Choose to see the GOOD! 

I remember feeling self conscious about my body after having my second baby. I started training for a marathon 8wks postpartum and my body still didn't feel like mine. While on one of my training runs I started to have a bunch of negative thoughts pop into my mind about all the things I needed to change. Things about my body, my life, my routine, my parenting... 

Immediately running and everything about what I was doing started to feel daunting and hard. I no longer felt the joy that being outside and moving my body gave me. I noticed the downward spiral that was happening and told myself to focus on the good. 

I chose to think about the fact that my body created a whole baby, I had two beautiful healthy kids, I was outside moving my body, I have a loving and supportive husband, I was getting stronger little by little and I was training for a freaking marathon! Immediately I had a mindset shift. I felt the joy seep back into my being. 

I want to remember to always "choose to see the good". Life is complicated, there are so many struggles and hardships. I want to focus on the good parts - the things I'm grateful for. It doesn't mean I don't and won't have hard days but I want to work on seeing those days through a different lens.