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To say I have mixed feelings about playing the lottery is to put it very mildly. I once watched a woman spend fifty dollars on lottery tickets in the middle of a very cold winter while she and her daughter were wearing clearly inadequate clothes for the weather. I’ve heard the snarky geek saying a thousand times ‘Lotteries are a tax on the mathematically challenged’.

And yet, every time there is a really big payout, I go buy a ticket. Just one. I always buy it at least a day before the drawing. And then I begin to daydream…

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Originally published at Am I the Only One Dancing?. Please leave any comments there.

Personal trainer showing a client how to exercise the right way and educating them along the way. The semi-spherical device is a BOSU. Category:Fitness Category:Fitness_training Category:Personal_training Category:Stretching Category:Challenges to physical balance (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

So, you’ve decided to take that second big fitness step. Now that you’re going to the gym (semi) regularly, you’ve noticed the ordinary folk sweating themselves silly next to uber-fit men and women who kneel or stand next to them, egging them on. And you’ve decided to splurge on your own personal trainer, to take your goals to the next level. Congratulations!

A word of advice: Don’t just pick the cutest trainer of your preferred gender. Beauty will only keep you motivated for a session or so. Really. Don’t. This I know from experience.

Spend some time watching the trainers working with their clients. Ask around about the trainer’s motivational style and preferred modes of training to get an idea of good fit. Talk to prospective trainers to find out if their personalities are good fits with yours. Pick one you feel you can trust, who will listen to you and to whom you will listen.

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