Hi everyone!

I just had brunch yesterday with one of my best friends who just moved back from the east coast not too long ago (where I was informed that “brunching” is an actual sport over there). I thought no one brunches the way LA peeps do, but I stand corrected. One gigantic hazelnut nutella (!!!) donut & eggs/potatoes/toast later…I.could.not.move. Let me tell you, if you haven’t had a donut in a long while like me, it tastes like literal heaven once you bite into it. ESPECIALLY if it’s warm. Full disclosure though, I really could only eat half because it was so sweet.

After, I took in the nicest weather LA has seen in awhile, Sephora was having their 20% off everything sale, and I’ve already meal prepped for the week (YAY!). After weathering a pretty rough week, it was necessary to celebrate the small victories.

Last week (and honestly the weeks before that) have been consistently tough for me to get through. I’ve been testing out different strategies to how best to tackle each day when you feel like nothing is going right for you & your tolerance for bullshit is zero.

• Work out in the AM. This is tough to do when you are not an ultra morning bird and not able to sleep early enough the night before. For my 6am workouts, I need to be asleep by 10pm SHARP. However, I will say though the hardest part is just getting yourself there. After I finish a great workout, I haven’t regretted it once. I feel so accomplished after and it actually gives me a boost of motivation.
• Tackle whatever you’re dreading head on. Often times, it’s natural for us to put off the task we’re dreading the most. This past week, I’ve been trying to acknowledge the thought/task/whatever by saying it out loud and accepting that it’s something I’m going to have to address. If you deal with it earlier, you can move on with the rest of your day. You don’t have to sit with those Sunday blues the night before Monday rolls around.
• Free your mental space. Take care of the items that are easier to handle. Organize when you have downtime so you don’t have to waste time doing it later. You want to make your decision making abilities to be as clear and easy as possible. You won’t believe how much energy gets expended on decision making (however small).
• Get your “me” time. I’ve said this in an earlier post, but I can’t stress how important it is to prioritize yourself. If you aren’t nurturing yourself, it will be next to impossible to summon up any sort of positivity or motivation for the week ahead.
• Write down helpful mantras that you can turn to whenever you are struggling. Examples I’ve written down – “Free your mind from your mental prison.” “Don’t overthink.” “Ask the universe for what you want.”
• Simplify & don’t overcomplicate. I’ll be the first to admit how guilty I am of this, but don’t let yourself get caught up in overthinking something. Most of the time, any issue can be simplified into what the core problem is. Have someone you trust tell you that you’re overthinking something so they can bring you out of that rabbit hole. I think once you practice this a few times, you’ll be able to stop yourself sooner.
• Vocalize and ask for help. It’s important that whenever you are feeling overwhelmed that you open up to tell someone about it. Whether it is a family member, friend, or colleague, any one of them has probably gone through something similar or at least experienced it on an emotional level. Even if they can’t give you a solution, at least you won’t feel so alone and you’ll have a support system in place. You’ll never know if you never ask.

I’m going to be testing out a few different themes and formats in the next upcoming posts, so stay tuned!

As always, I’m here. Ask me anything.

xx