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  • THE TRAINING LOW-DOWN 🌟 .. anyone else an F45 fanatic? If you’ve been watching my stories lately, you’ll know that I’ve added an infamous workout to my routine. 😜 Destination: @f45training_hawthorn. Now before you say it, I too am shocked I’ve arrived so late to the party! The point is, I’m here now 🙋🏽‍♀️ .. and I’m loving every second! F45 is utterly my style of training: fast-paced, challenging and always diverse. In this way, it’s satisfied many of my expectations. 👌🏻 With that said, there are countless ways the training has surprised me too! In case you’re tossing up a membership in time for the challenge, imma do you a favour and de-bunk some classic F45 myths! That’s right.. it’s TRUE or FALSE time! 1️⃣ F45 is a completely cardio-based workout.. 🙅🏽‍♀️ That’s an easy FALSE. Probably the biggest misconception I made about @f45training_hawthorn was to assume it was 99% cardio-focused HIIT training. 🏃🏻‍♀️ It is indeed circuit-based interval training.. but there’s just as much resistance and strength involved, as there is functional cardio! 2️⃣ It’s a cult.. 🤷🏽‍♀️ Well, kinda! But in the BEST of ways! You can understand why people get obsessed with this workout and visit their local studio almost everyday! Particularly at @f45training_hawthorn, its such a warm community; all the trainers know you by name and will even work out alongside you from time to time! ☺️ It’s a family, and you just don’t let your family down! 😂 You show the hell up! 3️⃣ You need to be SUPER fit to join .. 🙅🏽‍♀️ That’s another no from me! Whilst I’ve entered the ring with a passion for fitness myself, one of the coolest and MOST INSPIRING elements of @f45_training is the diversity of people who play a part! 🤸🏻‍♀️ You might have 60-year old Larry beating you at burpees, whilst 20-year old Mindy struggles through a hungover workout. 😆 We all have different fitness backgrounds, lifestyles and goals! As a result, there is no starting point better than where you are right now! Hands up if you’ve tried an F45 class below! 🙋🏽‍♀️ Did you love it? What’s your favourite type of session?!
  • SMALL STEPS 👣 .. the key to leaving a damn good-looking footprint! When it comes to setting achievable goals, it pays to know yourself. In order to see any results, I HAVE to factor in the following three realities about me. 1️⃣ I’m impatient beyond belief. 🤦🏽‍♀️ If ya girl doesn’t see SOME kind of tangible result in a week or two, she’s off the bandwagon. 2️⃣ I’m an A-type personality. 🙋🏽‍♀️ This means I like to measure my progress and to tick things off. ☑️ The more I can tick off in a short time, the better I feel! 3️⃣ I’m stubborn. 💁🏽‍♀️ If I’m trying to make change, I need to make sure it works with my current lifestyle and the things I like doing. Otherwise, well .. see ya! When I asked about your July goals recently, a lot of you brought up #PlasticFreeJuly! ♻️ It got me thinking: I wasn’t really doing much. And why not? In order to change that, I decided to partner up with eco-friendly retailer @thecleancollective, through @shoppinglinks! 🌿 Not only is The Clean Collective based in one of my favourite Sydney locales (Manly), they have a completely plastic-free range dedicated to making small changes this month! With my own criteria for change-making in mind, I’ve officially got myself a little starter kit! I love my coffee and cafe-hopping, that we know ☕️ — so this @jococups reusable cup is an easy addition to my lifestyle! 🙏🏻 I’m excited to use this super sleek metal straw for smoothies, and even to make space in our bathroom for these reusable dispensers! These are just simple swaps; they come with very little sacrifice AND they have immediate effect! 🙋🏽‍♀️ We’ve just satisfied all my criteria for a habit I can upkeep! What’s one small thing you can do this July to reduce your own footprint? 👣 Let’s get accountable below! 👇🏻
  • QUALITY TIME 🌟 .. are we letting it pass us by? Even as an avid social media user, it often disheartens me when I see couples sitting together at a cafe, completely pre-occupied on their phones. The other day, I was working on my laptop — and I kid you not, two girls who appeared to be best friends did not speak to each other for a half hour. It seemed that one was on her phone intently; the other just following suit. 🤳🏼Pretending she had a reason to scroll, so she didn’t appear the more “available” friend. These days, if people do the same to me, I make the effort not to reach for my phone. 🙅🏽‍♀️ It’s the easy option, but we ought not to fall to it! We should call each other out instead! I must say, @a_jaxcreative is particularly good at doing this for me. It may sound silly, but we like to see our brunch dates on the weekend as non-negotiable quality time. No matter what happens during the week, we have these occasions (and our daily morning coffee 🥰☕️) to remind us to whole-heartedly connect and to have fun together! We’ll take our photos, and then, it’s screens down. 👉🏻 Time to give attention to the food AND to the company we’re lucky to have. Do you guys have any rituals for ensuring the phones go away sometimes? With friends or your partner, when do you declare enough as enough? 🙋🏽‍♀️
