{"id":3598,"date":"2012-01-25T15:31:21","date_gmt":"2012-01-25T23:31:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.fitchicks.ca\/blog\/?p=3598"},"modified":"2012-01-25T15:31:21","modified_gmt":"2012-01-25T23:31:21","slug":"wellness-wednesday-would-you-take-the-road-less-travelled","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.fitchicks.ca\/blog\/2012\/01\/wellness-wednesday-would-you-take-the-road-less-travelled\/","title":{"rendered":"Wellness Wednesday – Would you take the road less travelled?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Hey Chicks,<\/p>\n

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<\/strong> (and the designer of our website!), Marie Poulin<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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.\u00a0 Through this time we have shared quite a bit about of our adventures and personal goals.\u00a0 Last week Marie told me she was finally making her dream a reality<\/strong>:\u00a0 she has sold everything she owns, bought a ticket to Bali for 3 months and is on a journey to uncover her inner fabulousness.\u00a0\u00a0Words can not express just how ecstatic I am for her!\u00a0 You can read Marie’s inspiring story here<\/a><\/p>\n

There is nothing more that exhilarates me than that moment when you know your whole life\u00a0is about to change<\/strong>.\u00a0 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)\u00a0with a steady future on climbing the corporate ladder.\u00a0 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\u00a0being 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!)\u00a0and an amazing learning ground in business.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\"Dream<\/a>

The determined look I get in my eye..and nothing can stop me:)<\/p><\/div>\n

But I felt empty. I was in Los Angeles\u00a0sitting in a gorgeous boardroom that overlooked the Hollywood sign,\u00a0pitching a marketing program\u00a0to the Executive Vice President when I had my huge “A-Ha” moment…this was not the life for me.\u00a0<\/strong>It did not excite me or make me feel alive.\u00a0I was at a crossroads: stay with\u00a0what was comfortable\u00a0OR<\/span> take the road less travelled.\u00a0I left that meeting knowing that I had to turn what I loved into my life.\u00a0I grabbed my guts, my best friend (who had the same\u00a0feelings on her life)\u00a0and\u00a0I traded my suit for sweats!\u00a0A lot of hard work, sleepless nights and\u00a0A\u00a0TON of sweat (literally!),\u00a0the rest has been an amazing “FIT CHICKS” history<\/a>…and while it may not sound as glamorous as my past life and was the scariest leap into the unknown,\u00a0it was the first time in my life I felt like things started to feel right.\u00a0I wouldn’t change a\u00a0moment (even the bad parts!).\u00a0 I literally wake up everyday thankful that I am doing what I love and can wear comfy workout clothes <\/a>while I do it!<\/p>\n

So as\u00a0I had mentioned in one of my last posts that I had big things in store for 2012<\/a>. To follow in Marie’s footsteps, here are some of my goals for this year:<\/p>\n

HEAD CHICKS LAURA’S 2012 GOALS<\/h3>\n
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  1. Hike the basecamp of Mt Everest in Nepal<\/a> in November<\/li>\n
  2. Wear high heels once a month (I have never embraced my height of 5’10 so its time!)<\/li>\n
  3. Get certified as a Level 2 Kickboxing Instructor<\/li>\n
  4. Teach a business workshop to young women<\/li>\n
  5. Visit 2 provinces in Canada that I have yet to go (East coast here I come!)<\/li>\n
  6. Start writing a book of my crazy adventures<\/li>\n
  7. See my nieces more often..even though they think Auntie Laura is crazy!<\/li>\n
  8. Complete the Spartan Sprint<\/a> (I have already signed up Amanda and I on June 3rd)<\/li>\n
  9. To ….wait I don’t think that one is blog appropriate \ud83d\ude09<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    There is a poem by Robert Frost that I love called “The Road Not Taken” <\/a>.\u00a0My favorite part is<\/p>\n

    Two roads diverged in a wood, and I--\nI took the one less traveled by,\nAnd that has made all the difference.<\/pre>\n
    So chicks, it may not be as big as a trip to\u00a0Bali 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<\/a>\u00a0and I would love for you to share it with us!\u00a0 You might have to find it by taking the road less travelled but I promise it\u00a0is worth it\u00a0\ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n
    Good Luck, Marie – all our FC Luv is with you!<\/p>\n
    Your head chick,<\/p>\n
    Laura xo<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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