Yesterday was a scramble. It was jam-packed, it was stressful and somewhere in the day I needed to find a 75-minute window to escape to my mat. I felt like a juggler with work, family and boyfriend all part of the act…not wanting to drop any of them. Somewhere, someone was timing me with a stopwatch, slicing away the minutes from my day.
I was not going to cave in. I was going to make time for my fifth day of yoga in a row. I was not going to lose the 40 Day Yoga Challenge to myself on day five. No way.
But how?
I woke up at 6:00am Thursday knowing that I had dinner 
plans with my family that evening and was expected to work late on a priority project, but had been at the U2 concert the night before and just couldn’t open my eyes, let alone get out of bed and go to early morning yoga. So, I closed them and hit snooze.
During the day I was feeling a bit bad about sleeping in. My co-workers all know that I am doing this challenge, so I was able sneak out of having to work late so that I could make the 5:45pm class. I convinced my boyfriend to meet me in front of the studio after the class and we caught a cab to my parents for dinner after asking them to push the meal back an hour.
At the Forty Day Yoga Challenge launch, Gloria (owner of Semperviva) talked about how important it was to have the support of those around us and how they would love us for this lifestyle change in the end.
I was worried that everyone would be annoyed at having to cater to my schedule, but when it came right down to it, they were all super accommodating and supportive.
Now I just need to fit laundry in somewhere…
A Vancouver Notebook 
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