Hey Guys,
I just had an awesome time in Australia and now I am back in snowy Colorado. Crazy how sometimes I have to pinch myself with all this world traveling stuff. I am living my dream! YAY! Well just over a week ago I wasn’t feeling this way as I was super stressed and filled with anxiety with a really testing week at work, spraining my ankle and then having my daughter come down with the 103 fever the day before we were due to leave for Australia…not fun leaving a sick kid and trying to decide if we should cancel or go.
In any case we decided to go which was tugging on my heart strings so badly…all you Mom’s know the feeling, but by the time we landed in Australia, we got the message that she was back to normal and her normal independent and confident self. Phew… I could literally feel the anxiety release from my body. Our trip to Australia was amazing and the thing that surprised me the most was rediscovering my passion for clean eating, vegan, organic and whole foods. I had heard about it from my friends Down Under and I was like…”Yeah whatever, we have organic, raw, vegan food here…it’s all the same” But I was blown away by the huge variety in some of the towns like Byron Bay. There are full on organic, clean eating farms to visit that go back decades to the days when a group of hippies pretty much occupied the area. Nowadays it is bustling with so much goodness, variety, color, smells, tastes…it is like vegan and organic eating Heaven. Just being able to step away from my work and the busyness of it and just go out and not have to worry about anyone but myself and Husband who was with me and just relax and enjoy everything that was new. I have fallen in love again with something I just took for granted…healthy, clean, organic and all fresh food. I have been inspired too by the different cultural influences and how I can use these recipes in my own home and life. So what about you? What do have a passion for that has been placed on the back burner because life has gotten in the way? What do you want to re-discover and how are you going to make it happen? Let me know and check out my personal Facebook or Instagram pages for all my photos from my amazing trip. XO Hayley