  • #THE5AMSERIES ☕️ .. where it all began! Happy Monday everyone! ✨ To inspire your early starts this week, I thought I’d kick this series off with a bit of a story-time! You don’t just decide to wake at 5am one day — and that’s it. 😆 Like every tale worth telling, there’s a mighty backstory to this one! I remember being about 9 years old, and on HOLIDAY at my grandparents. 👉🏻 I’d challenge myself to wake early to watch Hannah Montana episodes before my siblings. 🤣 I LOVED making them jealous when they slept in, and I’d already watched several episodes of Disney Channel! I suppose this is where my love for early morning productivity began. 😜 What can I say, I’ve risen from humble roots! When I had my own bedroom at home, my parents would often catch my light on at 4am. 🤷🏽‍♀️ I’d be playing with my toys. Seemed like a good enough time as any, if you asked me! They’d have to check on me multiple times until I stopped getting up. 🤓 I think I liked how peaceful it was, even back then. When my sister eventually moved in, I used to wake her at 5am; get us both dressed for school and hop us back into bed. 🧥 2 hours later, we’d wait for Dad to call on us to get ready. Little did he know, we were already three steps ahead! 🤣 In hindsight, ya girl was an unusual kid .. who got a kick out of unusual things! My habits have changed little ever since. All throughout school and university, I’d wake early to get work done; to go for a run 🏃🏻‍♀️ and in Wellington, to jump in the ocean! During these years, my alarm bounced between 4.30am and 8am. 👌🏻 Mostly because my sleeping patterns were all over the place, I wasn’t consistent. I could get up at 6am everyday of the week ⏰ — but I could only manage 5am for one or two mornings before crashing. Coming soon to #THE5AMSERIES: why I made it my mission to find consistency + how I pushed my body clock back to 5am for good! In the meantime, enjoy one of the many perks of waking up early: earning that first meal of the day, folks! 🙏🏻 This one at @fourthchapter was absolutely stunning! Sweet potato fries anytime of day, am I right? 🤤
  • MAINTAINING MOMENTUM 🤸🏽‍♂️ .. how do we avoid boredom with our training? It’s been a great start to the weekend so far! 🙏🏻 @a_jaxcreative and I pulled ourselves out of bed nice and early to hit a couples sesh before breakfast this morning! I’ll be spending the rest of the day at a local gym completing more of my P.T course. 🔖 Now that I’ve moved my body, we’re ready to focus on me brain! I honestly can’t wait to share as I learn more and more from this course! At the moment, I’m using myself as a dummy! 😜 One day, I’ll hopefully help some of you! Something we talked about last week hit a chord with me. 💁🏽‍♀️ It was the way people enter the gym; they do the same thing over and over, and expect different results. Our instructor emphasised the way our body adapts 🏃🏻‍♀️ and the importance of changing and progressing our routines, in order to encourage new results. I know for a fact that I thrive off mixing up my fitness routine! 🥊🤸🏽‍♂️🏋🏻‍♀️ I love varying where, when and how I work out! I’ve gone through stages of listening to podcasts to see me through a workout — but lately, I’m back into my beats!! I almost forgot how motivating it is when the beat drops, especially when you’re doing a fast-paced HIIT or Tabata session. Every now and then, I’ll ditch the apartment gym and take a home session outside. 🍃 Here I have free reign with my music, so I’ve been blasting my @pure_insider Mini Series portable radio/speaker 📻 (available from @myer). Depending on my mood, I’ll plug in my phone or tune into a local station. Now I’m not about to work out for 20 hours, but it’s a relief to know the #pureradio can endure a long session! 🤘🏻 That way, I can focus on one thing — and that’s getting the most out of it. Thanks @theorycrew! What inspires you to take things to the next level with your training? Is it grabbing your boyfriend? Some good beats? Or signing up to a new class like @f45training_hawthorn? 👇🏻 Let’s hear it below!
  • What defines time “WELL SPENT” to you? Be honest with yourself. 🤔 Is a valuable moment to you .. defined by progression in a monetary or financial form? In other words, do you define your productivity by the hours you’re getting paid 💸 .. and those hours only? Let’s stop ourselves right there. Progress comes in SO many different forms, and so too does success! Just because we aren’t making money doesn’t mean we aren’t earning in other, MORE VALUABLE ways. When we’re making a connection with another human 🗣 .. we’re filling our souls and our cups and our hearts! When we’re moving our bodies 🤸🏽‍♂️ .. we’re becoming stronger and more capable versions of ourselves. When we’re spending time outdoors 🌲 .. we’re thanking Mother Nature for what she’s done with the place! It looks pretty damn fine from over here, don’t you think? It’s been easy, especially as a freelancer, to perceive only the hours I work (and thus, get paid) as valuable use of my time. Let me tell you: I’m sitting back this Friday, and like @a_jaxcreative in this photo, I’m enjoying something like a deep-belly laugh. I feel ALIVE this week — and not because I’ve peaked financially. 👉🏻 But because I’ve allowed myself the space and the time to peak in every way that one can! Socially. Emotionally. Mentally. Physically. Oh, and financially too. Time is money. ⏳ But time is also friendship. It’s happiness. It’s passion. It’s love. It’s laughter. It’s learning. Bask in ANY of these things 🙏🏻 — and if you ask me, you couldn’t spend your time on this planet any better than the way are in this moment! Happy Friday everyone! 😜✌🏻 . . 🏨 : my favourite host in Sydney, @hotelcollectionist.
