During this month's trip to Trader Joe's, I spent a grand total of $84.85 While this was slightly more than I usually spend, I got most of the things that will help me get through the month. I loaded up on my usuals: beans, grains, nuts, dried fruit, frozen vegetables and a few frozen Indian… Continue reading Grocery Haul: April 2018
Finally..... While I planned to take it easy and have a "staycation" this Spring Break, I'm actually trapped at home because of a temporarily disfiguring cosmetic procedure #rookiemistake. I'm choosing to see the fact that I'm being forced to occupy myself with myself as a blessing. All things considered, I'm grateful to have this time… Continue reading Breaking Productively 2k18
(Y'all...I just want to let you know that I am alive. Grading 45 of my student's midterms, planning for conferences and trying not to fall asleep on the subway has gotten every ounce of my energy, but I'm here.) My protein powder of choice is Vega Sport Performance Protein in the flavor of mocha. I… Continue reading Protein Powder #Vega4Life
I, like most of the people I know, have been super hype about Black Panther. The depiction of Black superheroes in a mainstream film, Black love, a non colonized African nation, etc. While no movie is perfect, and there's lots to debate, I wanted to direct my attention to the depiction of black women in… Continue reading Black Panther
I'm about three weeks in to the new semester and waking up early seems to be a sisiphysian task. Why I thought I would just snap into a routine once the semester started, I don't know, but I have been thoroughly stripped of that illusion. I remember when I was in undergrad and my roommate… Continue reading Sleep Schedule Struggle
Dance has always been a passion of mine. Starting from about the age of three, I did tap, ballet and jazz. I even competed for a while and absolutely loved it. Somewhere around my junior year of high school, however, I started to let my school commitments take priority and I was unfortunately resigned… Continue reading Dance-ademics
I know that yoga is supposed to be calming about practice rather than perfection, but there are some poses that I absolutely dread. Last night, I went to yoga and when it came to pigeon pose, I was the one person squirming around watching everybody else who had their head down as they were "breathing… Continue reading Strike a Pose
If I had to choose one health related thing to leave in 2017, it would be under-eating, hands down. Last night, I was up from 3:30 am -7:30 am because I decided to be a beast at the gym and then eat like a bird at home. In the time that I was awake, I had… Continue reading Leaving it in 2017…
I'm reminded of my race, age, gender and immense privilege every time I step into the gym. I get excited when I see another black woman working out, but I'm also equally disappointed that the majority of people of color at the facility are the ones behind the front desk scanning membership cards and… Continue reading When you’re the only one…again
While most people were probably handling last minute Thanksgiving shopping and traveling, I was trying to get centered and to remind myself that I do indeed have something to be thankful for by going to yoga. Through some crazy turn of events, which will hopefully all make sense at some point in the future, I… Continue reading Giving Thanks for Yoga
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