Work, Side Quest, Work

I've literally written like 6 drafts over the last couple weeks, always intending on publishing them to update you all, but then one of my Brain Squirrels gets me on some side quest and I get pulled away.

I'm good at my day job. Like really kinda great at my day job. Which makes me giggle, because up until a few years ago my job wasn't even legal. I haven't mentioned what my actual job title is because there's still some stigma attached to it. I'd be surprised if you haven't guessed yet.

But honestly it's 2024 and I should stop being so nervous about being open and vulnerable with people.

I work at a cannabis dispensary. I'm a budtender working with a company who was the first in the canna industry in the state of Michigan once it went legal.

And I'm fucking great at my job.

I've had this job for a little over a month now, and I've gotten a commendation from corporate for being lead in sales and getting the most customer service mentions in customer reviews. And I'm not even trying yet. I'm just sharing the information I've gleaned from nerding out on herbalism.

So here I am, building workout programs on my days off, and helping legal adults access quality cannabis products during the day. I end up being so busy it's hard to update here! But I'm so close to finishing up the Boobie Support program, I'll have it available in a few weeks as a pdf purchase- I have to fine tune some details before I can do videos.

It's been a different kind of challenge, learning how to juggle my day job with my personal life and family, and the little routines I've built. I've had to adapt a lot of those routines to bend around my work life. It's been tricky to say the least.

But what I've learned about how I perceive obstacles is that I need to feel it out, but not stress it out. I need to just lean into the moment and take it day by day and allow myself the chance to be tired, and rest. But I also need to feel in control of my schedule, so unless I feel overwhelmed or like I'm dying, I'm still making time for my workouts or some version of intentional movement every day.

For the last 2 weeks this has looked like strength training with weights 3-4x a week, and walking or yoga or both the rest of the time. With my new job, I'm easily getting 10k steps a day! I feel like such a busy bee.

And fuck am I hungry. All the damn time, I'm HUNGRY with all this running around. I'm so grateful for all I learned in building the Battle Body Cook Book, because I would really be struggling. I've been meal prepping my ass off with my new work schedule so I'm always eating nutrient dense foods to keep my energy going and still hitting my protein needs for my workouts. Last week I had salmon burgers for lunch, I brought in Birria for my coworkers to check out, and I managed to lose 4lbs the week I started my period! In what universe, right?!

Meanwhile I'm trying to get my property up for sale, save money for housing, follow up on my kids and their homeschooling journey as it switches out of my control and into my husband's, and still find the chance to do fun stuff with them whenever I can.

Pretty sure this is my Goddess Era, because how else could I possibly do it all, and still feel genuinely fantastic about it? Exactly.