I’m so sick of it! AAAHH…if we were required to take a sip of beer every time we hear that phrase, all of North America would be hammered right now. Seriously.
It seems like everywhere you look businesses are closing, people are losing their jobs…but that’s not even the worst part…I’ve known people to lose work, or struggle with money, I’m an actor for petes sake! Its the fear…people seem to be so very afraid. Its the state of collective anxiety that seems to be afflicting our country.
Maybe I feel hyper-aware because of my day job. I work in a gym so when everyone began to realize what was happening with the economy in November, we were hit pretty hard with cancellations, people freaked out, everyone was “trimming the fat” (or not because they quit the gym lol…oh me…:) and business really slowed down.
That’s scary when you have a small business, every single member really makes a HUGE difference. Its was also really unnerving to me, that the first thing women were giving up was fitness. There were women who worked out very regularly who left in a panic.
Well in the past few weeks, I don’t know if its a full moon or what, but we’ve had a few of those ladies come back! And I asked one, Kathleen, what had changed, and she said she realized that she spent more on coffee everyday, than she spent on Curves! and it got me thinking, I spend minimum $3 @ The Healthy Bean 3 days a week, and that’s the bare bones, add in a muffin and it doubles, that’s already $40 a month, and I’m not even a daily drinker!
I guess what I’m saying is that, there is hope, and most of us have more than we realize, don’t cut out the things in your life that you need, things like exercise, nutritious food, in some desperate attempt to cut corners, remember, preventative medicine, in the long run you save on medical bills…and you just FEEL better.
