Whole Living Challenge: Ditch the To Do

This might seem easier than it actually is. I have a habit of stuffing my entire weekend full until it's about to explode. This weekend, however, the boyfran will be hunting from Friday-Sunday and since we see each other most of the weekend, every weekend, my weekend is a little more free this time around. (Can I say "weekend" a little more?) (Weekend, weekend, weekend).

So try this. But also you should maybe hang out with me. Kthxbye.

10 Thoughts on Whole Living

Whole Living (the magazine) seems to know me personally. The articles focus on healthy food, healthy practices, outdoor adventures, design, fashion, dogs, beauty, and oddly enough, whole living. Here are September's 10 Thoughts on Whole Living:


1. You won't know how fast you can go until you try.
2. Changing the way you eat may be the most transformative action you can take.
3. When you fully inhabit the moment, inspiration is likely to join you there.
4. Nature can only work its healing magic if you immerse yourself in it.
5. Blaming never fixes what you think it will.
6. Don't confuse what you think with who you are.
7. Flowers, herbs, oil: beauty begins with the simplest elements.
8. The first step to good health care is making yourself heard.
9. Financial ease comes from understand what your money is doing for you-as well as to you.
10. When you're overloaded, fight the urge to work harder. Instead, slow down and reflect on what matters most. 


I don't have a response to each of these since they don't all resonate with me right now; but numbers 2, 3, 6 and 10 are shouting at me. Candy gives me headaches (yet I still eat it), inspiration comes when I'm immersed in something, I do confuse it, annnnd I'm always overloaded, almost every day.


Thoughts?

I got it from my mama.

Something that makes me happy is sporadically ditching my normally-hectic M.O. to slow down and enjoy something. Tonight that something is cooking.


Maybe it's college that instilled the cook-as-fast-as-you-can so you can eat-as-fast-as-you-can method in me. I tend to eat things that are extremely easy to make and often (and sadly), microwaveable. Tonight, since I knew I had to cook for lunch at work tomorrow, I headed to the grocery store.


I spent a good amount of time picking out a recipe by browsing through magazines and searching online and finally settled on Chicken Piccata, courtesy of the lovely Giada De Laurentis. I took my time at the store, a place I often hurry through, and carefully picked out ingredients. 


Then, I went home and made dinner before beginning cooking lunch. (For dinner I attempted to recreate a rice dish with ground beef, spinach, red pepper and lemon juice that a friend's mom made last night). (It was good, but I really need that recipe). 


I admire my friends and family who spend a lot of time cooking and making delicious meals. It's important to nourish your body with good food, especially when you have the means to do so. Come to think of it, everyone who reads this (who I know of) is an excellent cook. Consider yourself envied.


On a side note, when I told my mom I was making chicken piccata, she said she would love some chicken ta-ta-ta, just like the dance cha-cha-cha. 


Where'd I get my crazy from? I got it from my mama.