How I Made More Free Time: Limiting Social Media

If you follow me on Instagram, you have likely heard me mention recently that I dramatically limited my social media use. My January restriction from IG and Facebook (I have a Twitter but never use it, and stopped using Snapchat a while ago) was simply that I do not go on them except for between …

The Basics of Chilling the Fuck Out (And Getting Some Sleep)

When you don’t really relax, and you don’t “switch” to parasympathetic, your sleep isn’t as deep, and you don’t feel super rested even when you got enough time asleep. This could mean that you need to spend more time actually unwinding and that’s right, chilling the fuck out.

2019: Discipline Equals Freedom

2018 recap, and what's in store for 2019: music videos, cats, strongman, and more!

The Beginner’s Gauntlet: You Don’t Hate Working Out, You Hate Being Out of Shape

Chest pains. Nausea. Body shakes. You dread working out, because this is what it means to you. Total exhaustion and PAIN.  You avoid working out, because working out means pain. UNBEARABLE pain. But this isn't what working feels like. That's what being out of shape feels like. Don't get me wrong, an effective workout should …

HANDLE IT: Break Down and Prioritize Your Goals

Handle it. When it gets hard, but you handle it. When you’re tired, but you handle it. When you want to give up, stop trying and leave it to someone else, but you handle it. We are capable of so much more than we realize, but sometimes when we work on setting personal goals, we …

Gratitude for the Grind

There are hard days. And then there are days where you feel like the universe has conspired for no particular reason to utterly upend your shit. Be grateful for these days. Greet these days begrudgingly but with an affirmative nod. Because sometimes they're the days that have something really important to teach you. And sometimes …

“DOWN”

I tried writing prose and this happened instead. First poem of 2016. ----------------- "DOWN" - 1/4/2016 Thousands of hungry moments pushed through me by some god or some demon Held breath, held hope, held chance, all hanging midair while I pray DOWN - It's over before consciousness realized it wasn't needed Again, faster, faster, faster, every …