Author Archives: annamfarley

Now that I am the nearing middle aged married woman of so many years (please insert a laugh in your mind at this point, because I am certain no one sees me this way), I have friends confide in me what they are looking for in a mate themselves. Men and women both, I amContinue reading “Attracting The Types of People You\'re Attracted To!”

I was thinking recently, as everyone is perusing their New Year\’s Resolutions, about how fitness needs to be more than just what we do in the gym. According to Oxford\’s definition, fitness encompasses the word health. I do not believe fitness is just summed up in our gym performance. I do believe physical exercise isContinue reading “Fitness as a Whole”

One of my favorite movies is The Imitation Game – a  somewhat fictionalized drama based on the true story of mathematician Alan Turing during WWII. It is a fascinating story, very intense and very sad, and for a movie about a group of nerdy mathematicians, it was very exciting. It delves into the earlier days ofContinue reading “Math is Beautiful”

I read something on social media the other day of an inspirational speaker saying, \”you can do it, or not. It\’s up to you.\” It sounds flippant, or possibly even rude. But it is far from either of those. Reading those words struck me as extremely empowering. He was offering suggestions to someone for hittingContinue reading “If You Want it Bad Enough”

My husband often jokes that, despite being born in the early 1980s, that I was actually hatched from a petri dish when I was about 25 years old. He says my absolute ignorance of most pop culture from the 80s and 90s is astonishing, given that in 1999 I was 16 years old. It isContinue reading “My 90s Icon – Shania Twain”

I thought I would share some of the biggest fitness mistakes I have made over the years. I know no one would probably look at me and think I was the epitome of fitness, but the fact is I have indeed come a long way, made a lot of mistakes, and also a lot ofContinue reading “My Biggest Fitness Mistakes”

There\’s a streak that runs through some people – and it does seem a bit prevalent in my family – that if you tell someone they can\’t do something or won\’t be capable of it, they become hellbent to do so. I can think of nothing more annoying – or personally motivating – than whenContinue reading “Don\'t Tell Me I Can\'t”

I\’d like to start the new year (and new decade!) with a very positive update on my fitness progress due to some changes I made exactly three months ago today. Those who know me know that I have been active most of my adult life and very health and fitness conscious for a long time.Continue reading “New Year, New Me (No, For Real!)”

\”Stop taking baby steps through life.\” – Niles Crane, FrasierIt is fitting that I am ending the year with a Frasier quote (which, by the way, is being pulled from Netflix tomorrow!). But as we close not only this year but this decade, I am reflecting on this very theme of not taking baby steps throughContinue reading “Stop Taking Baby Steps”

To all of my subscribers and followers – today I wish you the merriest of Christmases. I hope your day is spent in the warmth of family and festivities, with good food as you make good memories! But if it is not a cheerful day for you, if you are hurting or alone, I shareContinue reading “Merry Christmas to You!”