

I knew I had to become a 24-hour athlete again, which meant saying goodbye to drinking wine every night and returning to a healthy lifestyle. He didn’t have the look of ‘greatness’ in him on my board – he had the look of wanting to be great. Looking at Adrian Peterson on my board every day, I could see the determination in his eyes to come back even stronger from his injury. From this point on, I felt so motivated, driven, and directed towards what I want to achieve, as these goals were always on my mind, even subconsciously. I had never stopped and thought about what I really wanted out of myself, and actually taking a moment away from my crazy life to recognize my goals finally brought my aspirations to life.

What I didn’t realize was that simply making this board was the first step to putting my dreams into action. While this might seem like a random assortment to throw on a dream board, the big themes here are that I wanted to find success (i) in the gym, (ii) in my career, and (iii) in my personal life.

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I’d been throwing myself a pity party, and so I asked my best friend, Google, how to get some good juju in my life after I had hit a rough patch, both athletically and personally (that’s another story). And believe me: after staring at my fat, disgusting, oozing surgery scar, I was in a dark, dark (and very bored) place. If you’re wondering what possesses a girl to set out and make something quirky like a dream board, I made this right after I tore my Achilles tendon my sophomore year of college.
