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Laura Loves Waffles

Just a girl that loves to eat waffles and explore new places.

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Social media is a funny place. Every time I get on my personal IG or Facebook I’m bombarded with baby pictures, engagement announcements, wedding pictures, travel photos, new job updates, etc, etc. It used to make me sad to see everyone “doing better” than me and I felt the need to post my own “better life”. And then one day I realized something. That it’s not real life. I saw so many people I knew posting great lives on social media only to hear them tell me in person that their live wasn’t so great. They weren’t happy in their relationship, they didn’t like their new, fancy job and that trip they took was more stressful than relaxing. Some of the most amazing trips I’ve taken and amazing days I’ve had in the past year weren’t posted to my social media and ya know what? They were still AMAZING! I kind of like keeping snippets of my life to myself so only those that were with me can enjoy them ☺️ Anyway, this caption has nothing to do with this picture and this photo was probably taken a month ago 🤷🏼‍♀️ I also ate about half a Costco sized bag of chocolate covered almonds in the past two days #yolo #keepingitreal #instagramisntreallife

As I’m sure most of you haven’t noticed, I’ve been MIA for the past month or so. Over the past couple of months, I’ve had spurts of not being motivated to post on here and contemplated deleting this IG. This past month I thought about why I was feeling this way and if I wanted to continue my IG account so let me give you some background info. I started this account a little over 4 years ago to hold myself accountable, post pics about health, fitness and adventures I went on (without annoying my personal IG followers lol) and follow other people that motivated me to live a healthier lifestyle. 4 years ago there were A LOT less “fitness instagramers” and I had no intention of being one of them. I mean I didn’t even know that was a thing back then. Over the years as the fitness IG community grew, I’ve felt pressured to be like one of them (post workouts, be super lean, post every day multiple times a day, gain more followers, etc). It honestly wasn’t fun anymore and I didn’t enjoy posting pictures because I felt like I had to. So long story short, I’m going to post like I did years ago when I actually enjoyed doing it. Maybe I’ll delete this account soon and maybe I won’t, but I’ll enjoy sharing parts of my life with you until then ☺️ #spotthehawk

Yesterday was my 28th birthday. It’s crazy to think that 10 years ago I was a freshman in college and I had the whole world ahead of me. I assumed by now I’d be married, maybe with a kid or two, living in Southern California and working in marketing. That was my plan. Or at least I thought that was my plan until life happened. I didn’t meet anyone I wanted to marry and I didn’t end up moving to SoCal for various reasons. If you would have told me then that my plan wouldn’t have worked out I would have been bummed. However, I know now that my plan didn’t work out and I can honestly say that I’m not bummed about that at all. Sure there are things in my life that I wish had gone differently and things I regretted doing/not doing but it all worked out and got me to where I am today. And today I can say that I have such a blessed life I would be crazy to wish it had worked out the way I planned 10 years ago. Not everything will go the way you plan (in fact, most things won’t) but if you trust that everything will work out for the best and have a good attitude about it, you’ll be surprised at where life takes you. 😊

This seems appropriate considering how much I love avocados! Check out this mural if you’re in San Diego! 🥑 #avolution #vivalaavolution #muralart

A helpful tip to help you stay on track with your fitness goals is to find staple foods that you love. For me it’s @nutsnmore. They have so many flavors and the peanut butter is one of my favorites! They are lower in fat and higher in protein and even taste better than regular peanut butter which I didn’t think was possible! Now-a-days there are tons of healthy brands you can find that make eating healthier that much easier 🙂. #noguilt #nutsnmore

If you want something, go after it. It’s that simple. No one’s going to hand it to you, you have to work for it. You want your dream job? Starting working towards it. You want your dream body? Start working out and eating like you already have it. You want that guy to notice you and ask you out? Ask him out yourself. If you don’t go after what you want, you probably won’t get it. Sure, you might fail but isn’t that better than not going after it at all? Of course it is! Focus on your goals, stop making excuses and GO AFTER WHAT YOU TRULY WHAT.

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