Maximize Your Greatest Asset: Your Time
Growing up in a Latin household, my family emphasized several hacks to save money. My uncle is a YouTube-certified mechanic & can change the oil on any car, my mom would wake up early to make us burritos for travel days, & my grandma would sew my hand-me-downs so they’d look a little less hand-me-down-ish. […]
How to Support Your Well-Being During Hard Times
It seems like I have one of those seasons every year or two… You know, one of those intense periods of growth &/or grief that you probably could’ve seen coming, but throw you for a loop anyway? Yeah, well…I’m in one of those right now. A family member is getting sick, my work caseload became […]
Hobbies: Intentional Productivity
I’ll never forget the dreaded words… I was in the kitchen, probably formulating a candle or lip balm, & my sister snarked at me: “what are you going to feed your kids: crafts?!” You see, I hung out a lot with my dad growing up—gardening & woodworking & doing pushups off the coffee table (or […]
Persistence Over Perfection
You’ve probably heard the term “progress over perfection.” It’s a great sentiment, especially since society tends to romanticize reaching end goals & doesn’t celebrate all that happens in-between (or even what comes after). But what constitutes as progress, & what happens when you don’t see it? What about when you’re doing all the right things, […]
3 Simple Things that Reduced my Anxiety
While I do not have diagnosable anxiety, I do frequently have feelings of anxiousness that cause frequent worry, comparison, & overwhelm. It’s been something I’ve been trying to address for years, & I think that I finally have found some tools to help! They’ve been so big for me that it’d be wrong to keep […]
What is Wellness?
There I was, minding my business on my way to work, when suddenly a billboard caught my attention. It had a beautiful beach with distant rock formations & the words “THIS IS WHAT WELLNESS LOOKS LIKE” sitting on the horizon. Underneath it read “Los Cabos, México.” I saw that & I became… Sad. & tbh, […]
Change Your Environment, Change Your Life
B & I recently(ish) moved into a new apartment & while I was excited about the gorgeous gym & outdoor areas, I was shocked at how abundantly our lives changed. I went from struggling to get out of bed & forcing myself to meditate, to hopping out of bed to watch the sunrise & completing […]
Push Through or Push Pause: How to Listen to What You Need
As women who are probably both overachievers & overcommitters, it is imperative to know when we need to stay consistent versus when we need to be okay with taking a break. We’re inundated with bro marketing the glorifies waking up at 4AM, grinding on our side hustles, hitting the gym til we can’t walk, constantly […]
15 Ideas to Romanticize Your Life
One trend I loved in 2023 was this notion of bringing ✨ main character energy ✨ as you went about your day-to-day. You exude main character energy by romanticizing your life, finding little ways to shift your attention away from your to-do list & onto the things that sprinkle in joy. This list is not special, & […]
5 Reading Tips from One Book Lover to Another
I. LOVE. Reading. I don’t remember how it started, this fascination with books. I think I was always an observant niña & I realized that I could learn from how other people were living (probably trauma-related tbh, but we’ll roll with it 😅). While that started with my family & other people in my immediate […]