25 Random Things You Don’t Know About Me
If you are on Facebook, you have likely seen a viral message going around in regards to posting 25 random facts about yourself.
Instead of pretending that I find this concept childish and stupid, I actually think it is a great way to get to know some of your friends and acquaintances.
Even though I share a lot of my experiences in fitness, health and wellness with my clients or in my classes, I find that I don’t often reveal actual personal things about my life. So, here is a chance for you to get to know me a little bit better.
What I bet you don’t know about me…
My first job was at Burger King. I started working there when I was 14. I worked them for 5 years and eventually became a shift manager. It was one of the most fun jobs I had.
My sophomore year of college I waited to late to sign up for the soccer team. I decided to join the women’s Rugby team instead. I lasted on the team for about a week. It was a brutal experience that left my whole body in pain. So much so I couldn’t sleep in the top bunk in my door and was forced to sleep on the floor next to my bed.
When I was in junior high I had a crush on a high school boy. He was 2 grades above me. We played basketball together in the neighborhood sometimes and he was a friend of my family. However, outside of sports he didn’t know I existed. When I got to high school I though he would finally like me to. Instead he dated a classmate of mine. It wasn’t until I was 26 when he decided that I was cute. I was super excited to go on a date with him. He turned out to be a real jerk.
I love to dance; in college I was on the modern dance team for a year. I really wanted to become a dancer. I just new that Missy Elliot or Janet Jackson would call me one day to dance in their videos. However, I found I hate choreography. And I am also terrible at it.
I have never gone to a store for shopping on Black Friday. As much as I am okay living in a crowded place like NYC, being in a store full of people fighting for the best deal on a limited number of products is now and has always been unappealing to me. I would rather pay more.
I always wanted to be an attorney. With the end goal of becoming a Supreme Court Justice. I had my chair positioned picked out and everything. When I got to college as a pre-law student I was super excited. I switched my field of focus my junior year of college. That was the a few months after my grandma dies of a heart attack. As I did more research into heart disease, I knew I needed to help people live healthier lives. And to be honest, I haven’t looked back. I love fitness. Best choices ever.
A wild business idea I once had was opening up a Cincinnati Chili style restaurant. This food is so yummy, but so bad for you. I used to wonder if I could both have that as a restaurant and put it next door to my gym. I know, that is so terrible. But if you have never tried a 5 way, try it before you judge me!
In college I worked at an ice cream shop. I took a year away from the University of Nebraska to attend the University of Iowa. More on that in a bit. I only worked a couple days a week. The pay was almost nothing. But I was allowed to have free ice cream. If you are ever in the Midwest you should check them out, they are called Whitey’s. Which also, many people who knew me found funny simply because I have dark skin.
After I followed a boy to Iowa City, because I thought he was my future husband. He did propose and everything. Even though I didn’t say yes at the time, the move felt like a good choice. It is also where I decided to add English to my list of degrees and joined a creative writing group. Which I loved. Clearly, that relation did not work out. And I did return back to the University of Nebraska to finish my degree.
I grew up playing sports. Nutrition was not a topic. Can you tell by some of my other about me facts that I ate what I wanted, when I wanted? After I decided to learn more about disease and the body’s response to stress including from the things we eat, that is when I started educating myself on nutrition.
I do not believe the FDA always has the health of the American people in mind when they make choices on our food supply. I always tell everyone to do their own research and shift out the trash. I want my clients to be their healthiest, but it is not my place to force my opinions of certain foods on them, only to provide education and tools for them to make their own informed decisions.
I love people, but I am definitely a loner. I enjoy spending time at home alone. I love living alone. Which is also likely counter productive to also wanting to meet someone, get married and start a family. I sometimes joke that I would want my husband and kids to live next door so I could have the best of both worlds. Yes, I know I am ridiculous sometimes.
There are some weeks that I am not motivated to workout.; life gets in my way. It should come as no surprise, but though I am an athlete, a fitness professional and this is my true passion, I am human. Sometimes I just do not want to. And sometimes I don’t. But I always find my way back to my workouts and training. And I always feel better when I do. But, I also believe that this is why I work so well with my clients. I truly understand what if can feel like to want to skip a day or two. And because I have been there I am able to be a useful tool and support for them.
I was accepted to Princeton. But I choose to take the lessor option in regards to education expense and to also stay close to my siblings.
I was in a car accident once that was so major it felt like I was watching it happen rather than experiencing it for myself. One of my car tires locked up and the car wouldn’t steer properly. I hit the median and it flipped my car. My car then slid upside down about half a block before flipping upright again and hitting a stop sign. Luckily, I am short and had on my seatbelt. Everything in my car was all over the street because every window broke out. When my car came to a stop the only thing remaining inside was me… and my cell phone on the passenger sided floor. I had some bruises from the seat belt, but other than that I walked away unhurt.
I am afraid of being a failure. And sometime I act like other people’s opinions do not matter. But to me they really do. I will push myself to learn more, try harder, be better because I do not like letting people down or failing.
I have a very high standard in men I choose to date. I work hard and I want the person I am choosing to be with to also be a hard worker. Yet, support me and challenge me to keep improving. I do not care what type of job he has, I care that he isn’t just going through the motions of life.
I love to travel. COVID-19 ended some plans for travel in 2020. But I would love to be in a position to travel every year. There are so many place I have never been. I wasted my first passport, by allowing myself to work for companies that didn’t give me real time off to travel or paid me so little that if I took the time off I couldn’t afford to go anywhere. If the pandemic has taught me anything, life is too unpredictable to keep putting off what you really want to do.
When I was in my 20’s my fake name was Tiffany. When my friends and I would go out dancing I would use my fake name to keep guys I had no interest in from talking to me. Once, I forgot my fake name and told someone my name was Sarah. A few minutes later two guys approached me as I had given them both different names and apparently they were friends. Oops. After that I started being honest and saying no thank you.
Sometimes, I wish I was the youngest child. In reality I am the oldest of five. And though all my siblings are lovely, I always had a tougher time growing up. I never got to be a child. I sometimes feel like I missed out on my youth. However, I do not think that if I were the youngest child I would have become who I am, so maybe everything happens for a reason.
I eat super slow. When eat with family and friends I am always last to finish. Growing up my mom would say I nibbled like a mouse. And then everyone started calling me “Mouse” as a nickname. I was so happy when that phase passed.
My favorite color is blue. I wear a lot of turquoise, but that is because well, I like it and also it is apart of the branding colors for MAXFIT 360. However, royal blue is my absolute favorite.
I do not know how to swim very well. I hate admitting it, so I often will avoid places where swimming is required. Which also has the side effect of ensuring I don’t improve my ability to swim.
Being one hundred percent self employed is a scary ride that I am on. I was catapulted into it in away I had not planned due to COVID. However, as scary as it is I am pushing along. I am learning and I am growing. As I said earlier, I do not like to fail. And now I have my clients that are on this journey with me. I want to be successful for them. Going out of business or giving up and working for someone else is no longer an option. I am in this now. And in it deep. And it is definitely scary.
As scared as I am about running and managing my own business, I have other business Ideas that I would like to do as well. So if you see another business or two from me in the not to distant future, trust me I am still scared. But believing in myself and MAXFIT 360 is opening my mind to all the possibilities out there. And it is important for me to enjoy the work I do and be able to make a living doing it.