Happy Sunday Daylight Savings, friendly faces… đ´
How are we feeling? Are we tired and cranky after losing an hour from our mornings?
I’m feeling surprisingly fantastijazzical, and I say surprisingly because I’m pretty sure I’m a little sleep deprived at this point. See, we had some crazy a*s wind around these parts on Saturday morning, and I ended up waking up at 3am and not being able to fall back asleep. I had no idea what to do with myself, so I started working on a few projects and ended up having one of the most productive days that I’ve had in for.ev.er. I normally try not to work too much on the weekends, but when you’re in the zone, you’ve gotta milk it for all it’s worth… right? And it definitely feels awesome to have a little less on my plate — I’m almost hoping for a repeat today đ
I’m also hoping that you guys are having an awesome weekend, and that you find some good reads in these links I found for you this week. See your lovely faces tomorrow!
For my head…
. fitness .
Your Body is the Ultimate Gym via Huffington Post.
YES!! –> “Somewhere along the way we’ve gotten away from how simple strength and fitness training can be.” Fitness seriously doesn’t have to be as complicated as we make it out to be.
Do These Six Essential Stretches After Every Run via Popsugar Fitness.
Stretching after your workouts is a great way to speed up recovery and help prevent injury. Plus is just feels damn good.
. health .
How To Make Freezer Smoothie Packs via Hummusapien.
Love this meal prep hack for making smoothies even faster.
The 10 Best Nutrition Tips from Registered Dieticians via Huffington Post.
Great advice from those in the know!
5 Unknown Facts About Counting Calories via Pancake Warriors.
A great read for anyone who has a hard time not obsessing over how many calories they’re eating.
The Scary Link Between Splenda and Cancer via Popsugar.
Mmm hmm. You might want to rethink reaching for those diet drinks…
. life .
An Open Letter to Those Who Have Lost Their Motivation via Marc and Angel Hack Life.
“Do not spoil what you have by desiring what you have not; remember that what you now have was once among the things you only hoped for.“
9 Things You Should Stop Apologizing For via Huffington Post.
You do you, boo. Don’t apologize for being the awesomeness that is you.
Your Phone is the Reason for These Bad Habits You Probably Have via Human Output.
#5 is SO me. What would I do without my phone while I was waiting to cross a busy street đ
F*ck The Scale via Huffington Post.
“The whole point of being here on earth is to find JOY in the right now. Not 10, 20, 30 pounds FROM now.“
What Is Not Important In Life via Huffington Post.
Don’t let these things suck the positivity and energy from your life. They don’t do you any good and only bring you down.
. blogging .
The Content Sharing Strategy That Gets Results via Mom Blog Mentor.
Make sure your amazing content is getting seen by putting it out there! You should spend at least as much time promoting as you do writing.
33 Things You Can Do To Get Serious About Blogging via By Regina.
A really great list of things you can do to take your blog to the next level.
15+ Online Tools for Your Creative Business via Linkouture.
A great list of resources that’ll help you stay on top of your blogging game, with everything from graphics to social media management.
For my belly…
The Ultimate Unbaked Brownies via Chocolate Covered Katie.
I can’t even handle how rich and fudgy these look! And the ingredients are freaking awesome.
Skinny Single-Serving Snickerdoodle Mug Cake via Amy’s Healthy Baking.
Love the special ingredient in these guys that helps them stay moist.
Flourless Vegan Gluten-free Oatmeal Banana Bread via Making Thyme for Health.
I seriously can’t believe this doesn’t have any flour, eggs, OR egg replacements. Sarah’s got some serious magic powers.
Chipotle Sofritas Tortilla Casserole via Pinch of Yum.
Insaaaaaaane. Mexican food is my weakness, and this is basically what dreams are made of.
Green Banana Crepes with Whipped Greek Yogurt via Half Baked Harvest.
How perfect would these be for breakfast on St. Paddy’s Day?!
Your links…
Let’s chat!
3 things you did yesterday; 3 things you’re doing today. Go!
Yesterday: woke up, worked, and went to sleep đ
Today: going to church, maaaaybe working some more, and grabbing dinner with the fam.
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So I skipped almost all of your glorious links this week. Forgive me; I’m too far behind, except the phone one because distraction. đ I know you understand.