  • WHAT THE T-SHIRT SAYS. I’ve learnt many things from being my own boss — and one of these is the power of sharing who you truly are, and who you hope to become. I think it’s easy, especially in our first few roles, to assume we have to filter certain aspects of ourselves. To present a “work” Kenzie in one circumstance, and a “real” Kenzie in another. I’ve found the more comfortable and supported I feel, the more the two overlap. To me, this is where the real magic happens. When we wear our truth, as proudly as I wear this shirt, we attract people and communities who share in it. No longer do we feel the need to hide our most dominant traits. 👉🏻 In fact, these become the reason we’re most celebrated and valued! If there’s one thing I’d tell my (even) younger self, it’s this very sentiment. You weren’t born to be subtle. So don’t be. Keep your head held high. 🙋🏽‍♀️ Share who you are with all those you encounter — and trust that the right people will stay. Because they will. They’ll do more than that too. They’ll believe in you. They’ll believe in your dreams and passions .. both the ones you do and don’t share. Don’t forget: anyone who forces us to be subtle probably isn’t worthy of our show. On that note, I sure hope I was worthy of this one at @shu.restaurant. 🙏🏻 Talk about the ultimate all-vegan Christmas in July! This was anything but subtle .. and as expected, I loved every minute.✌🏻 . . Post dedicated to my sister, @avacolliins, who owns her unsubtle self every single day. Bit by bit, it’s paying off and I couldn’t be more proud. The show’s officially just started. 😜😘 . . Tee by @supre_instagram, as part of “The Power Project” for female empowerment. ✨
  • Introducing #THE5AMSERIES ☕️ .. where we talk all things The 5am Club. Over the past few weeks, I’ve been sharing a lot about my routines — in particular, the choice to wake up at 5am. Each time I’ve referenced the ungodly hour, it’s attracted a lot of shock and just as many questions! 🤣 How? What? And why.. the hell would you do that? For however long it takes us, I’ve decided to break it all down!! 🤸🏽‍♂️ You’ll be able to find all posts under the hashtag, #THE5AMSERIES. That way, if you do decide to join the club, the how-tos for entry will be right there and waiting for you! Hold tight, folks! 🙈 The first post will cover how it all came about. Was I always a morning person? What makes 5am such a magic time? Are there downsides to the process? How do you even fill the time? ALL this and more, coming soon to @currentlylovingblog. ✨ For now, I’m off to lunch because (spoiler alert), I’ve achieved SO much again this morning that I’m certain some social time is well deserved! On that note, it’s my pleasure to share one of the BEST meals I’ve had in a while courtesy of the legends at @sardicafe! 💕 Ya girl has quite literally dreamed about these vegan CHOC BROWNIE waffles. Not to mention the açai bowl on the side. 😋 Best to avoid that smoothie FOMO, you know? If you’re in Melbourne, do yourself a favour and add @sardicafe to your list! 🙏🏻 You just might spot me two tables down! Happy Wednesday everyone! There are so many exciting things to come — let’s get over this hump day and greet them! 😁✌🏻
  • THE POWER OF WORDS ✨ .. don’t make the mistake I did by not using them at all. I remember I used to roll my eyes when Mum would emphasise the importance of communication. For a long time, I preferred an element of mystery. 🍃 Both subconsciously and consciously, I’d keep many people in my life constantly guessing. What’s she thinking? What’s the next move? 🤷🏽‍♀️ Where are we even at? Here are ✌🏻 important things I’ve learnt since. 1️⃣ If you care about a relationship, keeping things mysterious is not a long-term solution. In fact, it’s setting things up to fizzle out very quickly. 2️⃣ You save YOURSELF a lot of drama by being open. It’s 10x less stressful and frustrating for all individuals involved. Over the past few weeks, both @a_jaxcreative and I have been pretty darn busy on our own projects. For once — and I say this because it’s certainly been an issue in the past — we’re not feeling distanced and confused. 💁🏽‍♀️ In fact, we’ve never worked so well as a team prior to now! Long as the journey might have been, the light at the end of the rainbow now feels obvious. All we’re doing.. is listening to one another. We’re being open about what we need to achieve our goals. 🙋🏽‍♀️ And we’re being careful to use the right words, based on how one another is feeling. Whether you use the whole dictionary like @twodarkcoffees at my 21st 🤣 .. or just a few this week, make sure you’re speaking and communicating in some way with the ones you love. It’s not cool to be a closed book. Nor does it get us anywhere productive. Take it from me, the girl who has transitioned from mute to a million words over the past 21 years. 🤦🏽‍♀️😁 I’ve got #noregrets.

