About Me
Hi there and thank you for taking your time out to read my blog. My name is Isabella, though everyone calls me Bella. I live in Sydney, Australia and am I’m obsessed with eating well, living a healthy lifestyle and learning new things about life that I can use and adapt to my life that help me grow as a person.
I’m a huge beach bum and wouldn’t live anywhere without it. I love being in the sun and outdoors. I’m really productive and organised person that loves smashing as many goals as I can a day. I am also very passionate about family, they mean the world to me, and feel very blessed to have such an amazing family like the one I have.
The Old Me
I have had a pretty full on life, packed with many experiences. I wasn’t A grade student in school I was constantly hanging out in the streets, skipping school and hanging out with the wrong crowds, however I still managed to finish year 12. I am lucky I don’t have an addictive personality because I can get into doing the wrong things though I always learn from it and move on. I’m glad I experienced this as a teenager as it gave me a lot of knowledge about being street smart, and you don’t learn that in school.
As a late teenager and getting into my early years of adult hood I was in a very abusive relationship that lasted 5 years. My partner at the time was into a lot of drugs which I participated in myself, though I grew out of it and realised that I wanted a better life for myself than that.
The day I left him I flew to America to visit my god mother. I wanted to go somewhere I knew he couldn’t find me, so I picked the US, because I knew it’s the only way I wouldn’t be tempted to go back to that relationship.
This period of my life was by far one of my favourites. It taught me to be independent and think for myself, I met new friends and realised how amazing life was outside the place id been living in for all my earlier years. I learnt about my Latin culture, I partied like there was no tomorrow as you do when your 21, I dated a bunch of guys some assholes and a couple of gentleman which opened my eyes to know that there a better men out there than the one I had.
One day sadly I had to leave the states as I couldn’t live there anymore, as I was not a resident and had to come home to Gold Coast, Australia and start all over again. I was so depressed because I felt I lost my whole new life back there. I honestly hated being home I didn’t have any friends or any sense of direction. I just ate like a pig all day and cried for a good 6 months.
One day I decided to get up as I realized I couldn’t live like this anymore America was just not going to happen and I had to accept reality and make a change because it wasn’t going to happen by me continuing in that whole. I get bored easy, I think that’s probably why I don’t have an addictive personality. I started walking, than running till one day I walked past a fitness group and joined the next day. I brought my sister along with me, for her this changed her life as this is what she currently does for work and lifestyle. Not long went by till I started feeling myself again, I got leaner and my mind wasn’t in the dark anymore.
I thought about where I was and realised it just reminded me of being with my x and I just missed the busy life I had in America so I said what’s the busiest place in Aus, Melb or Sydney? I obviously chose Sydney because it has a beach and it’s a busy place with lots happening.
Great decision. I moved to Sydney with nothing but 500 to my name. I lived in a backpackers for 2 weeks. Not long went by before I got a job, rented a room and started studying Personal Training.
Me Now
Since I moved to Sydney I have had amazing things happen to me, also a lot of not so amazing things to but they have grown me into the person I currently am today.
I live in Bondi Beach one of the prettiest beaches I know in Sydney, I have an awesome room facing the beach and a beautiful coastal walk to walk by whenever I want.
I have made a new circle of friends, a little small but 100 % happy because there all the right people I need in my life. I’m a huge believer that you are the average of the people you hang out with.
I’m currently studying business work part-time as a Personal Trainer, a cocktail waitress and recently started my own business of cleaning services. How you ask? Discipline, persistence and time management.
I recently went through a breakup but instead of being sad this time, it has turned my life from down to up. It made me realise I was wasting my time on all the wrong things and how clouded my mind was by the whole relationship. I also realised that I’m not ready to settle down because before I got in that relationship I was working on myself and forgot about it all when I fell in love.
I’m not saying falling in love is a bad thing but I think you need to be in the right state of mind to make a relationship work. I was clearly not because I haven’t finished working on a relationship with the most important person who is myself.
So instead of going partying and running myself down as I’ve done in the past I said to myself you have done all of this before and were did it get you? Nowhere other than feeling down and shit about myself and wondering what the hell I’m doing with my life, shitty place to be. So how do I get out of this one?
I tell you how. I caught up with my sister who loves her fitness and knows a lot about it. Remember I told her you I brought her to fitness camp with me that day? As she does this now for a living, she encourage me to try one of the fitness challenges and throughout the whole process it has changed my life drastically.
I’m 29 years of age and I finally know exactly what I want in life now, this question is something I’ve been asking myself since I was a kid what do I want to be when I grow up? How can I get there? I finally know and that is to be happy with myself, learn more everyday, build a lifestyle of health, fitness and work a job that I enjoy and that is to inspire everyone around me with all the lessons I’ve learnt through my struggles. It doesn’t end here because I know I have a lot to learn and life is always ups and downs but I’m prepared to take it all as I now know what I want.
I want to spread a message around the world, that life is a series of ups and downs and your time will come by learning life lessons. It’s how you grow and everyone’s time is different. I finally realized how important it is to have a healthy relationship with yourself. This has been the best thing that’s ever happened to me and I want to inspire everyone around me. To eat well and learn about good food, exercise and being around the right people to help each other be the best version we can be.