You always have the best link ups! I like the bodyweight workout article from Huffington Post-thanks for sharing!
I’m glad you like them, Sarah! It’s always nice to know that people are reading đ
I totally hear you about the working weekends thing. A few years of working weekends at the hospital has totally whacked my perception of days of the week, so it makes it hard to find a balance, especially when it comes to writing projects I do for my other business. Haha I think my brain melted a little just typing that. Hope you’re adjusting to Daylight Savings ok : )
I’m always tempted to do a tonne of work on the weekends to get ahead and make the rest of the week a little easier. It’s hard to take full days off when you know you’ll have to double time when you get back.
The the 10 tips for dietician tips:)
Thanks so much for sharing my post on tools for bloggers & creative entrepreneurs. Glad you found it useful! Hope you are enjoying the weekend — time change and all!
Thank you for the great post, Bev! It was super helpful đ
We had the crazy wind on Thursday night, so I guess it made its way over and up to you by Saturday! It was the hugest windstorm we’ve had in a long time. It was super awesome that it was garbage day that day too and all our garbage was blown onto the driveway and the roadway, our cans rolling down the street. Gotta love that.
Hahaha! Sorry. But I’ve chased my fair share of garbage cans down the street, so I totally know what it’s like. I’m hoping our windstorm decides to move somewhere else because it’s been pretty bad all day…
It’s funny you’d mention the time change because this had me confused until yesterday when I looked it up and realized – with relief đ – that itâs not happening over here for another two weeks. The same is true for Mother’s Day which isn’t until May. I wonder why these aren’t on the same date worldwide.
Yay for being in the zone work-wise. I’ll keep my fingers crossed you’ll have another productive day today.
Our Mother’s Day is in May as well. I think it’s on the 8th this year? I seriously have no idea how the whole time change thing works, though, and why some countries change on different dates đ
Woops I completely forgot that we jumped ahead an hour, thanks for the reminder haha! So many good links to read!!
Yesterday: went for (a not so great or vegan friendly) brunch with my roommates, went to see a movie, and came home and watched another movie đ
Today: blog, hopefully test a recipe, and do some yoga!
I completely forgot about the time change when I woke up as well! So I got out of bed thinking it was 4:30, when it was only 3:30 according to the old time. Womp womp…
I’m a little sleepy this morning and I wish I could have slept in a little more but I love mornings so much that I just couldn’t haha. Always excited to get me day started with coffee đ
Love those hugs in a mug đ
Oh, Amanda, I cannot wait to read the Splenda and cancer post first. I’ve been preaching that since that stuff came on the market. Really great links this week (when don’t you share great links, though?)! Thank you. Okay, let’s see, 3 things: yesterday-worked on and published a post, binge watched the original House of Cards, went out to lunch with the husband; today-well, that’s still up in the air. LOL!
I love that you’re anti-artificial sweetener! It’s something my mom’s been drilling into me as far back as I can remember, which is probably why I’ve always been afraid to drink diet soda. Hope you’re having a wonderful weekend!
Absolutely. When I first tasted an artificial sweetener in a diet soda in middle school, something intuitively told me that that taste could not be safe.
I actually thought it was going to go better than most years; we set all the clocks ahead yesterday evening to kind of get in the zone. But, regardless of that, still woke up a little out of it. I’m usually one of those people who gets right out of bed when I wake up, but it almost took me an hour to do so today. Hope to move past it and get some stuff done today before the work week begins!
At least we’ll have an extra hour of daylight to get things done đ
One of the perks of living in AZ is no time change and I’m glad too because I seem to be suffering from insomnia. Have not slept well in days. đ
I’m with ya, lady đ I totally forgot about the time change this morning so I got out of bed at 3:30 thinking it was 4:30. That’s two days in a row now… Hope you get some better sleep tonight!
Unfortunately due to a sick child I lost more than just an hour last night – never ending! Hoping we all get rested up today, we’ll see.
Aww no đ Hope whoever got sick is feeling better!
I hate the time change! totally ruins my morning runs now for a bit lol 3 things yesterday – long run, went to the city for the day, had one of my fave frozen yogurts from bloomingdales, 3 things today – fixing my dumb site which is down again, pure barre, out for lunch.
It seriously made this morning feel eeeeeeextra long. And your site is working for me right now – I hope you managed to work things out!