Hey everyone, I posted this on a muscular dystrophy group, but I thought some of you might enjoy reading it or possibly find it helpful in some way. Also, the “situationship” is now a relationship, which is pretty cool :) Hey everyone, I just wanted to share a little bit about a positive development in my life that I thought might encourage others. I now have a girlfriend, which is something I wasn’t sure I would ever say. For context, I’m a 30-year-old man with Duchenne. I’m on full-time ventilation and I have very little mobility, some in the hands/wrists. So I wanted to share that and some things that I’ve found helpful when it comes to dating. Our relationship is long-distance for the time being, but it has still been wonderful. And of course, it’s possible that things won’t work out between us, but the experience has shown me that it’s possible to have a relationship, even in a situation like mine. It takes time and you have to find the right person, but it’s not a hopeless endeavour. After all, you only need to find one person. Something that I’ve found really helpful is to remind myself that I can’t make someone love me, it’s helpful in a few ways. It reminds me that all I can do is put myself out there and be honest about my situation. And sometimes I wondered if it was even fair for me to date because I’m so limited, but I’m not forcing anyone to do anything — I’m just putting myself out there and if someone wants to get to know me, to date me, to love me, that’s their choice. I can’t make someone love me, but if they choose to, I shouldn’t deny them that choice either. Remembering this has also helped me to enjoy the experience, the now, and not always continue to worry about whether or not things were going to work out long-term. I can’t control that, it’s in the other person’s hands, so having a tight grip, grasping, trying to control the outcome is pointless and prevents you from enjoying the experience of getting to know someone. I wasn’t sure if I should share this part earlier because it has been very important, but I sort of got on a roll. Anyway, honesty is super important, the more honest I’ve been the better it’s gone. Obviously, that can be taken to an extreme, and that’s not what I’m talking about. Also, I’ve never been dishonest or tried to hide anything about my situation, but I have definitely felt the temptation to fudge things a little and have probably done that in the past. But I didn’t do that with my now girlfriend — and it was definitely scary at times, but I’m so glad that I was completely honest because now I know she actually loves me and not some idealized version of me.

Hey everyone, I thought you guys might be interested in hearing some of the songs that I've mixed for my portfolio, so I've attached some to this post.

Weekly Wins: @Claudia Wondra did double the amount of laps (4 instead of 2) in Zeen walker (https://gozeen.com/?srsltid=AfmBOopmhn_99QEfXkGlmQEtVojaM8bcf7Gkhxth-ZV8Fjsk-8LOv7fa)! @Ryan Muir successfully planted his garden and has signs of life!!!! Grow baby grow! He also crushed 2.25 miles on his arm bike today! @Tanya Parker has continued to show up for group workouts and meetings, is working on organizing her office, AND made a brilliant suggestion for out book club coming up at the end of the month! @Jim Smith has faithfully attended all the group workouts! @Julie Burgess has jumped into the Happy, Healthy, Awesome Project with both feet (hehe!) - joining all the workouts and other meetings AND tracking her food for the last 12 days! @Jan Fletcher got a rare glimpse of the quiet world outside of her apartment at 2am when she had to take her dog out so he could take an explosive diarrhea poop! She's counting her adventure with her pup as a win because she made it outside before the poop fiasco lol! @Nolan Watson has landed a collaboration with a musician to turn one of his poems into a song! Soo cool! @Brittney Neunzig successfully camped in a tent for the first time in over 15 years and DOMINATED the wilderness lol. She even pooped in a porta potty! Ready - Set - Goal! @Claudia Wondra wants to work on lifting her left leg off the ground when she's using her walker and dragging it less. @Ryan Muir is gonna keep his little garden alive by going out everyday to water and weed. He's also going to continue to show up for group workouts! @Tanya Parker is going to re-commit to making a daily schedule and sending it to @Brittney Neunzig, as well as continue to organize her office and exercise during the week!

It's that time of the week again! Let's stay committed to forming healthy habits and crushing our goals! WHAT ARE YOU WORKING TOWARDS THIS WEEK? I'm doubling down on my stretching routine. I've written three unique stretching programs that are much more INTENSE and will be doing them LIVE right here every weekday @9AM Mountain Time. Come join me if you can! I'm also going to MAKE A MEAL PLAN for a cleanse that I'm starting to help HEAL MY ROSACEA! It's a very ambitious cleanse with lots of moving parts so wish me luck! ACCOUNTABILITY CALLOUTS: Here's what the folks at the Accountability Call said they are going to work on this week: @Tanya Parker Intentional movement daily and reading Atomic Habits @Jim Smith Read Atomic Habits, doing sciatica exercises, get moving more throughout the day @Ryan Muir Use hand bike 10 minutes per day @Claudia Wondra Continue working on posture and positive thoughs @Nolan Watson Continue writing poetry, mixing music, and finding a good way to track habits

My goal for this week is to continue doing stretches everyday AND to make a few different stretching routine variations that I can cycle through! What are your goals for this week!?