{"id":201,"date":"2012-01-25T13:32:00","date_gmt":"2012-01-25T17:32:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/actionjaxon.wordpress.com\/?p=201"},"modified":"2012-01-25T13:32:00","modified_gmt":"2012-01-25T17:32:00","slug":"health-wealth-and-happiness","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.jacksontejada.com\/blog\/health-wealth-and-happiness\/","title":{"rendered":"Health, Wealth, and Happiness"},"content":{"rendered":"

This week has been off to a good start for out-of-the-box living. I have three new experiences, and the week isn’t even half-done!
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Health
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On Monday, I got myself a personal trainer. This is something else I’ve never done before. I’ve joined gyms before, and I’ve tried Weight Watchers, but the problem I have is a difficulty with internal motivation. I know I have to lose weight and get fit, but DOING anything about it is a whole different thing. This trainer teaches kickboxing and the classes are Monday, Wednesday, and Friday at 6AM. To my surprise, I got up at 5:30 on Monday with minimum complaint (which is also very out of my comfort zone!) and got quite a workout. Today, I went in and managed to twist my ankle five minutes in while I was warming up. Now, if this had happened while I was working out alone, that would have been it for me. I would have called it quits, sat on my couch, and continued to gain weight. My PT, instead, managed to help me with the ankle, and I still got a killer upper body workout. I know this, if I stick with it, will definitely pay off.
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Wealth
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I am now a stockholder in several companies. I’ve never before imagined myself in the stock market, yet here I am. Now the question remains whether I’ll be any good at it. But this is an experience I felt I needed to take. I’ve never really tried putting my money to work for me, and it’s a nerve-wracking decision, definitely not in my comfort zone. Whether it pays off remains to be seen.
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Happiness
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The third out-of-the-box experience of the week will take place today. I am applying for a passport. It seems that once I made the decision to travel, doors have opened that I would never have expected that have made the possibility of international travel a reality. As of now, I’m shooting for an early March trip to Europe. I’ve been out of the country before, but as a child, and then only to Canada and the Dominican Republic. The idea of seeing a whole other continent is mind-blowing!<\/span>\n<\/p>\n

So, there it is. We’re off to a great start, and I can’t wait to see what the rest of this “season” holds!<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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