Passion Not Paycheck

Top 5 Reasons Team Members Stay At A Practice
1- Not "Just A Job"
2- Recognition
3- Professional Growth
4- Work-Life Balance
5- Strong Supervisor

Anya and I had a very lazy week. I was able to get out to the Fairfax County shelter to help do some spays and neuters, picking up some new tricks and tips on the way. I enjoyed the extremely lazy weekend though by setting up my new Apple TV. If anyone has any app suggestions let me know!
For my January adventure, I was hoping to go snowboarding this past weekend, however work ran later than accepted on Friday night and I wasn't able to get enough sleep to go on Saturday morning. The snowboard trip was suppose to be my travel opportunity for the month. Sadly, I will have to settle for the new restaurants and new movie theater that I visited as this month's new location instead of travel location.

Songs For The Soul

I watched/listened to several musicals this past week. Wouldn't life would be so much more passionate if it were a musical and we all just sang how we felt?

For every phase of our lives, there's a song that speaks to us at that moment and it will speak to everyone differently and for different reasons. For every person that has come into my life there's a song to remind me of them. For every hardship I've endured, there's a song that got me through. Each memory has its own soundtrack. Every song has a feeling. There are songs that you can never listen to again because they are too painful ("I Won't Give Up" - Jason Mraz), songs that lift you up ("Titanium" - David Cuetta), songs that sound like they were written for you ("Wild Things" - Alessia Cara), songs that everyone knows ("Don't Stop Believin'" - Journey), songs that make you long for a certain location ("Happiest Man Alive" -Machel Montano), songs that make you want to dance ("Can't Hold Us" - Macklemore), and songs that you always sing at karaoke ("Black Velvet" - Alannah Myles).
A person's playlist says everything about them. Behind everyone's favorite song is a story, what's yours?

Fantastic Lyrics: 

"So hey, we brought our drum and this is how we dance....Then leave us alone, 'cause we don't need your policies, we have no apologies for being. Find me where the wild things are" -Alessia Cara "Wild Things"

"You can find me where the music meets the ocean" - Zac Brown Band "Jump Right In"

"Let me remind you this was what you wanted. You ended it. You were all I wanted but not like this, all you had to do was stay"  - Taylor Swift "Stay"

"I only wanna die alive, never be the hands of a broken heart"  -Ariana Grande "Break Free"

"Shoot me down but I won't fall, I am titanium" -David Guetta "Titanium"

"So wake me up when it's all over.  When I'm wiser and I'm older.  All this time I was finding myself and I didn't know I was lost" -Avicii "Wake Me Up"

"The rest of the world was black and white but we were in screaming color" -Taylor Swift "Out Of The Wood"

"Run away with me, lost souls and reverie. Running wild and running free....Living like we're renegades" -X Ambassadors "Renegades"

"See the line where the sky meets the sea, it calls me" - Moana "How Far I'll Go"

"I'll worship like a dog at the shrine of your lies; I'll tell you my sins and you can sharpen your knife" - Hozier "Take Me To Church"

Be Addicted To Bettering Yourself

Single Ladies Mantra 2018

Planning my trips this year! My goal is to go someplace new every month, whether it be international or local. I have about half of my year planned, but still need to decide where to go the other half. If my work schedule doesn't allow for travel, then I will at least go to a new restaurant/winery/hike. Stay tuned for where I'm going this month! Here's a hint...it's the complete opposite of where you would think I would go.

For the start of the new year, I started a 30 day workout/eating better challenge.  The challenge has all my meals already planned out and luckily everything is really tasty! There's even more new recipes that I can't wait to try.  Let's see how it goes! I've never been a fad diet person, because let's face it, I rather be happy than craving foods that I can't have. It's all about everything in moderation. However, whatever makes you feel like you best self is the best diet for you!

My little PSA for the month: My clinic is hiring doctors, so if you or anyone you know is interested, just send me a message and I can get the information out to you!

New Year Cold Front

Happy New Year.....here's to 15 degree weather all week......