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  • THE TRAINING LOW-DOWN 🌟 .. anyone else an F45 fanatic? If you’ve been watching my stories lately, you’ll know that I’ve added an infamous workout to my routine. 😜 Destination: @f45training_hawthorn. Now before you say it, I too am shocked I’ve arrived so late to the party! The point is, I’m here now 🙋🏽‍♀️ .. and I’m loving every second! F45 is utterly my style of training: fast-paced, challenging and always diverse. In this way, it’s satisfied many of my expectations. 👌🏻 With that said, there are countless ways the training has surprised me too! In case you’re tossing up a membership in time for the challenge, imma do you a favour and de-bunk some classic F45 myths! That’s right.. it’s TRUE or FALSE time! 1️⃣ F45 is a completely cardio-based workout.. 🙅🏽‍♀️ That’s an easy FALSE. Probably the biggest misconception I made about @f45training_hawthorn was to assume it was 99% cardio-focused HIIT training. 🏃🏻‍♀️ It is indeed circuit-based interval training.. but there’s just as much resistance and strength involved, as there is functional cardio! 2️⃣ It’s a cult.. 🤷🏽‍♀️ Well, kinda! But in the BEST of ways! You can understand why people get obsessed with this workout and visit their local studio almost everyday! Particularly at @f45training_hawthorn, its such a warm community; all the trainers know you by name and will even work out alongside you from time to time! ☺️ It’s a family, and you just don’t let your family down! 😂 You show the hell up! 3️⃣ You need to be SUPER fit to join .. 🙅🏽‍♀️ That’s another no from me! Whilst I’ve entered the ring with a passion for fitness myself, one of the coolest and MOST INSPIRING elements of @f45_training is the diversity of people who play a part! 🤸🏻‍♀️ You might have 60-year old Larry beating you at burpees, whilst 20-year old Mindy struggles through a hungover workout. 😆 We all have different fitness backgrounds, lifestyles and goals! As a result, there is no starting point better than where you are right now! Hands up if you’ve tried an F45 class below! 🙋🏽‍♀️ Did you love it? What’s your favourite type of session?!
  • SMALL STEPS 👣 .. the key to leaving a damn good-looking footprint! When it comes to setting achievable goals, it pays to know yourself. In order to see any results, I HAVE to factor in the following three realities about me. 1️⃣ I’m impatient beyond belief. 🤦🏽‍♀️ If ya girl doesn’t see SOME kind of tangible result in a week or two, she’s off the bandwagon. 2️⃣ I’m an A-type personality. 🙋🏽‍♀️ This means I like to measure my progress and to tick things off. ☑️ The more I can tick off in a short time, the better I feel! 3️⃣ I’m stubborn. 💁🏽‍♀️ If I’m trying to make change, I need to make sure it works with my current lifestyle and the things I like doing. Otherwise, well .. see ya! When I asked about your July goals recently, a lot of you brought up #PlasticFreeJuly! ♻️ It got me thinking: I wasn’t really doing much. And why not? In order to change that, I decided to partner up with eco-friendly retailer @thecleancollective, through @shoppinglinks! 🌿 Not only is The Clean Collective based in one of my favourite Sydney locales (Manly), they have a completely plastic-free range dedicated to making small changes this month! With my own criteria for change-making in mind, I’ve officially got myself a little starter kit! I love my coffee and cafe-hopping, that we know ☕️ — so this @jococups reusable cup is an easy addition to my lifestyle! 🙏🏻 I’m excited to use this super sleek metal straw for smoothies, and even to make space in our bathroom for these reusable dispensers! These are just simple swaps; they come with very little sacrifice AND they have immediate effect! 🙋🏽‍♀️ We’ve just satisfied all my criteria for a habit I can upkeep! What’s one small thing you can do this July to reduce your own footprint? 👣 Let’s get accountable below! 👇🏻
  • QUALITY TIME 🌟 .. are we letting it pass us by? Even as an avid social media user, it often disheartens me when I see couples sitting together at a cafe, completely pre-occupied on their phones. The other day, I was working on my laptop — and I kid you not, two girls who appeared to be best friends did not speak to each other for a half hour. It seemed that one was on her phone intently; the other just following suit. 🤳🏼Pretending she had a reason to scroll, so she didn’t appear the more “available” friend. These days, if people do the same to me, I make the effort not to reach for my phone. 🙅🏽‍♀️ It’s the easy option, but we ought not to fall to it! We should call each other out instead! I must say, @a_jaxcreative is particularly good at doing this for me. It may sound silly, but we like to see our brunch dates on the weekend as non-negotiable quality time. No matter what happens during the week, we have these occasions (and our daily morning coffee 🥰☕️) to remind us to whole-heartedly connect and to have fun together! We’ll take our photos, and then, it’s screens down. 👉🏻 Time to give attention to the food AND to the company we’re lucky to have. Do you guys have any rituals for ensuring the phones go away sometimes? With friends or your partner, when do you declare enough as enough? 🙋🏽‍♀️
