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              2017 Resolution Contest  — Continued from page 1



            Rachel Mohler                                                              Susan Torborg



            This occurrence inspired Rachel to      Amidst all the chaos of life,      out in the community to meet as       I am pushing through fear this year
                                                                                                                             in 2018 and doing the activities
            start blogging online. Rachel belongs   Rachel’s painting-a-day 2017       many people as she could. She said,   anyway to reach my goals.”
            to the MTN and Fountain Pens group    resolution transformed into new      “It was very hard at times. I found      Susan is very active on Facebook,
            on Facebook, where participants use   awareness and opportunity.           myself going through some tough       with frequent live videos about her
            fountain pens to write letters back     “While I failed at my original     days of missing Emmitsburg and        challenges towards health and life,
            and forth. The letters become art,    goal, the resolution forced me to    Fairfield and crying as I drove myself   as well as posts and live videos from
            as the writer indicates the model of   do something that propelled me      around trying to find the local super   some of her clients.
            fountain pen they used, the type of tip   through a winter phase of the    market.” The intentional push out        You can find the R3 Plan on
            (called nib) on the pen, and the brand   artist’s version of writer’s block.”   of her comfort zone resulted in   Facebook by requesting to join the
            and color of ink used to create the   She explained, “I’m in places at the   meeting many amazing people and     closed group, “R3 Weight Loss
            expressive words.                     end of the year that I never, ever   new friends. She started building     Plan,” and Susan will add you. She
               Third, Julianne Du Four is a       dreamed.”                            her business locally in Minnesota in
            friend that Rachel met in a mom’s       The 2017 resolution served as      November and initiated partnerships   made the group public early in 2017,
                                                                                                                             and now it has over 8,250 members
            group in Walkersville. Julianne       a tool for her. “I’m human, and      with chiropractors and local gyms.    and grows by hundreds of new
            started the Petal Patch Flower Farm,   it’s been helpful. To fail at a goal   “I have learned and seen my        members weekly. You can download
            from which she sells her flowers at a   is almost better than actually     confidence has grown a lot this year,”   and print the plan for free and find it
            Downtown Frederick market. Like       succeeding, because it helped me     Susan shared, “I have a renewed       in the first pinned post. Susan wishes
            Rachel, she has small kids, so Rachel   look past that to horizons I’d never   sense of confidence in approaching   you a new journey of resolution in
            recognized the work it takes to make   dreamed or thought possible.”       other trainers, gym openers,          2018. You can do it! She will help.
            her business grow. Noticing how         Having turned forty in October,    chiropractors, and other health       The next R3 six-week Weight Loss
            Julianne’s passion for her flowers    Rachel has officially arrived at a   professionals, to partner with them   Challenge starts January 1, 2018,
            transforms her, Rachel was inspired   goal she never truly took seriously,   in helping teach their clients the R3   and anyone can join the group at
            to paint portraits of Julianne each   “…to be an artist with a capital A.”  Plan. My goal in 2018 is to partner   any time during January. If you miss
            season, and is planning a line of Petal   In 2018, her resolution is to    with ten other health professionals. I   the start date, you can join the next
            Patch Flower Farm charms, using       complete one painting of a local     have realized I have been letting fear   challenge in February.
            dried flowers provided by Julianne.   scene per month.                     stop me in approaching them before.


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