Everything will settle down before you know it and you will look back and think about how smooth the process really went!

Good for you for getting out there to run. Way to tackle those hills! Looks like a beautiful neighborhood. Love those trees.
(BTW you wrote that it was almond milk, but it looks like maybe it’s hemp milk?)

I also tackle things head on. You’re right, no sense in dragging things out.

We can ignore the fact that my “running” up the hills sometimes gets so slow that anyone walking could keep up with me. Hey, I’m still “running!”

Tough times don’t last; tough people do!

You’re one of the tough ones!

I’m a huuuuuge stresser! And the bad thing about it is the more I stress the more I fail at things that stresses me, which becomes a vicious circle.

The only thing that keeps me grounded it my stress-free man.

Uphills are definitely tough but like you, I don’t like to walk up them either! Just remembering to and focusing on my breathing really helps me when running uphill!

Moving is indeed tough! I’ll be sending some calming vibes in your direction today =)

Congrats on getting your run in! Once you have time to sit down and get everything organized you’ll feel MUCH better!

Two mental images that work for me with hills are to imagine running through the hill or to imagine there is a rubber band around you pulling you up the hill.

I’ve just gotten married and am in the throws of moving myself… I feel you on the stress it brings!

I remember to take a moment a breath. I hug my husband like I mean it. I rub my dogs’ bellies and hug them too. I take a moment to breath in those important things and it grounds me again. Everything will get done eventually and even if it doesn’t, I guarantee the world won’t end.

What a cute neighborhood! I LOVE shady streets! My life philosophy’s simple: be positive.

At the end of every uphill is a downhill!

It’s okay, you’re allowed to complain. Moving is stressful! Just keep reminding yourself that tomorrow is a new day.

Good job on the run!
I don’t think I have a particular philosophy, other than ‘no regrets’ for life, and for running, just keep imagining the feeling after!! Both are super 🙂

Moving is the worst. We hope that we never have to move again after buying and moving into our first home. That being said, it’s worth it! In a few days things will settle down for you.

It must be so much nicer to run w/shade than to run in the Florida humidity and sun! 🙂 Your neighborhood looks so cute.

Hang in there…moving IS stressful! But everything will fall into place in a few weeks. Just be patient. Oh and I love that you actually wrote: Booyah! HA!

Speaking of stress, moving, and mother-in-laws . . . twice now my mother in law has insisted on “directing” my bf in backing up the moving truck into the loading dock of whatever apartment we were moving out of. And TWICE she has caused him to back into something and damage the truck. I don’t think I will let her know next time we are moving.

I can totally relate to your stress levels because of the move! In fact, I think everyone who has come in contact with me in the last week has heard me expounding on how stressed I am. I’m also moving this week (2 days!) and it’s such a headache- you’re almost done, though! And your new neighborhood looks so charming!

After all the stress, the move will be worth it! You have a gorgeous new apartment in a gorgeous area of town. At least, this is what I keep telling myself – I’m moving in a couple weeks! Ahhhh!

I’m a HARDCORE believer in the power of a good, long hot shower. 😉 And then putting on some of this freakin’ fantastic gardenia solid perfume I picked up at WF last week.

OH! And yelling/singing to songs in the car/kitchen/everywhere is also pretty good, with fake “microphones” and everything.

Except not when your ex boyfriend’s parents drive by you whilst you are singing/yelling with a fake microphone at a red light. Woops.

I agree… moving is super stressful. Five years ago I moved to Las Vegas and a month after I moved my mom announced that she and my dad were going to divorce. It was way too much at one time, very rough on me! At that time I just kind of crumbled and my approach was to fall into an eating disorder… but now my approach is to look at it and simply say, “What CAN I control in this moment?” Even if it’s just my reaction to things crumbling, I can work on that.

Charlotte IS hilly! The Thunder Road half marathon last December totally kicked my booty. Even though I’ve lived in this area, for most of my life, all of my runs have been in beachy areas, until then.

I haven’t tried hemp milk, but I have tried hemp protein and I was not a fan of that either. It had a weird grassy taste. Is it the same for the milk?

When the going gets tough for me, I try to think on the light at the end of the tunnel and also about other tough situations I’ve gotten through. Same goes for running! 🙂

Running is the best cure for stress!! I love going for a run when things are too overwhelming.

Nice neighborhood!

My life motto is, “Suck it up”. No matter what I’m stressing over, there is always someone that has it worse. It sounds harsh, but it’s true!

I’m in stress mode now as well (not with a move though) and when I’m stressed I just make sure to breathe deeply, make a list (I’m a visual person) and just start checking it off. I usually check it off with a glass of wine as well! Ha ha ha

I just figure there’s no point in wringing my hands because it wastes time when I could just be out there getting done what I can do and getting it over with!

i read a note in a magazine once (it may have been the magazine mizfit was in recently?) where a women told herself “earn the downhill” over and over again as she worked her way through the uphills. I have been telling myself this for a few weeks now and it really does help me to keep putting it all out there.

I know the feeling, as an army family we move every 2-3 years…you don’t even want to know the stress involved when we had to move to Germany!

I try to tell myself how proud I will be when I conquer the challenge.

And I always try to see every hard time as a learning experience, hard to do in the moment, but I am able to do it when I look back on things so I have no regrets!

Um yeah, moving is hell. We just moved in March into a 2,800 square foot house and it was horrible. I didn’t work out for 4 days and was crazy. We had family coming over Easter to see the house so I had a tight deadline. If you don’t have a big deadline to get things put away then take your time and breath oh and drink lots of wine 🙂

Happy new place to you!!

Girl, I hear you!! Try moving to another country!! Looks like we both made the move this weekend. I’m glad yours is coming along. We will get some of our boxes in a month, then the rest in about 2 months. That stresses me out more. I NEED my kitchen stuff! We are going to be living out of our suitcases for another month or so. 🙁 The time should pass soon!

I love a nice long run when I’m stressed. Or any run, really.

When that hemp milk was called Living Harvest (still made by Living Harvest, but they changed the packaging and went with Tempt), it used to be SOOO good and creamy: one of my favorites! I switched to almond milk because it was cheaper, but I splurged and bought 2 Tempt cartons last week and I HATE THEM 🙁 It’s alright in smoothies if you add lots of cocoa powder and stevia/honey/whatever, but otherwise, bleh.

Congrats on the run! Wow, you ran 3 miles one minute faster than it took me to run 2.5! Hahah. Oh well, I’ll get there someday!