I saw a TikTok the other day (can you tell I'm obsessed with TikTok?) about a cancer patient who asked if they could still buy green bananas after their diagnosis. Because they weren't sure if they were going to be around for the bananas to ripen. We take every day for granted. Every avocado I…
If you’re on TikTok, you might see this trend making its way around about how none of us have ever had an original thought. There is always going to be someone else who is thinking the same weird shit you’re thinking. And that’s exactly where I heard the phrase destination happiness. “It's the notion of…
I think big picture in the way that I can't wait to reach that big picture. I get overly excited about the future, about the things to come, so much so that I don't really live in the present. I think big picture, but I don't think of all the little pieces I need to…
One of my good friends introduced me to the idea of using a mood tracker. I'm the kind of person that really struggles with mindfulness and seeing the bigger picture. I used to keep a gratitude journal, but it just wasn't something that stuck. For my mood tracker, I color-code every day to how I…
There have been certain moments in my life where I stood there just thinking how crazy it is to be here today. In those moments, I take it all in. I remember how I felt. I remember the weather. I remember what I was wearing. I don't think people take enough time to appreciate those…
My word for 2017 was enough. You can read more about it here. And it may have taken me a whole 365 days to really grasp the word, but I did it. I don't feel guilty on lazy days, I don't drain all my energy for other people, I've had enough of that and I'm…
I started doing yoga so I'm probably 10x more annoying than I was before. I've been seriously talking about my chi, my throat chakra, and mindfulness like all week. Basically all that talk has come from me being more aware. I was fully aware of how stressed I was, what health problems I was having,…
