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Reality Tv

Something that helps me unwind at the end of my day and I enjoy watching is reality tv. Growing up my mom was always watching the housewives and she would love to talk to her friends about how crazy it was. I never really got into it until I started to watch love island my senior year of high school. Me and my friends would go to each others houses and it came into a cute tradition. Last night we watched it all together anc cooked food! I love the little things that make me and my friends come together. Love island lead me to many more reality shows that me and my mom watch together. I love coming home from my work and sitting down and watching a show with my mom or friends. Plus it is so good and entertaining and their is always some type of drama in these shows.

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Rice cakes

My mom and I are constantly sending each other new food recipe's to try all day. We love to try new things and use people's recipe's. One we found recently was this rice cake dessert. All you need is rice cakes, cool whip and chocolate. We took the cool whip put it on the rice cake then melted the chocolate and froze it. It was intended to taste like a healthy S'mores. I was a little nervous, but pleasantly surprised how good it tasted, me and my mom were shocked. We made so much more for my family to try. This was just something little that brought me so much joy!! I was able to enjoy it and then able to share it with my family was so fun! Moments like this remind me that wellness is not only about exercise, but spending time with the people you care about.

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Iced Coffee

Gosh, I could write a book about how much I love coffee I know being obsessed with coffee this young is not to good but its not like i need it everyday... Anyways, I have grown to save my money and make my own coffee and feeling like a barista. My favorite creamer (as of right now) is the S'mores Chobani creamer, i 100% recommend. I love making one for me and my mom every morning and trying out new ways to make it taste better! Again also, if me and my friends see a new cafe with a new drink, we are the first people to go get it, and make sure to tell everyone about it. Now on a last one I have to share my perfect Starbucks order (all my dining dollars on campus went to this) :iced brown shaken expresso take out classic syrup add sugar free vanilla and regular cold foam. I know, it sounds insane and my everyone calls me crazy because there is so many things to add to take away, but it perfected for a reason !

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Nails

Getting my nails done is something that I choose to do because it makes me feel better, i love when my nails are done with a cute pink color! I remember growing up and going with my mom, and now being old that can i go on my own or even my friends. We love to help each other on what colors we want to get and another opportunity to hang out with each other! I also feel like now there is so much talent and people can do amazing designs and express themselves. This is something that definitely isn't a necessity but makes me feel better!

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Walking

Another thing I prioritize is walking. I never knew how important it was and has so many benefits. At school you really walk everywhere and is so easy to get 10,000 steps a day. The campus is so large and allows for a lot of walking. At home I like to walk my dog but it is definitely not as interesting as being on a collage campus. My friends and I all like to walk together and we catch up on anything and everything. I have noticed that it also helps me mentally and always clear my head especially if i'm by myself with my dog.

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Reformer pilates

I know I have touched on how much I enjoy hot pilates... but today i tried reformer pilates. Completely different vibe from hot but i enjoyed it. There is a lot of terminology that comes with the reformer and it is important you know everything to not get hurt. My instructor vas very through in explaining and made me feel safe. I was definitely nervous because the machine looked intimidating, but once the class started I had a lot of fun! I am already going back and so happy I found another thing to keep my body moving!

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Skincare

Along with red light therapy, skin care is very important to me. When I was in high school I dealt with very severe acne and had to take Accutane. Which helps with severe hormonal acne. I was miserable and my face was very dry, but looking back I am so happy I did it. It completely changed my skin for the long run, but i still get small breakouts here and there. I wash my face every night and every morning and still used topical cream prescribed to me. I really think that everyone male or female should be washing their fdace every day, and learn what is good for their skin!!

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Red Light Therapy

Another thing I like to to do to relax, which also has health benefits is red light therapy!! They sell masks on amazon and all you have to do is sit with it for 10 minutes. It can low levels of red or near- infrared light on the skin. It is used various ways like muscle recovery, inflammation and more. I think it became so popular because of how many people want to use it for skincare and health benefits. Places like planet fitness have like tanning bed style red light therapy which I have actually used at the planet fitness in Columbia!!

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Hot Pilates

As something I mentioned in my last post was hot Pilates. I usually would go to the gym everyday and kept myself busy but it just got so boring to me. Then when I went for the first time I was like Oh my god how have I never knew about this. I Immediately fell in love and knew I wanted to go back. It also in a sense allowed me to focus on myself. Some of the more Yoga style classes allows you to take time at the end and reflect and just relax. That was very important to me and makes me feel a lot better. This is only one of the many things that makes me feel better!!

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Health and Wellness

As Summer is beginning, its time to get back into my routine !! At school sometimes I can be overwhelmed from schoolwork, and stress from classes. Especially during finals it can feel easy to loose sight of the things that make me happy. Being Home for the summer allows me to reset mentally and physcially and focus on myelf.

I have always been a pretty much active person and like trying new things to keep myself busy!! I My current fixation right now is hot Pilates, it makes me feel healthier and less stressed.It brings me joy I cant even describe. I am creating this blog to share what helps me feel less stressed, my favortie skincare, some yummy food ideas and more!!