  • #THE5AMSERIES ☕️ .. where it all began! Happy Monday everyone! ✨ To inspire your early starts this week, I thought I’d kick this series off with a bit of a story-time! You don’t just decide to wake at 5am one day — and that’s it. 😆 Like every tale worth telling, there’s a mighty backstory to this one! I remember being about 9 years old, and on HOLIDAY at my grandparents. 👉🏻 I’d challenge myself to wake early to watch Hannah Montana episodes before my siblings. 🤣 I LOVED making them jealous when they slept in, and I’d already watched several episodes of Disney Channel! I suppose this is where my love for early morning productivity began. 😜 What can I say, I’ve risen from humble roots! When I had my own bedroom at home, my parents would often catch my light on at 4am. 🤷🏽‍♀️ I’d be playing with my toys. Seemed like a good enough time as any, if you asked me! They’d have to check on me multiple times until I stopped getting up. 🤓 I think I liked how peaceful it was, even back then. When my sister eventually moved in, I used to wake her at 5am; get us both dressed for school and hop us back into bed. 🧥 2 hours later, we’d wait for Dad to call on us to get ready. Little did he know, we were already three steps ahead! 🤣 In hindsight, ya girl was an unusual kid .. who got a kick out of unusual things! My habits have changed little ever since. All throughout school and university, I’d wake early to get work done; to go for a run 🏃🏻‍♀️ and in Wellington, to jump in the ocean! During these years, my alarm bounced between 4.30am and 8am. 👌🏻 Mostly because my sleeping patterns were all over the place, I wasn’t consistent. I could get up at 6am everyday of the week ⏰ — but I could only manage 5am for one or two mornings before crashing. Coming soon to #THE5AMSERIES: why I made it my mission to find consistency + how I pushed my body clock back to 5am for good! In the meantime, enjoy one of the many perks of waking up early: earning that first meal of the day, folks! 🙏🏻 This one at @fourthchapter was absolutely stunning! Sweet potato fries anytime of day, am I right? 🤤
  • MAINTAINING MOMENTUM 🤸🏽‍♂️ .. how do we avoid boredom with our training? It’s been a great start to the weekend so far! 🙏🏻 @a_jaxcreative and I pulled ourselves out of bed nice and early to hit a couples sesh before breakfast this morning! I’ll be spending the rest of the day at a local gym completing more of my P.T course. 🔖 Now that I’ve moved my body, we’re ready to focus on me brain! I honestly can’t wait to share as I learn more and more from this course! At the moment, I’m using myself as a dummy! 😜 One day, I’ll hopefully help some of you! Something we talked about last week hit a chord with me. 💁🏽‍♀️ It was the way people enter the gym; they do the same thing over and over, and expect different results. Our instructor emphasised the way our body adapts 🏃🏻‍♀️ and the importance of changing and progressing our routines, in order to encourage new results. I know for a fact that I thrive off mixing up my fitness routine! 🥊🤸🏽‍♂️🏋🏻‍♀️ I love varying where, when and how I work out! I’ve gone through stages of listening to podcasts to see me through a workout — but lately, I’m back into my beats!! I almost forgot how motivating it is when the beat drops, especially when you’re doing a fast-paced HIIT or Tabata session. Every now and then, I’ll ditch the apartment gym and take a home session outside. 🍃 Here I have free reign with my music, so I’ve been blasting my @pure_insider Mini Series portable radio/speaker 📻 (available from @myer). Depending on my mood, I’ll plug in my phone or tune into a local station. Now I’m not about to work out for 20 hours, but it’s a relief to know the #pureradio can endure a long session! 🤘🏻 That way, I can focus on one thing — and that’s getting the most out of it. Thanks @theorycrew! What inspires you to take things to the next level with your training? Is it grabbing your boyfriend? Some good beats? Or signing up to a new class like @f45training_hawthorn? 👇🏻 Let’s hear it below!
  • What defines time “WELL SPENT” to you? Be honest with yourself. 🤔 Is a valuable moment to you .. defined by progression in a monetary or financial form? In other words, do you define your productivity by the hours you’re getting paid 💸 .. and those hours only? Let’s stop ourselves right there. Progress comes in SO many different forms, and so too does success! Just because we aren’t making money doesn’t mean we aren’t earning in other, MORE VALUABLE ways. When we’re making a connection with another human 🗣 .. we’re filling our souls and our cups and our hearts! When we’re moving our bodies 🤸🏽‍♂️ .. we’re becoming stronger and more capable versions of ourselves. When we’re spending time outdoors 🌲 .. we’re thanking Mother Nature for what she’s done with the place! It looks pretty damn fine from over here, don’t you think? It’s been easy, especially as a freelancer, to perceive only the hours I work (and thus, get paid) as valuable use of my time. Let me tell you: I’m sitting back this Friday, and like @a_jaxcreative in this photo, I’m enjoying something like a deep-belly laugh. I feel ALIVE this week — and not because I’ve peaked financially. 👉🏻 But because I’ve allowed myself the space and the time to peak in every way that one can! Socially. Emotionally. Mentally. Physically. Oh, and financially too. Time is money. ⏳ But time is also friendship. It’s happiness. It’s passion. It’s love. It’s laughter. It’s learning. Bask in ANY of these things 🙏🏻 — and if you ask me, you couldn’t spend your time on this planet any better than the way are in this moment! Happy Friday everyone! 😜✌🏻 . . 🏨 : my favourite host in Sydney, @hotelcollectionist.
