Weekly Motivation

-Sofia Coppola
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Dear self on this early morning: Stay focused and balance your emotions; gather close your instinct and your inspiration; don't forget to be yourself. <3

Dear Kayla: Tea, inspiration, and brain food

Dear Kayla,

Four weeks from now, I'll be leaving for Peru to. I'm nervous-excited :D:

Anyway I figure that once I'm there I want to get into a routine. While I haven't have the perfect routine post-graduation, I did set some guidelines for myself. I made this:

I had a 2 part time jobs, a temp job for an online magazine, and an online class to focus on, but tons of other projects I wanted to work on as well: our two blogs, yoga, writing,  reading books, reading the news, learning about the publishing field, being healthy, having fun, finding inspiration, etc. It was pretty overwhelming at first. Organizing it all to fit my ever-fluctuating schedule helped so much. Even if I didn't stick to this all the time, I could keep track of what I needed to do, my priorities, my hobbies, my goals. I put a big tea cup in the middle because anytime is a good time for some warm hydration; it cools me down when I feel stressed or tired. I figure I'll have to make another one of these schedules in Peru.

And if this schedule was made to organize the things I wanted and need to do, here is the opposite of a 'to-do list'; here are my acomplishments::

-Bought a plane ticket for Lima, Peru
-Finished my online Teaching English as a Foreign Language (TEFL) class
-Received recommendations from my college professors
-Read 17 books/comics
-Joined a book club
-Made YouTube/BookTube videos
-Filed my taxes
-Took bike rides
-published some poems

Yay:) I hope it doesn't seem like I'm showing off. But I think everyone should try it. I get anxious
about all the deadlines and future things I need to finish or start or practice everyday. Every once and awhile it's good to recognize our mini accomplishments.

Hoookay. Bye for now,

<3Ginny

☻ Your Beauty, Your Call ☺

Dove's new real beauty campaign video

 It's refreshing to see this and acknowledge how women feel about themselves. I used to be influenced by the media regarding beauty standards when I was younger, which took a toll on my perception and happiness. But I am awesome and beautiful the way I am. I don't need to try and "fix" anything to meet someone else's standards of beauty. Because I've created my own standards for myself. I don't need anyone else to tell me how I should look in order to be beautiful. Because I've decided for myself that I am already.  And that is enough.  In fact, it's plenty.

It's time to shine light on this issue! I hope this video reaches you the way it did me. I will be posting more videos and great finds regarding this problem.  Let's change the way beauty is perceived together.

  Love yourself! You are the only you there is and ever will be. I'd say that's pretty powerful. ♡

What's in Your Noms? | A chart and updates

So here is something handy:

Thank you Pinterest for this lovely chart about vitamins!

I plan on operating 'What's in Your Noms' a little differently. Instead of writing about each vitamin, I'm going to look specifically at what I eat and drink for breakfast, lunch, etc. and learn about its nutritional benefits. I'll also research information about health issues for women and young adults in general--people like me and Kayla, or maybe you! Here’s a sneak peek.

 

 ♥♥♥ Ginny  ♥ ♥♥