"It may feel tough right now, but stay focused to what truly matters..." - Karen Maze

"What you value, you invest in." - Sean Whalen

Image: Rosie Chee

ROAR at the world. Let them know your intentions. Release into the wild your dreams. Make everything POSSIBLE. BELIEVE that everything is possible...One year is coming to a close. Time has passed for all that you wanted to accomplish in this chapter. But time has not stopped and will open the door to a "new world"...where time continues to move. FORWARD. And it wants YOU to move with it. It wants you to TOUCH your dreams. It wants you to see the world in your mind as your REALITY...it is time to make that HAPPEN. It is time to get deadly serious. It is time to go "BEAST MODE" and crush each step taken so that you have NO choice but to move FORWARD...set your eyes only AHEAD. Envision so vividly you cannot imagine anything ELSE what you want the next chapter of your life to hold. Now go out there and CREATE it!


Words: © Rosie Chee

"Returning" to yourself will bring criticism from others, accusations of "selfish" from those who always benefitted from your kind heart. Ignore it. You (and your "true blue" tribe) know your truth and understand the importance of the time being taken. Others will always have an opinion of who and what you should be, what you should be doing or living for, and it is just that - opinions and nothing more. It may not be an easy course, and such times may feel "worse before it gets better", but stay strong and true to your soul...for you.

Words: © 2018 Rosie Chee

Image 1 (Words): Brooke Hampton

Image 2 (Words): Kristin Lohr

We really do make
the things we want work out one
way or another

Haiku © 2017 Rosie Chee

Photo by: Dominique Vien

MOTIVATIONAL OF THE DAY


YOUR LOSS


One day you'll realize
you lost the best thing
you could ever have
while you were busy
chasing after everything else.


© 2016 Rosie Chee

MOTIVATIONAL OF THE DAY


PRIORITIES


If I do not see or want it in my future, I will not spend my energy on it. It's that simple.


© 2016 Rosie Chee

2012 | Day 292: SAY "YES" TO YOU

MOTIVATIONAL OF THE DAY

SAY "YES" TO YOU

You have had something on your heart for a long time now. Something that should been done when you FIRST recognized it, but never was because you were too busy taking care of everyone else and their needs, ignoring your own in a misplaced sense of loyalty. But now that something is of PARAMOUNT importance to do, for such a deep-seated desire does not get laid on one’s heart for no reason, and it’s time to start thinking about your OWN health and happiness, to begin doing what will be BEST for you.

First, you must learn to be SELFISH. Hard for those who always put others before themselves, who have taken care of everyone else all their life and neglected themselves until they could no longer ignore the warning signals inside. Being selfish we all need to be sometimes, for if we do not take care of ourselves we are NOT going to be in any position to be of service to others. We also need to realize that when WE are healthy and happy, then we are better equipped to create POSITIVE impact in others’ lives.

You are at the point where you can no longer ignore that desire, when it MUST be taken care of before all else, not just because it should have been done, but because if it is NOT, you will never be able to live your life as completely as you were meant to. You WANT to become ALL you have the potential and power to be, and to do that this must be DONE. You have made the decision and now it is time to ACT on it, creating the reality that you have sought in your heart for a long time.

Realize that saying “no” to everyone else and their needs for a time is NOT bad, for not only must they learn to start taking care of themselves and not rely on draining you of everything you have and are to keep them satisfied, but you need to start thinking of YOU and YOUR best interests. Life changes and we change with it and that change should constantly be making us into something BETTER than we are. To become better, you have to know what you NEED to do to reach that next level and just DO it, no matter the cost.

There is ALWAYS going to be a cost to doing what must be done, but that is nothing compared to what will be if you do NOT move. Your life is your own, so start allowing it to be. Start allowing yourself to LIVE. Start allowing that glimpse of happiness to become a ray of hope that spreads throughout your being, into all corners of your soul and life. Start allowing that inner voice to say “YES” to yourself, accepting that you must in order for your life to truly move FORWARD.

© 2012 Rosie Chee

Day 249: Putting things in Perspective

Training

HIIT Cardio:
a. 4 min easy
b. 8 x 20 sec effort/10 sec easy
c. 8 x 60 sec effort/30 sec easy

Gym - Shoulders (30 sec recovery between alternate sets):
Alternate Set A -
1. Behind-the-Neck BB Military Press 4 x 12, 10, 8, 6
2. Lateral Raises 4 x 12
Alternate Set B -
3. BB Military Press 4 x 12, 10, 8, 6
4. Lateral Raises 4 x 12
Alternate Set C -
5. Clean and Press 4 x 12
6. Abs Superset 4 x [a. ab rollout x 8, b. ab vacuum (on knees) x 4]

Post-Weights Cardio 20 min.

Posing Practice 15 min.

Stretch 21 min.

Comments

Sleep - Time and Quality: Still on New Zealand time if I sleep.

Mood/Aggression: Mixed moods today.

Energy: A bit blah and not really feeling like doing anything, but having the energy for doing what I have to and anything else I might want to.

Mental Focus and Clarity: Living with a mind that rarely turns off can be exhausting.

Metabolism: Good.

Appetite: High - WTF???

Stress: High.

Libido: High - best make use of it to relieve a bit of stress.

Endurance: Excellent.

Strength: Good.

Pump: Great pump during both resistance session and posing practice.

Vascularity: Stronger through right side of my body than my left - interesting. Seeing more noticeable through chest, delts, and arms.

Quality of Training: HIIT was good. From now on, though, it's cool enough to do it outside - sprinting! . . . Resistance session caused some pain, with interesting clicks and pops going on, but it was nothing serious . . . Took posing practice up another level . . .

Recovery: Feel mentally drained. Physically I'm ok.

Body Composition and Look: Noticed during posing practice that from the front, my right upper traps are definitely bigger than my left (that shoulder is also lower though, because of my scoliosis, so that could be it). My left side shows more definition than my right, appearing leaner, but my right side is slightly more developed, I think.

Other Effects: Still thirsty. Not as hot, though.

Other Notes: Been keeping in touch with my family - they're all safe, thank God, after the devastation in Christchurch from the earthquake (I have a lot of family there, albeit no immediate family) . . . I have a tendency not to know when enough is ENOUGH, OVERfilling my plate - it's no wonder that my body has given up on me at least once a year for the last three years - and I have to STOP. Training, several jobs, and full-time study are starting to take a small toll on me mentally, so I've been taking some time to prioritize everything, It's hard letting go of some things, but there are times when it HAS to be done, and hopefully from now on things will be a bit more manageable . . .