  • WHAT THE T-SHIRT SAYS. I’ve learnt many things from being my own boss — and one of these is the power of sharing who you truly are, and who you hope to become. I think it’s easy, especially in our first few roles, to assume we have to filter certain aspects of ourselves. To present a “work” Kenzie in one circumstance, and a “real” Kenzie in another. I’ve found the more comfortable and supported I feel, the more the two overlap. To me, this is where the real magic happens. When we wear our truth, as proudly as I wear this shirt, we attract people and communities who share in it. No longer do we feel the need to hide our most dominant traits. 👉🏻 In fact, these become the reason we’re most celebrated and valued! If there’s one thing I’d tell my (even) younger self, it’s this very sentiment. You weren’t born to be subtle. So don’t be. Keep your head held high. 🙋🏽‍♀️ Share who you are with all those you encounter — and trust that the right people will stay. Because they will. They’ll do more than that too. They’ll believe in you. They’ll believe in your dreams and passions .. both the ones you do and don’t share. Don’t forget: anyone who forces us to be subtle probably isn’t worthy of our show. On that note, I sure hope I was worthy of this one at @shu.restaurant. 🙏🏻 Talk about the ultimate all-vegan Christmas in July! This was anything but subtle .. and as expected, I loved every minute.✌🏻 . . Post dedicated to my sister, @avacolliins, who owns her unsubtle self every single day. Bit by bit, it’s paying off and I couldn’t be more proud. The show’s officially just started. 😜😘 . . Tee by @supre_instagram, as part of “The Power Project” for female empowerment. ✨
  • Introducing #THE5AMSERIES ☕️ .. where we talk all things The 5am Club. Over the past few weeks, I’ve been sharing a lot about my routines — in particular, the choice to wake up at 5am. Each time I’ve referenced the ungodly hour, it’s attracted a lot of shock and just as many questions! 🤣 How? What? And why.. the hell would you do that? For however long it takes us, I’ve decided to break it all down!! 🤸🏽‍♂️ You’ll be able to find all posts under the hashtag, #THE5AMSERIES. That way, if you do decide to join the club, the how-tos for entry will be right there and waiting for you! Hold tight, folks! 🙈 The first post will cover how it all came about. Was I always a morning person? What makes 5am such a magic time? Are there downsides to the process? How do you even fill the time? ALL this and more, coming soon to @currentlylovingblog. ✨ For now, I’m off to lunch because (spoiler alert), I’ve achieved SO much again this morning that I’m certain some social time is well deserved! On that note, it’s my pleasure to share one of the BEST meals I’ve had in a while courtesy of the legends at @sardicafe! 💕 Ya girl has quite literally dreamed about these vegan CHOC BROWNIE waffles. Not to mention the açai bowl on the side. 😋 Best to avoid that smoothie FOMO, you know? If you’re in Melbourne, do yourself a favour and add @sardicafe to your list! 🙏🏻 You just might spot me two tables down! Happy Wednesday everyone! There are so many exciting things to come — let’s get over this hump day and greet them! 😁✌🏻
  • THE POWER OF WORDS ✨ .. don’t make the mistake I did by not using them at all. I remember I used to roll my eyes when Mum would emphasise the importance of communication. For a long time, I preferred an element of mystery. 🍃 Both subconsciously and consciously, I’d keep many people in my life constantly guessing. What’s she thinking? What’s the next move? 🤷🏽‍♀️ Where are we even at? Here are ✌🏻 important things I’ve learnt since. 1️⃣ If you care about a relationship, keeping things mysterious is not a long-term solution. In fact, it’s setting things up to fizzle out very quickly. 2️⃣ You save YOURSELF a lot of drama by being open. It’s 10x less stressful and frustrating for all individuals involved. Over the past few weeks, both @a_jaxcreative and I have been pretty darn busy on our own projects. For once — and I say this because it’s certainly been an issue in the past — we’re not feeling distanced and confused. 💁🏽‍♀️ In fact, we’ve never worked so well as a team prior to now! Long as the journey might have been, the light at the end of the rainbow now feels obvious. All we’re doing.. is listening to one another. We’re being open about what we need to achieve our goals. 🙋🏽‍♀️ And we’re being careful to use the right words, based on how one another is feeling. Whether you use the whole dictionary like @twodarkcoffees at my 21st 🤣 .. or just a few this week, make sure you’re speaking and communicating in some way with the ones you love. It’s not cool to be a closed book. Nor does it get us anywhere productive. Take it from me, the girl who has transitioned from mute to a million words over the past 21 years. 🤦🏽‍♀️😁 I’ve got #noregrets.

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  • THE TRAINING LOW-DOWN 🌟 .. anyone else an F45 fanatic? If you’ve been watching my stories lately, you’ll know that I’ve added an infamous workout to my routine. 😜 Destination: @f45training_hawthorn. Now before you say it, I too am shocked I’ve arrived so late to the party! The point is, I’m here now 🙋🏽‍♀️ .. and I’m loving every second! F45 is utterly my style of training: fast-paced, challenging and always diverse. In this way, it’s satisfied many of my expectations. 👌🏻 With that said, there are countless ways the training has surprised me too! In case you’re tossing up a membership in time for the challenge, imma do you a favour and de-bunk some classic F45 myths! That’s right.. it’s TRUE or FALSE time! 1️⃣ F45 is a completely cardio-based workout.. 🙅🏽‍♀️ That’s an easy FALSE. Probably the biggest misconception I made about @f45training_hawthorn was to assume it was 99% cardio-focused HIIT training. 🏃🏻‍♀️ It is indeed circuit-based interval training.. but there’s just as much resistance and strength involved, as there is functional cardio! 2️⃣ It’s a cult.. 🤷🏽‍♀️ Well, kinda! But in the BEST of ways! You can understand why people get obsessed with this workout and visit their local studio almost everyday! Particularly at @f45training_hawthorn, its such a warm community; all the trainers know you by name and will even work out alongside you from time to time! ☺️ It’s a family, and you just don’t let your family down! 😂 You show the hell up! 3️⃣ You need to be SUPER fit to join .. 🙅🏽‍♀️ That’s another no from me! Whilst I’ve entered the ring with a passion for fitness myself, one of the coolest and MOST INSPIRING elements of @f45_training is the diversity of people who play a part! 🤸🏻‍♀️ You might have 60-year old Larry beating you at burpees, whilst 20-year old Mindy struggles through a hungover workout. 😆 We all have different fitness backgrounds, lifestyles and goals! As a result, there is no starting point better than where you are right now! Hands up if you’ve tried an F45 class below! 🙋🏽‍♀️ Did you love it? What’s your favourite type of session?!
