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I feel amazing when I eat healthily. As a ploy to get my boyfriend to change his diet, I decided to change my own. As I've been mentioning lately, I've started this gluten-free, wheat-free, soy-free, diary-free, refined sugar-free, (already) vegetarian diet. My aim is to avoid nearly all processed foods that have ingredients that I … Continue reading What Makes You Feel Amazing?
I recently took a staycation-vacation up in Hollywood Beach, Florida with my aunt. During my vacation, I had an epiphany. I am so negative. I never really thought I was. I thought my outlook was pessimistic, but nothing to get up in arms about. Yet, here I was, in Hollywood, Florida, staring out the window overlooking … Continue reading How Do I Get A Positive Attitude?
I'm at a crossroads. I'm starting to feel like I don't have any control over things in my life, and how I react will determine how my life moves forward. I took my dog to the vet, waited an hour and ten minutes in the exam room for the assistant to look her over really … Continue reading Meeting the Crossroads
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Every week, AT&T and Comcast conduct a direct-mail duel to see who can offer me the most channels of digital TV. I believe we are up to about 900 now. Then there’s Netflix, with more films and TV shows than I could watch in a lifetime. Even if I limited myself to just those that close friends have recommended, I would have years worth of material. There are hundreds of thousands of books I can download instantaneously to any number of devices, and millions more I can command hard copies of or borrow from a library. Then there are the millions of songs I could stream or download at the touch of a button. The billions of hours of video on YouTube. And best of all, the unceasing tide of social media: ever-replenishing tweets and status updates from nearly every person I have ever met, scattered across all corners…
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Have you ever seen the show Extreme Couponing on TLC? If you haven't, women buy tons of items, in bulk, using hundreds of store and manufacturer's coupons, store discount cards, and any savings program that is available to shoppers. It's a lot of work, but sometimes they get nearly 99% off of the retail price. … Continue reading Extreme Couponing for Minimalists
We all have them. You know, that list of things to do that you've been tallying up in your head for weeks, months even. I’m not talking about the things on your daily to do list, like taking the dog out or washing the dishes. I’m talking about those items that are relatively low in priority on … Continue reading Completing The Proverbial To Do List
This video is about an hour and a half. I watched it last weekend wanted to share it with you all because it made me think how we, as Americans, consume continuously. Watch it when you have time some time to sit down and really pay attention. I know I haven’t blogged about time management … Continue reading North Korea Exposes the Western Propaganda
I feel left out. I watch people filling moments in their day by staring at tiny little cellphone screens. I have a tiny little screen too, but the processor behind it is slow, so I don't (and won't) stare at the little screen all day. Since I got rid of my Blackberry 9 months ago, … Continue reading Constant Connectedness
I'd like to think critically about the way American society (and Western society in general) treats menstruating women. Every month, approximately 62 million women have a menstrual period. And these sixty-two million women, ages 15-44, lead very busy lives: they attend high school or college, play sports, work full-time, work part-time, and/or raise families. Once a month, sixty-two million … Continue reading You Deserve to be Treated Better While on Your Period!
So lent started last week, and the only thing I gave up was giving unsolicited advice. An awesome pursuit, as I can become a better listener and mind my own business. Except, my boyfriend said, "why don't you give up something hard?" I hadn't really thought about it much until I went to Amazon.com yesterday … Continue reading Why I’m Giving Up Online Shopping for Lent
Slow Paced (Living) in the United States 