Hey Chicks,
It’s Wednesday and I have so many things I want to share with you! But since I can only pick one, today’s post is inspired by an amazing chick I know (and the designer of our website!), Marie Poulin.
Over the last year Marie has been an awesome colleague, an amazing designer, great teacher and through alot of our “tech” chats aka her trying to make this fitness chick learn the world of CMS Systems and optimizing your site, a friend. Through this time we have shared quite a bit about of our adventures and personal goals. Last week Marie told me she was finally making her dream a reality: she has sold everything she owns, bought a ticket to Bali for 3 months and is on a journey to uncover her inner fabulousness. Words can not express just how ecstatic I am for her! You can read Marie’s inspiring story here
There is nothing more that exhilarates me than that moment when you know your whole life is about to change. One thing a lot of peeps don’t know about me is that my career started in marketing (even though fitness and health was always my passion) with a steady future on climbing the corporate ladder. I had a great job with a multi-national hotel chain, a super supportive boss (and now my mentor!), lots of trips to our head office in Beverly Hills, amazing experiences through my job (like seeing the incredible Bill Clinton speak on his work on the fight against AIDS in Africa, rebuilding houses in New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina and being at the Beverly Hilton during the Golden Globes), fabulous hotels, expense accounts (aka lots of yummy dinners at expensive restaurants that I could not afford!) and an amazing learning ground in business.
The determined look I get in my eye..and nothing can stop me:)
But I felt empty. I was in Los Angeles sitting in a gorgeous boardroom that overlooked the Hollywood sign, pitching a marketing program to the Executive Vice President when I had my huge “A-Ha” moment…this was not the life for me. It did not excite me or make me feel alive. I was at a crossroads: stay with what was comfortable OR take the road less travelled. I left that meeting knowing that I had to turn what I loved into my life. I grabbed my guts, my best friend (who had the same feelings on her life) and I traded my suit for sweats! A lot of hard work, sleepless nights and A TON of sweat (literally!), the rest has been an amazing “FIT CHICKS” history…and while it may not sound as glamorous as my past life and was the scariest leap into the unknown, it was the first time in my life I felt like things started to feel right. I wouldn’t change a moment (even the bad parts!). I literally wake up everyday thankful that I am doing what I love and can wear comfy workout clothes while I do it!
So as I had mentioned in one of my last posts that I had big things in store for 2012. To follow in Marie’s footsteps, here are some of my goals for this year:
HEAD CHICKS LAURA’S 2012 GOALS
- Hike the basecamp of Mt Everest in Nepal in November
- Wear high heels once a month (I have never embraced my height of 5’10 so its time!)
- Get certified as a Level 2 Kickboxing Instructor
- Teach a business workshop to young women
- Visit 2 provinces in Canada that I have yet to go (East coast here I come!)
- Start writing a book of my crazy adventures
- See my nieces more often..even though they think Auntie Laura is crazy!
- Complete the Spartan Sprint (I have already signed up Amanda and I on June 3rd)
- To ….wait I don’t think that one is blog appropriate 😉
There is a poem by Robert Frost that I love called “The Road Not Taken” . My favorite part is
Two roads diverged in a wood, and I-- I took the one less traveled by, And that has made all the difference.
So chicks, it may not be as big as a trip to Bali or leaving your job to start a whole new career but it’s time to think about what YOU really want out of this year and I would love for you to share it with us! You might have to find it by taking the road less travelled but I promise it is worth it 🙂
Good Luck, Marie – all our FC Luv is with you!
Your head chick,
Laura xo
