I got hit this New Year with a little bit of reality. The reality that I am not invincible. Even though I am 24 and am always physically active and having fun and of course, never sick, I came down with a fever on new years day and had it for 48 hours. I am still recovering today(2 days later. . . ) but am feeling much better. A good reminder to listen to your body.
About a week ago I woke up with a pretty big head ache and brushed it off, trying to figure out why I was so achy, I went to work, worked out and even went out with some friends for a movie. Waking up the next few days with this same head ache and still could not figure out what it was from, I decided to convince myself that what I was feeling was a hangover. Yeah, I had 2 beers the night before with dinner, maybe that's why I have this bad headache, I just need to work it off and I'll feel much better. Yeah, I told myself, that sounds right. . . Come New Years Eve, I still had this head ache and after watching the ball drop at midnight and promptly falling asleep, I woke up New Years day feeling even worse. This time I was even more convinced it was a hangover, I told myself, "I had a couple glasses of champagne last night and I don't normally drink champagne that's probably why, yeah that's for sure why. . . " So I went about my day like normal, hanging on the beach for a bit and going to work at Lululemon in the afternoon. But no more than a couple hours into work I started getting really cold and even shivering and everybody else in the store was totally fine. I was feeling really hot but still shivering and feeling really cold, my head felt like it was jumbling in my skull and it finally hit me. . .
My body has been trying to tell me to slow down and take it easy, and I had refused to listen. I now had a fever and my body knew something was wrong the whole time.
I had several opportunities to listen to my body while it was trying to fight off whatever sickness was trying to take a hold of me and several times I chose to not listen, or even just tried to make up my own reasoning for why I felt certain ways. Even though I pride myself on my ability to live and lead a healthy lifestyle, I am still human and I am not always able to practice what I preach, but I am constantly learning from my mistakes and hopefully I can help others learn from my experiences as well.
I am not here to tell you that if you feel a certain way for a couple hours or even a day then you should stay in bed and rest for a couple days and I am not here to tell you that you should push through some rough sickness because it'll make you stronger.
You know your body better than anyone else does and you body knows itself best. So I am telling you to listen to your body and that means YOU know what is best for you. Once you starting practicing the art of listening you start to get better and start understanding what your body is telling you, whether that is that you need more rest, that you should push through it, that you should cut back on a certain food, that you should eat more of another food, etc. . . Whatever it is, being intentional and practicing this will only make YOU better!
What a better way to start practicing listening to your body than joining the Whole Life Challenge this Month for 56 days of listening and understanding your body!
My Favorite Adventure of 2016
Last week I asked you to share your favorite adventure of 2016 and this week I want to share my favorite!
In February of this past year myself along with 3 of my buddies Ray, Sean, and Yash embarked on our first adventure to the Island of Oahu in Hawaii. We stayed for a week and did as much as we could possibly think of and did the same for where we slept. We did things like surf the north shore at Haleiwa and the south shore at Diamond head. We jumped off the cliffs at china walls and snorkled at hanamana bay. We slept in the car one night, and in hammocks another night. We played music in a garage on the windward side and climbed cliffs on the west side. We found and opened coconuts (like cavemen) and lounged in hammocks all day. We went to old school diners and Surfing The Nations, "Surfers Church".
This trip was definitely one of epic proportions and all done with a pretty awesome group of guys. I still fall way short of the awesomeness of this trip so to make up for some of that I want to share some photos that were taken along the way. Enjoy!
All photos from this trip were taken by Sean Graves also known as @SuedeSilver
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