I retired from nursing in May last year (my birthday gift to myself). I took a part time job at Quest Fitness and started working the front desk.

After a while, I thought about trying out some of the classes there and then I thought of all the reasons why this was a bad idea: I’m out of shape! I haven’t done an in-person exercise class in years! I don’t remember how to use any of the equipment! And so forth, ad nauseum. Plus, there were a lot of different types of classes (over 60!) and teachers and I had no idea where to even start.

Bottom line: I was afraid to try.

I needed a strategy!

Then an old saying came to mind … Keep reading