When you're starting a new habit, people expect motivation to feel like high energy. They expect to feel really excited about something...

But starting a new habit is hard. You're asking your brain to rewire. You're asking yourself to do something you've never done before. 

You...

When you're starting a new habit, people expect motivation to feel like high energy. They expect to feel really excited about something...

But starting a new habit is hard. You're asking your brain to rewire. You're asking yourself to do something you've never done before. 

You...

Years ago I learned how to have some dessert without eating all the dessert by practicing having some dessert every night.

I'd mix protein powder with a little almond milk to create a brownie batter consistency, and then I'd eat it straight from the bowl.

Eating enough protein is a...

I'm not really a details person, so the thought of measuring, weighing, and logging food is not appealing to me.

But I know eating enough protein is important.

I aim for 20ish gramas of protein at each meal. 

If I am making a protein shake, the protein powder has at least...

Add pickled red onions to your salad. Tastes like a $17 restaurant salad. 

Well, today was not a bad mental health day but rather it was just a packed day with a full inbox everytime I opened it.

And then some issues around the house that popped up.

And then a pup who desperately needed a bath but we had no dog shampoo.

It was just things piling up one by...

So I have been going to my running class again, which is something I've missed so much since leaving Chicago.

The run isn't pretty. I still have a lot of issues with my knee, hip, and now my foot too, but the doctors and PTs have said to not stop, so I do what I can in class.

I wish...

When we first left Chicago in October 2022, we first headed out to Lake Havasu for a month.

We did so much hiking that month.

It was literally a 6-minute drive from where we were staying.

We went hiking every weekend. I went a few times by myself. It was exactly what we...

This week, we also started adding in evening walks on the beach.

I know, I know. Whose life is this?!

Several months ago, I added in an evening walk if I didn't hit my step goal of 8000. Sometimes the walk was 5 minutes and sometimes 30. But oftentimes, I struggled to make it happen.

So what's...

I struggle to get to the gym in the evening because there's no constant trigger like in the morning.

In the morning, the trigger is waking up and the action is working out.

In the evening, my work day ends at different times and in different ways... it's not always the same.