It’s been a bit since I did a little round-up of stuff and things I’m loving, thinking about, etc. Fall had just started and I was excited about my favorite time of year. Now, after a few snow and ice storms, warm weather cannot come soon enough. To get me through the last dregs of winter, here are a few things from life right now.
-One of my new favorite topics over the past couple of years is skincare. I’ve had less than amazing skin for most of my life, so finding products I love and that I can see working is pretty fantastic. One of my latest loves is this face wash from La Roche Posay. I love anything that foams and this leaves my face feeling clean but not stripped.
-Everyone I know is watching the terrifying situation in Ukraine very closely. The coverage from everyday people defending their homeland is both heartbreaking and inspiring. It can feel very helpless to watch such frightening things unfold from so far away, so this is a situation when I find monetary support to organizations I believe in can be heartening. Two of my favorites are the International Rescue Committee, which helps families in crisis, and the Committee to Protect Journalists, which supports the media professionals working to shine a light on these dangerous situations. I’d love to know where else you lend your support in times like these.
-Another thing that helps during tough times is gratitude. A little habit I’ve developed over the past year has been to think of five things I’m grateful for at the end of each day before I fall asleep. It can be anything from how pretty the sunrise was to lunch with a friend to leaving work with inbox zero to how cute my cat’s paws were while he was sleeping. Nothing is too big or too small for those five things and it gets me in the right mindset for sleep.
-Also good for nighttime? This body wash. I call it liquid sleep. It’s that good.
-I am a huge Food Network fan. One of the most fun series is the Tournament of Champions, which is a bracket-style competition featuring some really fun and intense matchups. This season I’m even in a bracket challenge. I’m nerding out about it and am so excited for the competition to kick off tonight!
–Majority 54 is always a regular in my podcast rotation. In their regular rotation is an ad for Athletic Greens and after a while, they wore me down. So I ordered my first round of AG1 and I’ve been using it daily for a couple of weeks. Y’all. They have converted this skeptic. I’m more alert, don’t get my afternoon slump and have better focus. I should never have doubted Ravi and Jason.
-After enjoying it from various places over the past few years, I finally made my own batch of red pozole from scratch. A cross between a soup and a stew, pozole is meaty, rich and spicy. Throw in some fresh garnishes and it’s next level. Truly one of the best things I’ve ever made and it was only made better knowing there was an ice storm raging outside and I was warm inside with my pozole.
-Yes, I watched season two of Love is Blind. Yes, it was an awful trainwreck. Yes, I will watch season three.
-Next weekend marks Columbia’s True/False Film Fest. This exhausting, emotional weekend is one of my favorites. If you get me started talking about True/False, settle in because I won’t stop for a while. If you ever find yourself in town for T/F weekend, it’s an absolute must.
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