Happy Friday, friends! Even though I had Monday off (it was my Birthday!), it’s felt like an incredibly long week. Things were busy, the weather was crazy and I’ve had an annoying, lingering sinus headache for literally three days now. So to say that I’m already looking forward to crawling into bed early tonight with a fresh episode of New Girl would be pretty accurate.
Since quitting the big socials (FB & IG), I felt inspired to show up here old school weekly roundup style. I hope that’s okay.
It only took 34 years, but I know how tall I am now.
On Sunday night, after a night around a friend’s fire pit and one (yes, I said one) cocktail, we pulled out the tape measure. I know, things get rowdy in your mid-thirties. Don’t be jealous. But after years of being completely unsure how tall I actually am (this is stemming off the two year period where I really didn’t know my age), we decided to get downright technical. Turns out, I’m just about 5’2 exactly. This is information you didn’t ask for. You have it now. You’re welcome.
The right message at the right time.
If you know me at all, you know I don’t have notifications turned on for anything on my phone. Unless it’s a text or a phone call, nothing is getting through. But about 1.5 years ago, when I was in a particularly tough place emotionally, I turned the push notifications on for my Bible app. And I have to say, more often than not, I’m served the exact message I need in the mornings. And this particular message was definitely needed this week.
Run, Joey. Run!
Color me surprised. I’ve been running (and I use that term very loosely) since 2013. It started with the C25K app, and I landed somewhere in the land of a comfortable 2ish miles every other day since. I’ve definitely taken extended periods of time off from running, and I fell out of love with it when we moved to Wake Forest. (Our neighborhood is especially hilly and I hate it.) A friend of mine told me about the Galloway method years ago, but I never really tried it. And then Katie Levans shared about it in detail on IG (before I quit), and y’all. HOLY DIFFERENCE MAKER. I never thought I’d see the day where I’d be going 4+ miles comfortably. I’ll share about the method in detail in a future post, but I’ll post the weekly intervals below. The theory is that you’re meant to do each “week” for 5 days.
Week 1: Walk 4; run 1 x12
Week 2: Walk 3; run 1 x15
Week 3 Walk 2; run 2 x12
Week 4: Walk 2; run 2 x15
Well, that about does it for this week. Enjoy your weekend, friends!
What a great space to share – I prefer reading blogs (never could commit to keeping one myself regularly, but I digress) to wasting my time on IG. I actually deleted my account this week. The Galloway Method is really changing the game for me and I could not be happier – thank you and Katie for sharing!
I also am anti-notification on the phone. It’s a nice way to be!
I miss you over on instagram, but was so excited to see this post pop up in my feedly! Happy belated Birthday!