Get Up And Out

Good evening and happy Sunday! I hope you had an amazing day! :) Today, I wanted to discuss my summer morning routine. Now, I won’t lie - I love the idea of doing an intentional routine where I plan out what I want to do every morning and get into that habit. And I’m working on that. But I’ve kind of fallen into an accidental routine that I actually really like haha. So I thought I’d share it here! I’m also going to add a few things that I want to add in this month hopefully, we shall see how that goes! Hopefully it will help someone, and at the very least, have it to look back on next summer or when I’m starting a new routine in the fall. So...here it is! :) — 7am - 7:30am: wake up — This one kind of shifts depending on what time I went to bed - I like to get between 8-8 and half hours of sleep every night, so like I said, it really depends. But I like getting up early - sleeping in just makes me feel like I’ve wasted the day! Know what I mean?  — 7am - 7:45am: chilling and scrol...

Good afternoon all! :) I hope you are having a great start to your week. I am back with my second habit of the week post! I’ll start with a review of last week’s habit, and then talk about my new one for this week! Last week, I did the ‘morning workout’ habit. Honestly, that was awesome. I love starting my morning with a bit of exercise - it really sets a good tone for the day. I didn’t get as many runs in as I wanted - apparently, when you go from running about once a month to every other day your body may not react so well?? Who knew?? Oops haha. But I still did get a few runs in, which was nice. One thing I found super useful was making at least some of the workouts fun. If it is something I am looking forward to, I am much more likely to do it. And for right now especially, when I just want to try and set the habit, I want to make sure I actually do it. Once it’s a habit it will likely be easier to mix things up or make them more difficult! For example, on one of the days, I did a ...

Good evening all!! :) Hope you’re doing well!! As we approach the end of July, I’m here with a list of all the books I am hoping to read during August!! I will, of course, review them all once I’m finished - let me know if a reading vlog at some point would be something you’d be interested in seeing as well! I’ve seen a few of those and they seem pretty fun. ANYWAYS. I’m likely going to have more time this month to read - fingers crossed. We’ll see what happens. So, here it is :) 1. Own the Day, Own Your Life by Aubrey Marcus  I’ve had this one for a year or two now, and have been slowly making my way through. It’s got a lot of good info in it, but whenever I sit down to read it tends to be more fiction than anything if I’m honest, cause it’s been more to unwind as of late. But I am determined to finally finish it this month! And I’m hoping to read more nonfiction this month as well (as you can probably tell by the rest of this list haha). 2. Factfulness by Hans Rosling  Soo...

Morning everyone! :) Hope you are all doing well! I’ve decided for my Tuesday posts that I’m going to start doing ‘habit of the week’ and try out a different healthy habit each week! So for this week, we have morning workouts. I originally wanted to do morning runs but oh my goodness I don’t think I can do those every morning haha. I went for a run Friday and was still sore like two days later. Soooo I’m going to call this habit a morning workout so my body has a chance to recover, and I can try new things.  I really want to turn this into a proper habit though, and hopefully reach the point where I can do a morning run everyday! But for now, I’m going to stick with a morning run every other day hopefully, and on the other days, elliptical/weights/squats, that kind of thing.  For this series, I’m going to do posts each Tuesday where I reflect on the habit from the last week and what I thought about it, and then talk about the one for the next week. However this week, since I d...

The sun is coming up, the coffee mug is in your hand, and you’re all cozied up by the window watching the world wake up. I don’t know about you, but to me, that’s the epitome of being inspired. I love those moments. Everything inside me is happy, I feel overwhelmed with thankfulness and smiles. And that feeling, that is one I love recreating. I’ve realized this recently. Life is what we make of it. That feeling changes - sometimes, it’s of pure joy, of just being happy to be alive. Other times, it’s motivation, a feeling that I can be better and I will be better and I gotta try my best. And sometimes, it’s just contentment, and peace. Living in the moment, in whatever I’m doing, and just enjoying it. Those feelings have one thing in common - they are happy feelings, and they are ones we need to chase. Because, each in their own right, they are one of the best feelings in the world. Who says we are only allowed feel it every now and then? If I can feel like that every day, then why shou...

Well hello there. It’s been a hot minute haha. I feel like I start most blog posts apologizing but I am sorry I went MIA for like a year and a half! It’s just been so busy, but that’s no excuse. I’ve literally had this post partly written for a few months...but here it is! Finally! Firstly. How is everybody doing? This is a hugely uncertain and scary time for everyone, and honestly part of the reason I want to start blogging again - it’s something creative to do, and something I have always enjoyed. This blog has changed so much over the years, but at the same time, I think it has stayed pretty true to its beginnings. I started it as a blog about 5 years ago, about trying new things. That’s still pretty much the point, but it casually morphed into a lifestyle blog overtime. Which is basically a way of saying everything - I have no limits, haha. This blog is going to continue that. I want to make it a space to a) practice my writing and keep up my creativity, and b) spread positivity ...

So, um...hi. It's been awhile. Over a year, to be more exact...and I am so sorry. I didn't expect it to be this long, but I needed all the time I could get tbh. I've been super busy, but I've really missed this. I've really fallen out of writing though, and I'm not gunna lie, it's something I've felt really off without, but can't seem to get back into. I've literally just been rereading my old pieces, LOL. I am determined though, starting with my blog. I'm gunna do my best to post when I can, to get my creative juices flowing again. It may be a bit rocky at first, but hey, life's a journey, right? If you've come this far on the journey with me, thank you. You're a real one :) And if you're just finding this...welcome! Join me on my journey if you like, I'd be honoured to have you along! With that said, here are some lessons I learned over the year 2018, also commonly referred to as the year I didn't blog. Lesso...