All tagged healthy living

My Morning Routine: 5 Tips For People Who Hate Mornings

REAL TALK — I’M NOT A MORNING PERSON.

But in the recent years, I’ve learned to be one. I’ve found that on the days that I do manage to get up early and get my day going, I feel so much more productive. I work a full time job and have to be up early during the week, but I know that a lot of you readers are on summer break, and don’t have tons going on in the morning. Whether you’re just wanting to add a little bit of extra structure in your life, or need to get up early for school or work, these 5 simple steps will really help you out in the morning.

A Quick Update

About a year and a half ago, I opened up about a part of my life that I hadn’t shared with many people. My struggle with chronic fatigue was something that was scary, difficult to talk about and extremely humbling.

Best Grab and Go Food in New York

As a college student who is not on a meal plan, I sometimes find myself having to pick up a super quick meal when I’m on the go.  Over the past few months, I’ve found a few places that are great to stop at when I’m looking for something that is both quick and fairly healthy.

I Ditched The Meal Plan | My Thoughts

One of my biggest struggles last year at school, was having to be on a meal plan.  I’ve grown up in a healthy household, and have always been super conscious about what I eat, so having to rely completely on a college meal plan was pretty difficult for me.  Now I’m aware of the fact that being on some sort of meal plan is all part of the college experience, and I’ll link a post that I wrote about a year ago about staying healthy while on the meal plan here, but in this post, I’m going be be talking about my experience of not being on a meal plan. 

What My Time Off Has Taught Me

If I were to ask myself back in January what I thought I would learn on my leave of absence, I probably would have reluctantly hoped that it would have to do with my health and well being.  Hopefully I would have pinpointed exactly what was wrong with me, and I would acquire the necessary skills to fix it.