Illinois finally issued a formal shelter-in-place ordinance starting this past Saturday at 5pm. Many other states and counties across the country, and even more places around the world are in the same boat. Many businesses that have been deemed non-essential are closed - one of those being the gym.
Maybe I’m lame but this is where the shelter-in-place is hitting me the hardest.
Read MoreSo I had a whole article prepared for this week about how the U.S. health infrastructure was is woefully under developed and how that contributes to long term health risks and promotes the rise of industries that prey on this lack of knowledge available - BUT I figured that would be a bit heavy and redundant with everything that has happened in the past couple days. So instead - here is my guide to surviving quarantine/winter favorites - because we should be self-quarantining but that doesn't mean we still can't try new things and have a great time.
Read MoreIf you had told me even two years ago that I would be so into anime that I would be gleaning life lessons from it, it would have been awhile before I stopped laughing in your face.
My sister can attest to the fact that I used to ridicule anime as well as pretty much anyone who watched it regularly (pokemon was exempt for whatever reason), since they normally bore the brunt of my teasing, and I never pictured it as a valuable addition to anyone's life.
Read MoreI am obsessed with people’s mundane routines. I am that person that consumes morning and night routines on YouTube like a crazy person. I want to know what people eat, what kind of creamer they put in their coffee, how many times they hit the snooze button, do they sleep with an eye mask? I’m a creeper.
Read MoreI don’t know about you guys, but I’m starting to feel overwhelmed with the amount of self-improvement advice out there. On the one hand, it feels like everyone is saying all the same things – eat your veggies, go to the gym, start investing, stop looking at your phone etc. But on the other hand, it feels like there’s more disagreement in this space than ever. Should I eat veggies as part of a keto, paleo, vegan or vegetarian diet? Should I box, swim, HIIT, lift, or run at the gym? How much and with who do I invest? There are endless factions under every piece of seemingly straightforward advice.
Read MoreRecently I read this book called “Come As You Are” by Emily Nagoski Ph.D. It was actually recommended to me by my boyfriend (extra points for him), and the book kinda blew my mind. The overall topic is about female sexuality and sexual experience and reading it felt like someone had opened a window into all the things I felt insecure about when it came to sex.
Read MoreIt’s been a goal of mine for a couple years now to read 52 books in a year. Yes, that’s an average of a book a week. In 2018, I got close - I read 50 books. But in 2019, I read only 18. I attribute much of that 2019 number to the fact that my life felt like an out of control dumpster fire for most of the year and reading wasn’t a good enough escape (this may explain how I got into anime in 2019), so my reading habit really took a hi
Read MoreSelf Help is everywhere. Books are churned out a mile a minute on the subject, google searches for ‘how to___’ are higher than ever and everybody has a piece of advice to offer. There’s nothing wrong with this phenomenon on the surface -- people are simply looking to better themselves. The problem as I see it, is that most people are getting caught up in the wrong methods.
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