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“When a flower doesn’t bloom, you fix the environment in which it grows, not the flower.”

— Alexander Den Heijer (via marijuanamodels)

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you know what’s hot?

open and honest communication, genuine effort to understand someone else’s perspective, love and affection,

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I cannot stress this enough- Build a routine. Build Habits. Wake up every day and get used to being productive, one day at a time. Do this for long enough and eventually you’ll be at your goal without even realising it. 

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Found this in my drafts - a post-workout meal from like a year and a half ago, whoops! Two slices toast, one with hummus + cucumber + sauerkraut, one with mozzarella + spiced black beans + tomatoes.

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🎉🎉🎉 I love food 🎉🎉🎉

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Been doing Adriene’s TRUE series this month and I’m looooooving it. Getting very tuned into my body, working on tough shit in my mind/heart (I’ve sobbed during at least five sessions), reconnecting to yoga and improving my form. (And my posture!)

I’ve noticed though in the past week or so that I’m, like, CRAVING a more intense workout. Like I actively desire lunges and shoulder presses. I haven’t been doing workouts because TRUE vids are 20-30 minutes on average, and I usually can only spare 20-30 minutes for a more intense workout on a given day, so doubling up was, I decided, not worth the hassle. And it’s been good, I think, to give myself a break from it, in some ways.

But I’m missing it. At first I thought it was a shallow desire to “go harder” and feel more productive, but I don’t think it’s that. I think I’m starting to genuinely enjoy those kinds of workouts, and I miss them. But TRUE is doing amazing things for me, and I’m so happy about it.

Going back into my workout plan in February, I’m probably gonna schedule in two days of solid nothing-but-yoga. It’s been so so good to me, and I don’t want to lose that.

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flat stomachs really need to stop being a thing people expect from others like…….what the fuck do you mean i need a flat stomach when i have 7 meters of intestine in me

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Sweet potato fries + avocado 😍

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my one true goal is to be a warm and welcoming presence in as many lives as possible

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One bottle of Vichy Celludestock cream: $53 Getting over the fact that you have cellulite (and so do most women): $0

(The second option is much harder, guaranteed. But give it a try! It’s free and has multiple positive side effects!)