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This last week has been absolutely insane at work! In fact, today is the only day I have off and then it’s back to teaching bright and early tomorrow morning. The good news is that I absolutely love my job, the bad news is that sometimes I practically live at my job. Add this to freelancing for extra income, socializing, and well, life and my days seem like busy blurs. As a result, I will apologize in advance for the sheer length of this post, there’s a lot to catch up on!
The Fitness Workouts
Fortunately, I have still managed to keep up with one of my resolutions which was to stay fit. I may not have time everyday to workout, after all sometimes I find myself working 12 hours in a day; but I do find simple and effective ways to stay fit each day and try to unwind with a workout video when I have some extra time.
Below you will find a list of some of my favorite workout videos. With the exception of the yoga class, these are mostly very quick and easy to fit into your busy schedules.
I’m a huge fan of Crunch Ass and Abs! I seriously do this whenever I have an extra 20 minutes in my day. It’s fun, it’s funky, and it works!
A fun and sexy way to get in shape. You seriously won’t even notice that you are working out.
Yoga Today – Expansive Heart Openers
This is the class that made me fall in love with Anusara Yoga. I may not be able to do yoga all the time, but I definitely make sure I get this class in every once in a while. Neesha Zollinger is a great instructor and you feel absolutely invigorated after trying some of chest opening exercises.
Incredible Abs with Cindy Whitmarsh
I love Cindy Whitmarsh and her high energy ab workouts! End of story.
Being the daughter of Cuban immigrants I can never pass up a Latin dance workout! This is another one of those workouts where you’ll be having so much fun that you won’t even notice you’re exercising.
College Crunch Time Workout Series
I know that many of you are still in school, and as someone who was living in dorms not too long ago I can attest to the fact that life gets kind of crazy and your health gets put on the back burner. One day you’re a healthy kid and the next you’re a beer drinking junk food eating cigarette smoking party enthusiast. Fortunately, Exercise TV has put together an entire series of 6 workouts designed specifically for college life. No, you won’t be doing arm lifts while you’re playing beer pong, but you will have fun with some of these great workouts.
And now for the other stuff…
Freelancing Business Updates
I just noticed the other day that Yahoo published one of my articles as the MAIN FEATURE in the Home Improvement section of Associated Content! Not only did I get an upfront payment for this article, it has also generated over $100 in ad revenue. Not a bad way to have made some extra cash.
(Side Note: You can start earning some extra cash with Yahoo too! Click here to find out more.)
My article entitled Home Improvement Resolutions Everyone Should Make is only up on the front page for a couple of more days, but you can always read all of my Yahoo articles on my profile page.
I have also started a blog for Abella Media which will be updated every Sunday. It mostly focuses on small business, but you can also find helpful information about anything pertaining to the professional world.
Blogs of Note
Anna over at Classy Career Girl gave me my first blog award! A big thank you to Classy Career Girl for the Stylish Blogger Award 
She too has a pretty phenomenal blog worth bragging about!
I am proud to call Phillip one of my blogger friends. He’s already done a couple of guest posts for Grad Meets World (Intro to Freelancing Part 3 and Part 4) and has now ventured into a witty and satirical project called Self Help for Happy People. It is the perfect blog for turning personal development websites on their heads and I foresee it going very far.
Another great blog for those of you who are caught in the rough seas of post college adulthood. Dain also has also written up this awesome guide to help you with anything from landing a job to personal finance. I also foresee some great things coming from this guy in the future!
This is probably one of my favorite blogs of all time. I’ve been following it for over a year now and Nicole never ceases to make me piss my pants laughing. Seriously a great blog written by a larger than life individual.
Connect
Finally, I figured I should remind you all that you can connect with Grad Meets World outside of the blog! Feel free to like us on Facebook, follow us on Twitter, or join the mailing list for more uber awesome post college goodness.
That’s all for now. Keep a lookout in the coming week for some awesome guest posts on relationships and blogging!
Wow, thank you for the kind words
Excercise wise – a skipping rope is a great piece of kit for working up a sweat.
Also check out burpees, burpees with a press up in the middle are practically the only exercise you’ll ever need!