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I Stopped Waiting and Started Moving: My Lagree Journey with Studio 45

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If you have been scrolling through Instagram lately and noticed Pilates and Lagree content taking over your feed, you are not alone. For months, I kept seeing these incredible workout videos, strong, focused women moving with intention on what looked like a supercharged reformer machine, and I was completely intrigued. I wanted in. But there was one problem: I had no one to go with. The Solo Decision That Changed Everything I kept waiting for a friend, a coworker, someone...anyone to want to try it with me. But weeks turned into months, and the opportunity never came together. That is when I had a bit of a personal reckoning: I could either keep waiting, or I could just go. I chose to go. And honestly? That decision changed everything. There is something powerful about deciding to do things for yourself, on your own timeline, without waiting for permission or a plus-one. If you have been putting off a fitness class, a solo trip, a new hobby, or anything else because you do not ha...

We Hit 4K on Youtube And I'm Still Figuring It Out

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4,000 subscribers. It may not sound like a massive number in a world of viral videos and overnight success stories, but for me, someone who has been on this platform since 2014, it means alot. And I want to take a moment to actually sit with that, celebrate it, and be honest about the journey that got me here. 12 Years on YouTube: A History of Starting Over If you've read my previous posts, you know I have a habit of starting things and burning them down. I've had YouTube channels before, and like a restless creative, I'd eventually get tired of the platform, delete everything, and move on. But this channel was different from the start, or at least, it had different intentions. My husband and I were living in Southern California, and we knew a big change was coming. We were planning to leave, but before we did, we had a list of adventures ahead of us: backpacking the John Muir Trail for several months, then spending a month in Japan, and finally making the move to th...

Starting Over, On Purpose

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Hi, hi. Welcome. Pull up a chair, grab your matcha (or your coffee, no judgment here), and stay a while, because this is the start of something I've been meaning to do for a long time. A Life Documented in Bits and Pieces I've been at this for a while. I've had blogs. More than one, honestly. I've documented my life through social media, posted YouTube videos , shared snapshots of my world on Instagram . I've had eras. I've had phases. I've shown up online in bits and pieces for years. And then, at some point, I deleted it all. Not out of shame, not out of drama. I just outgrew those versions of myself and didn't know how to bring them with me. So I let them go. A clean slate felt necessary. Maybe you've done something like that too. Maybe you know exactly what I mean. Why I Came Back to Blogging But here I am. Starting over, on purpose. It has been several years since I kept a proper blog, and something about this year has made me want to come back ...