  • SMALL STEPS 👣 .. the key to leaving a damn good-looking footprint! When it comes to setting achievable goals, it pays to know yourself. In order to see any results, I HAVE to factor in the following three realities about me. 1️⃣ I’m impatient beyond belief. 🤦🏽‍♀️ If ya girl doesn’t see SOME kind of tangible result in a week or two, she’s off the bandwagon. 2️⃣ I’m an A-type personality. 🙋🏽‍♀️ This means I like to measure my progress and to tick things off. ☑️ The more I can tick off in a short time, the better I feel! 3️⃣ I’m stubborn. 💁🏽‍♀️ If I’m trying to make change, I need to make sure it works with my current lifestyle and the things I like doing. Otherwise, well .. see ya! When I asked about your July goals recently, a lot of you brought up #PlasticFreeJuly! ♻️ It got me thinking: I wasn’t really doing much. And why not? In order to change that, I decided to partner up with eco-friendly retailer @thecleancollective, through @shoppinglinks! 🌿 Not only is The Clean Collective based in one of my favourite Sydney locales (Manly), they have a completely plastic-free range dedicated to making small changes this month! With my own criteria for change-making in mind, I’ve officially got myself a little starter kit! I love my coffee and cafe-hopping, that we know ☕️ — so this @jococups reusable cup is an easy addition to my lifestyle! 🙏🏻 I’m excited to use this super sleek metal straw for smoothies, and even to make space in our bathroom for these reusable dispensers! These are just simple swaps; they come with very little sacrifice AND they have immediate effect! 🙋🏽‍♀️ We’ve just satisfied all my criteria for a habit I can upkeep! What’s one small thing you can do this July to reduce your own footprint? 👣 Let’s get accountable below! 👇🏻
  • QUALITY TIME 🌟 .. are we letting it pass us by? Even as an avid social media user, it often disheartens me when I see couples sitting together at a cafe, completely pre-occupied on their phones. The other day, I was working on my laptop — and I kid you not, two girls who appeared to be best friends did not speak to each other for a half hour. It seemed that one was on her phone intently; the other just following suit. 🤳🏼Pretending she had a reason to scroll, so she didn’t appear the more “available” friend. These days, if people do the same to me, I make the effort not to reach for my phone. 🙅🏽‍♀️ It’s the easy option, but we ought not to fall to it! We should call each other out instead! I must say, @a_jaxcreative is particularly good at doing this for me. It may sound silly, but we like to see our brunch dates on the weekend as non-negotiable quality time. No matter what happens during the week, we have these occasions (and our daily morning coffee 🥰☕️) to remind us to whole-heartedly connect and to have fun together! We’ll take our photos, and then, it’s screens down. 👉🏻 Time to give attention to the food AND to the company we’re lucky to have. Do you guys have any rituals for ensuring the phones go away sometimes? With friends or your partner, when do you declare enough as enough? 🙋🏽‍♀️
  • #THE5AMSERIES ☕️ .. where it all began! Happy Monday everyone! ✨ To inspire your early starts this week, I thought I’d kick this series off with a bit of a story-time! You don’t just decide to wake at 5am one day — and that’s it. 😆 Like every tale worth telling, there’s a mighty backstory to this one! I remember being about 9 years old, and on HOLIDAY at my grandparents. 👉🏻 I’d challenge myself to wake early to watch Hannah Montana episodes before my siblings. 🤣 I LOVED making them jealous when they slept in, and I’d already watched several episodes of Disney Channel! I suppose this is where my love for early morning productivity began. 😜 What can I say, I’ve risen from humble roots! When I had my own bedroom at home, my parents would often catch my light on at 4am. 🤷🏽‍♀️ I’d be playing with my toys. Seemed like a good enough time as any, if you asked me! They’d have to check on me multiple times until I stopped getting up. 🤓 I think I liked how peaceful it was, even back then. When my sister eventually moved in, I used to wake her at 5am; get us both dressed for school and hop us back into bed. 🧥 2 hours later, we’d wait for Dad to call on us to get ready. Little did he know, we were already three steps ahead! 🤣 In hindsight, ya girl was an unusual kid .. who got a kick out of unusual things! My habits have changed little ever since. All throughout school and university, I’d wake early to get work done; to go for a run 🏃🏻‍♀️ and in Wellington, to jump in the ocean! During these years, my alarm bounced between 4.30am and 8am. 👌🏻 Mostly because my sleeping patterns were all over the place, I wasn’t consistent. I could get up at 6am everyday of the week ⏰ — but I could only manage 5am for one or two mornings before crashing. Coming soon to #THE5AMSERIES: why I made it my mission to find consistency + how I pushed my body clock back to 5am for good! In the meantime, enjoy one of the many perks of waking up early: earning that first meal of the day, folks! 🙏🏻 This one at @fourthchapter was absolutely stunning! Sweet potato fries anytime of day, am I right? 🤤
