?
Mental Health is something I did not consider important, until 3 years ago I got wiser and had a lot of personal factors….something that took me to a very low point in my life and I didn’t know how to get out.
So I just thought and searched online what is something I can do to improve my mornings and not feel depressed….
And some strategies that I found out…
1. Try and make a routine to help lessen the load. With mornings and evenings.
2. Add small healthy habits slowly to help your mental and physical well-being.
3. Exercise although tiring and hard at first can go a long way and helps…
4. Don’t wait to start something or learn something new just do it.
5. Meditation and time to yourself is a very important factor that is healthy to add.
6. Journaling your thoughts, fears, aspirations, anger, joy, sadness, and happiness is a good outlet to release stress
7. Planning out meals brought a new joy and improved my mental health because I don’t feel the need to rush or stuck in confusion.
8. Take a break during the day…too much time on one or multiple things will lead to burnout.
I am still reading and looking at some more good advice to add to help me but I still keep on trying. 🙂
Well, since traveling to 2 places for the first time out in the world…
One is Punta Cana, Dominican Republic. Wonderful place and will definitely go to take a trip back in the future.
Second was Cuba, a budget-friendly place that had beautiful weather, but it will take a different accommodation to make me go back.
That being said, I would like to visit more tropical places and areas of historical value and learn about the culture around the world.
If I were to write down a list…
Jamacia
Spain
Italy
Switzerland
Fiji
Barbados
Maldives
Japan (Tokyo, Kyoto, Osaka)
Bali
Bora-Bora
Dubai
China (Great Wall)
Machu Pichu
Cape Town
Tanzania
Florida – Need on trip to Disneyland at least once
London
Barcelona
Sydney, Australia
Paris France
Around the World
It’s a bit of a long list but I really would love to see you around the world and learn more.
I would try probably for some budget-friendly as I am right now.
But I pray and believe that step by step, I can get the chance to visit those places and even more across the world.
I’m even interested in going and traveling around where I live right now in Canada.
Because for 25 years, I haven’t even seen around the country where I was born. So for starters, I would love to see the great Baniff Park. How about taking a trip to see Vancouver?
Take a trip to Montreal, see the culture of Quebec City, and even some of the Northwest Territories, or a little bit up in Calgary, just for a change.
Modern technology has grown so much over the century…
It has done a lot of good in the world. But it also has done a bit of bad, in more physical and mental aspects.
Technology is a wonderful tool.
But it can take away from real connections that were once there previously.
As I was a kid and I got on the bus, people were laughing, even strangers talking to each other and it was interesting. With meeting new people and having fun or any experience.
Now, as an adult and 2025…
I get on a bus, and everybody’s glued to their phones.
Either looking at them for thirty minutes straight or it’s just mindless doom scrolling on social media.
Even my parents can’t put down the phone to acknowledge my presence while doom-scrolling Facebook videos and looks at them all tge time during social events.
And then I get home and you know, they can’t even look me straight for 5 minutes.
So I would change a little bit about modern society may be more attentiveness.
Put in a smartphone feature where the phone is not active until two or three hours of the day have passed.
And even when you go to bed just so that the moments that are meant to be shared are more meaningful.
How I always expressed my gratitude, it’s something that I didn’t really pay attention before until I really got a hard look and heard a very good work famous motivation video from Steve Harvey that really changed my objective of thinking.
One thing that I always express my gratitude is by praying in the morning and at night, and I express gratitude for even the smallest things that I have right now.
Another thing that I’ve started is my new habit is writing down affirmations.
Both of them help my mental health and my attitude in the morning and when I go to bed at night, which is one of the most important times for a good day to start and end.
The Quiet Bloom 