Eddie’s Energy Bars Blog

Most people either like or dislike massages. I like them, and have started to really like them to the point where I think I need one monthly (ok, maybe not monthly, but probably four times a year).

On the last day of the expo we attended, I got smacked with a horrible headache. I seriously thought my head was going to explode. I did everything in my power to try and relieve it (with no access to advil). I drank lots of fluids, ate a rather large lunch, and it ended up getting worse. I then saw that one of the booths was giving out free massages. There was no line, so I jumped on the opportunity.

The woman who gave me the massage was Suzy Finnefrock of Bodhi Wellness Studio. I let her know that I had a horrible headache, so she took that into consideration while giving me the massage. Despite being in the middle of the crowded expo, it was the most rejuvenating massage I have ever gotten. It relieved my headache and gave me energy throughout the rest of the day to finish the expo.

A lot of people think massages are girly, and guys shouldn’t get them. Well…it relieves stress, relaxes my body, and gives me more energy. Yep–I think those are three pretty awesome things.

Bodhi Wellness Studio is located in Waterbury, VT. If you frequent them, there is a chance you just might meet me, owner of Eddie’s Energy Bars!

Michael

So, here we are starting a new season, back to school (or back to another week of 9-5 for some people).  With back to school time comes a lot of pressures like who has the coolest shoes or whose kid’s parents bought them the neatest backpack.

However, with all of your child’s newness, you should be able to give yourself some newness too!  Were you thinking of joining a gym this fall season, or getting up in the morning to enjoy the brisk air of September on a walk down your street?  It’s time that you do that.  Set a new goal for this season, or maybe for the rest of this year.  You don’t need to make new years resolutions because it’s new years! Make the change because you want to, not because other people are pressuring you too.

When second semester rolled around, I wanted to get in better shape, and there were a number of people who helped me to that point, including friends, family, and the health and wellness counselor at college.  Tell people about your goal, and they will encourage you to reach it.  Who knows, maybe you will even inspire them to add some newness to their life too!

What’s your goal?  It could be anything from wanting to eat lots of fruits and veggies every day, making sure you add play time with your kids, so you have play too, or it could even be giving yourself the ten minutes before you go to bed to read the book that is collecting dust on your shelf. Relaxation, fitness, and nutrition are three perfect goal areas.

Whatever the goal is, this time of year is perfect to start.

Happy goal setting.

Michael, Owner
Eddie’s Energy Bars

PS: My goal is to make the most of my sophomore year when I move in next week, and keep the same fitness/nutrition level that I had when I left in May.

I’m baking like a mad man this next week for my upcoming store demo at Sweet Clover Market. In case you forgot to write down the details, it’s Thursday, June 14th from 11:30-2ish. Please come and enjoy the time, as well as sample all of our wonderful energy bars. Hope to see you there!

Well, in the midst of baking these past few days, I have noticed how cluttered our home bakery has gotten. It is full of knick-knacks that do not aid in the energy bar making process. These items, are then carried away to another room in our house, only to make someone angry a couple of days later, when they are looking for that item. It is incredible how much our bakery has lost its zen, if it even had any to begin with. Only so many homemade energy bars can be produced from our kitchen, and if we go over that “zen” limit, it automatically turns into chaos, at least for me.

This chaos has jumped from room to room in our house, and I have started to notice how much more simplified I have become since college. I try to have everything streamlined in my room, and clutter free. Right now, it’s not that way, and it is driving me crazy. I am a cleaner person after coming back from college, and it kind of surprises me, but then at the same time, I realize that if I was a huge mess freshman year of college, I wouldn’t have been able to find anything. Then again, even in a really clean room I can’t find what I’m looking for… I need to work on that.

At some point next week, the kitchen will be uncluttered, and the beautiful blue counter-tops will shine through once again, as well as the rest of the house. Until then, I will bask in the messiness of our bakery right now, and know that there is light at the other end of the tunnel.

Michael
Eddie’s Energy Bars

This morning I went to go get a massage at Oasis Day Spa in Williston, VT.  Normally, you wouldn’t think a teenage guy would go to get a massage, but it was well worth it.

The whole robe and sandal thing was a bit funky, but I got used to it.  They led me into this smaller room with the aromatherapy going on, and the masseuse did her thing, and it all felt great.  I would have to say that I thoroughly enjoyed having my hands massaged.  It relieved a lot of my tension all over my body.

It was nice not to think about anyting for an hour.  No energy bars, parents, school; nothing.  I think I am going to make this an end of the semester treat for myself.  Not a bad idea, I don’t think!

This brings me to the point of work and life balance.  I can’t always be consumed in my work, and duties as the owner of a homemade energy bar business.  I need to break out of the business mold and go have fun.  Granted, some of the time it’s going to have to be scheduled fun, but that is better than no fun at all!

So, take this sunny day by the horns/clouds, and get outside to enjoy life.  Get out of the cubicle or wherever you work, and get some sun!

Enjoy the rest of the day.

Michael
Eddie’s Energy Bars

So I got home from college last Tuesday.  Great, grand.  I unpacked everything, and now I can’t seem to find anything.  I took a picture of my desk with my camera (I managed to find that), before when it was messy, then after when it was clean, but there is one problem. I can’t find the cable to put my pictures onto my computer that I was going to post in this entry on how an organized office/room makes you more productive.  Sure, my desk is nice and clean, but my closet is thirty some-odd cubic feet of disaster, along with my nightstand piled high in guerrilla marketing books by Jay Conrad Levison, and other random newspaper cut outs from various members of my family.

I don’t quite know if I have learned my lesson.  I went on this little rant this morning about how I can’t find anything, and that I want to get rid of everything in my room/office that I don’t need: All the chochtkes, the books I am not going read, and even my binders from high school that have taken over one corner of my closet.

Is this simplicity a bad idea?  Maybe this is just a phase.

Well, regardless.  Let the simplicity and organization begin.  This might involve a trip to Staples for organizing accessories, and maybe even Home Depot for extra shelving.

Michael,
Eddie’s Energy Bars