  • MAINTAINING MOMENTUM 🤸🏽‍♂️ .. how do we avoid boredom with our training? It’s been a great start to the weekend so far! 🙏🏻 @a_jaxcreative and I pulled ourselves out of bed nice and early to hit a couples sesh before breakfast this morning! I’ll be spending the rest of the day at a local gym completing more of my P.T course. 🔖 Now that I’ve moved my body, we’re ready to focus on me brain! I honestly can’t wait to share as I learn more and more from this course! At the moment, I’m using myself as a dummy! 😜 One day, I’ll hopefully help some of you! Something we talked about last week hit a chord with me. 💁🏽‍♀️ It was the way people enter the gym; they do the same thing over and over, and expect different results. Our instructor emphasised the way our body adapts 🏃🏻‍♀️ and the importance of changing and progressing our routines, in order to encourage new results. I know for a fact that I thrive off mixing up my fitness routine! 🥊🤸🏽‍♂️🏋🏻‍♀️ I love varying where, when and how I work out! I’ve gone through stages of listening to podcasts to see me through a workout — but lately, I’m back into my beats!! I almost forgot how motivating it is when the beat drops, especially when you’re doing a fast-paced HIIT or Tabata session. Every now and then, I’ll ditch the apartment gym and take a home session outside. 🍃 Here I have free reign with my music, so I’ve been blasting my @pure_insider Mini Series portable radio/speaker 📻 (available from @myer). Depending on my mood, I’ll plug in my phone or tune into a local station. Now I’m not about to work out for 20 hours, but it’s a relief to know the #pureradio can endure a long session! 🤘🏻 That way, I can focus on one thing — and that’s getting the most out of it. Thanks @theorycrew! What inspires you to take things to the next level with your training? Is it grabbing your boyfriend? Some good beats? Or signing up to a new class like @f45training_hawthorn? 👇🏻 Let’s hear it below!
  • What defines time “WELL SPENT” to you? Be honest with yourself. 🤔 Is a valuable moment to you .. defined by progression in a monetary or financial form? In other words, do you define your productivity by the hours you’re getting paid 💸 .. and those hours only? Let’s stop ourselves right there. Progress comes in SO many different forms, and so too does success! Just because we aren’t making money doesn’t mean we aren’t earning in other, MORE VALUABLE ways. When we’re making a connection with another human 🗣 .. we’re filling our souls and our cups and our hearts! When we’re moving our bodies 🤸🏽‍♂️ .. we’re becoming stronger and more capable versions of ourselves. When we’re spending time outdoors 🌲 .. we’re thanking Mother Nature for what she’s done with the place! It looks pretty damn fine from over here, don’t you think? It’s been easy, especially as a freelancer, to perceive only the hours I work (and thus, get paid) as valuable use of my time. Let me tell you: I’m sitting back this Friday, and like @a_jaxcreative in this photo, I’m enjoying something like a deep-belly laugh. I feel ALIVE this week — and not because I’ve peaked financially. 👉🏻 But because I’ve allowed myself the space and the time to peak in every way that one can! Socially. Emotionally. Mentally. Physically. Oh, and financially too. Time is money. ⏳ But time is also friendship. It’s happiness. It’s passion. It’s love. It’s laughter. It’s learning. Bask in ANY of these things 🙏🏻 — and if you ask me, you couldn’t spend your time on this planet any better than the way are in this moment! Happy Friday everyone! 😜✌🏻 . . 🏨 : my favourite host in Sydney, @hotelcollectionist.
  • WHAT THE T-SHIRT SAYS. I’ve learnt many things from being my own boss — and one of these is the power of sharing who you truly are, and who you hope to become. I think it’s easy, especially in our first few roles, to assume we have to filter certain aspects of ourselves. To present a “work” Kenzie in one circumstance, and a “real” Kenzie in another. I’ve found the more comfortable and supported I feel, the more the two overlap. To me, this is where the real magic happens. When we wear our truth, as proudly as I wear this shirt, we attract people and communities who share in it. No longer do we feel the need to hide our most dominant traits. 👉🏻 In fact, these become the reason we’re most celebrated and valued! If there’s one thing I’d tell my (even) younger self, it’s this very sentiment. You weren’t born to be subtle. So don’t be. Keep your head held high. 🙋🏽‍♀️ Share who you are with all those you encounter — and trust that the right people will stay. Because they will. They’ll do more than that too. They’ll believe in you. They’ll believe in your dreams and passions .. both the ones you do and don’t share. Don’t forget: anyone who forces us to be subtle probably isn’t worthy of our show. On that note, I sure hope I was worthy of this one at @shu.restaurant. 🙏🏻 Talk about the ultimate all-vegan Christmas in July! This was anything but subtle .. and as expected, I loved every minute.✌🏻 . . Post dedicated to my sister, @avacolliins, who owns her unsubtle self every single day. Bit by bit, it’s paying off and I couldn’t be more proud. The show’s officially just started. 😜😘 . . Tee by @supre_instagram, as part of “The Power Project” for female empowerment. ✨

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