My friend Rachel (who actually has a real blog and has this whole blogging thing down) writes little life updates and quick lists about the things she’s currently thinking about/enjoying/indulging/etc in. I love the idea. It’s sweet and to the point, with the opportunity to elaborate if necessary.

So, here’s what I’m currently thinking about.

Podcasts. I had a hard time getting into these at first, I wasn’t quite sure what I was looking for. But then I found The Good Life Project which eventually led me to Well/Aware. And now I’m obsessed with podcasts because Well/Aware is everything I was looking for. The host, Lindsay Mueller, focuses on wellness and leading a mindful life (thus, well and aware) and she does this by interviewing people in the wellness community that are a bit off the beaten path. Even the interviews when I was like “eh, plant-based diets don’t really apply to me, maybe I’ll skip this one” I ended up getting something profound out of them. It kind of feels like Lindsay is a soul sister, she just really seems to get me… even though she doesn’t actually know me. If you’re interested in checking out some of her podcasts I HIGHLY recommend:

Yoga. I’ve been doing yoga off and on for years ever since my mom showed me Rodney Yee’s tapes (yeah, she’s got his VHS TAPES) in middle school. It was never a serious practice and I only ever did it for the physical asanas. In college, I would occasionally go to the Power Yoga class UREC offered and would talk about after how I could never keep up with the breathing in class, so I just didn’t try anymore. I was there for the workout, not the breathing. This January, I discovered Shockoe Slip Yoga and after my first 3 classes, I was hooked. I decided this was something I needed to do for the mental and emotional benefits, not the physical aspect (but don’t get me wrong, the physical asanas are great because at least now I’m moving my body and not being a couch potato all the time). This led me to finding Rachel Brathen’s book Yoga Girl at Barnes and Noble, which led me to find the oneOeight community. On the days I can’t make it to the studio, I practice at home with oneOeight. It is a subscription service but it’s basically like having Netflix but for yoga and meditation and I love being able to go to the website knowing I have access to some of the world’s greatest yoga teachers (like Rachel Brathen, Stephanie Birch and Colleen Saidman Yee).

Meditation. So since I’ve gotten back into yoga, I’m also slowly entering the world of meditation. And I’m not going to lie, it’s hard. oneOeight has an awesome “Calm” section of the website with several meditation videos, but I felt like I needed something more. I found the Meditation Studio app through Starbucks, as one of their free apps of the week. It’s normally $2.99 in the app store, but it’s HIGHLY worth it. I absolutely love this app. Not only is it beautiful and minimal, the meditations are wonderful. Some of them are short little breaks while others are 10-30 minutes long, depending on what you need and want. If you don’t think you want to pay $2.99 for a meditation app though, Stop, Breathe & Think is a great free app (that has in-app purchases, if you choose to add more content).

Avocados. I only used to eat avocados if they were in guacamole, the texture really freaked me out. But then I realized just about everyone I know is eating them and is obsessed with them, so I tried it. And now I can’t stop eating them.

Hydrangeas. Now that warm weather is here and it’s stopped raining every single IMG_3881day, I keep noticing hydrangeas EVERYWHERE in The Fan. Our street has a little garden patch on the sidewalk and usually nothing is growing there, but the most beautiful hydrangeas have grown and blossomed. I kind of have a black thumb, but I’m pretty sure hydrangeas are incredibly difficult to grow, so how did these beautiful blossoms just appear?!

 

Redesign. Because when I first started this blog I had no idea what I was doing and now I work in web design and good lord does this little space need a facelift.

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