Since I'm headed out of the country tomorrow, the blog will be put on the back burner again. To keep your preoccupied until I return, I've got a looooot of link lovin' to go around. Many of which are pretty old due to that unexpected break I took there but definitely still worth your time. Without any further delay..
On Mental Health:
More affirmations to get you in the right mindset if you're feeling blah
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You are special but you are also pretty average and that's more than okay
Word of the day = Swedish word lagom to mean just enough, which reminded me of what Brene Brown said
"For me, the opposite of scarcity is not abundance. It's enough."
On Relationships:
Virtual communication is cool and all but there's nothing like connection with others in real life as Joyce explains
Good Advice:
NYTimes' laundry guide
As we've established I am a terrible decision maker. I suffer from FOBO (fear of better options). I am a maximizer. So reading this article from the NYTimes was life-changing
Good advice from 50 year olds to younger generations
On Health & Wellness:
Kylie aka Immaeatthat on sitting with fullness and pleasurable overeating
When healthy habits become unhealthy and how to deal -- definitely resonated with my orthorexic past
What does eating clean even mean? A great analysis of the trendy "non-diet"
A reminder that health should not necessarily = wealth
Lily Diamond from the Kale & Caramel blog discusses the cult of wellness and her decision to stop being vegan in Wild Wild Country Reminds Me of My Upbringing
On Your Body:
"...,your body is simply a body, and its size is simply a size. Your weight is not your happiness, your capacity for love, your capacity to be loved, your worth or your worthiness."
Fun, Random Reads
Food bloggers look back to their first posts
The process of creating a hit song: The Middle. Will never not sing along to this!
An analysis of rom coms
Lastly, cashews as the cure to anxiety?
Questions:
Do you have a favorite affirmation?
What's your best laundry tip?
What song(s) are you into at the moment?
Have you ever looked back at your old posts/diaries and cringed?
Any of these resonate with you too?