#LOVINGLATELY: MY HEALTHISH CO. WATER BOTTLE

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my whole life, I've been the water-less wonder. 

I somehow stay hydrated without a drop.

my friends & family constantly judge me for eating a whole meal w/o a sip of water...

but not anymore, bbys! I realized how ignorant I was not getting my proper h2o intake, just because I'm not thirsty doesn't mean I should deprive my body of water. there are so many benefits to drinking our own required amount. 

AMETHYST 101 + SURVING MERCURY RETROGRADE & BLOOD MOON

what I love most about crystals is they give you the freedom to choose what to heal...pick your greatest struggles, your biggest insecurities, decide which of them you want to relieve & then find out which stone will do it for you.

for ex: I battle anxiety, my nerves are shot & I'm constantly in my own head w/ negative ideas. so when I started working with crystals, I knew I needed something to combat alllll of that, which is why my v first crystal was amethyst. (pictured here.)

MY INCONSISTENT WELLNESS ROUTINE (& WHAT I'M DOING TO CHANGE IT)

while I can think of a slewwww of adjs. to describe myself, 

the one that sticks out most because I both value & despise it is: inconsistent. 

the gemini in me loves the back and forth, the spontaneous changing of my wants and needs, but the so-called "adult" in me can't stand the unpredictability. finding a routine is -almost- impossible and ironically, I'm the type of person who needs some sort of regiment to live my best life. 

I've seen how positively I can grow when I reaaaally tried to enforce a routine but lately, I've been LIVING. & as thankful as I am for all the bottomless brunches, five course meals w/ top-shelf drinks & 4am post-bar nyc street walks, it's time to be livin' even better. 

#LOVINGLATELY: HEALING CRYSTALS

I used to be a skeptic, a  real "non-believer"..but with age, 

I formed a desire to -not- be so cynical.

I want to start by saying these thoughts are my own, and if you don't agree w/ them, that's fine...but if you do, that's amazing. 

ever since I was young, I questioned "higher beings." when terrible things happened, specifically 9/11, I can remember thinking: if god existed, why would he let this happen? and the only reason I say "god" here is because I was raised catholic. (ha! I know.) 

the older I got and the more sh!tty life experiences I went through, the less I believed in anything at all. I swore I was a "realist," someone who thought things happened because I made them happen, not because they were meant to. but in reality I was a pessimist & as you could assume, I went down a dark road w/ the faintest light at the end of it... 

fast fwd to now and I'm just about grasping at any 

& every thing to believe in that isn't a "higher being." 

CUE MY CRYSTAL HEALING FASCINATION. 

MATCHA > COFFEE: WHY I STARTED DRINKING IT

with the new year, I decided to stop drinking coffee & introduced a new form of caffeine into my life: matcha.

for the longest time, I was your basic millennial coffee addict who drank it alllll day long and as I get older, my body hasn't been able to tolerate it. my anxiety sky rockets, the jitters are so real & my stomach started to reject it. 

I am not a morning person and most days (okay, every day), I need an extra boost of energy so I had to find a substitute; I immediately knew it was going to be matcha—the earthy 'lil drink that's given me more physical & mental stamina than any cup of coffee ever has. 

MY WHOLE 30 EXPERIENCE, SO FAR

the monday after #ldw, my boyfriend & I decided try the whole 30 diet. 

I have good news & bad news. 

I have some success stories, as well as some failure stories.

since summer started, I maintained an idgaf attitude towards what I ate. I moved into my apartment w/ my S.O. and we've been eating, drinking & laughing our way through jersey city. I regret nothing, except for this "bloat" I've had for the past few months. 

I can maintain a strict diet, but geeeez whole 30 tough. you can only eat protein (meats & seafood), fruits and vegetables. no: dairy, carbs, sugars. as raw as it gets ppl! eating like this not only requires a lot of will power, but it takes a lot of spending and prepping too.