Springtime City Guide: Phoenix
Full disclosure: it's been incredibly nice here the past couple weeks. Unless you count yesterday being about 96 degrees which is more of an outlier. Regardless, that means we are spending a ton of time outdoors lately. Phoenix in the spring has an influx of snowbirds avoiding the frigid temperatures of their home state in favor of pool days, baseball games, and hiking. While it might be my biggest driving annoyance (just because it's sunny doesn't mean we drive differently!), I figured I would share more of my favorite places to visit in the Phoenix metro area.
My Weekday Morning Routine
I have a little nerdy interest in the morning routines of successful people. There's even an entire website dedicated to sharing the morning routines of successful people in all areas of life and different career fields. It's interesting to me the things successful people do whether they are or are not morning people. I am a morning person. I love getting everything out-of-the-way and I make better decisions. It's a fact morning people make better decisions in the morning rather than the afternoon or early evening. This is likely why going shopping at night is my absolute downfall.
Spring Cleaning or Time to Reset?
Spring cleaning might be one of my favorite times of the year. That sounds really dumb and painful, right? I clean a lot because I am really obsessive-compulsive about clean spaces, but even I look forward to the deep clean. I mean, how else am I going to discover the half eaten bag of Reese's pumpkins from Halloween hiding out in my pantry? But this post is about a different spring cleaning...more like hitting the reset button.
What's In My Gym Bag?
It's now a staple in my life and I've officially become the girl that carries too many bags. Hey, they all serve a purpose and contain different things. Would I really put my gym necessities in with my work stuff? No. Plus, the original goal of the gym bag was to remove the random items from the confines of my car to one transportable place. Success.
Treat Yo Self
Valentine's Day is tomorrow and I know that I've said plenty of terrible things about it here on my blog. "For someone who sure dislikes it...you sure write a lot about it!!" - everyone probably. But, really this is a guide for treating the one person in your life that matters most: yourself.
Gift Guide: Galentine's Day
Valentine's Day is next week, and I won't even sit here and pretend love is super great. In fact, for the first time in my life I actually hate the word love and everything it encompasses. I am no longer the starry-eyed, hopeful girl I once was. The truth is even when you try your hardest and give everything you have to someone else, it doesn't always work out. I'm not a Debbie Downer but it sucks to feel isolated, alone, and unimportant. So if you're lucky in love, please do tell me your secrets.
What On Earth Is Hygge?
Towards the end of the holiday season I was bombarded with emails about "hygge" and how I could bring the practice into 2017. I was intrigued by the concept purely by its name and realized it's an incredibly popular movement I knew nothing about. Suddenly every email about recipes that would get me feeling totally "hygge" or furniture that would make my apartment the ultimate "hygge" retreat made sense. Winter, being so dark and cold, can lead to seasonal depression and overall feeling of wanting to hibernate until the spring comes around.
4 Podcasts to Improve Your Life
Podcasts are all the rage right now and it seems like everyone has one. There's literally one for every subject under the sun. My subscription list contains everything from true crime and politics to design and the Babysitter's Club (no seriously it exists!). One of the most popular subjects is health and wellness. There's nothing like having a modern-day radio program give you a new perspective on ways to improve your wellbeing.
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