Expressive Writing

I was recently in a car accident. Nothing too serious but I have been having back and neck problems because of it. I have also been in a bit of a rut ever since. It has been 3 weeks now and I still don't feel like I'm back to my bubbly self. I have been sleeping in late and haven't been in the best place mentally. I read a while ago that writing for 15 minutes everyday is really good for your mental as well as your physical health.

I am going to dedicate 15 minutes everyday for the next two weeks to writing. I encourage you to do that same. You can write about anything. Here are some idea:

• Something that you are thinking or worrying about
• Something that you have been dreaming about
• Something that has been affecting your life
• Something that you have been avoiding
• Write about how your day was
• Write about how you want your day to go or your ideal day

The options are endless. 

You can write by hand or type it on the computer. You can save what you write, to look back on it later, or you can throw it away. 

I will be writing by hand. I could post my entries, but I think some of them will be too personal. If I write something that I feel comfortable sharing I will post it. 

Here is a video explaining the expressive writing method: 

What Should You Blog About?

Every now and then you find yourself scrambling for an idea. You ask yourself, What the heck am I going to blog about today? Well here are a few ideas that will hopefully inspire you to write a fantastic blog post!

• Books you want to read
• Bucket list
• What motivates you
• Wish list
• Top 10 guilty pleasures
• Top 5 favourite sites
• How do you use social media
• What motivated you to start a blog
• What motivates you to keep writing your blog
• Tell a funny story
• Letting go of frustrations
• Have a giveaway!
• Favourite recipe
• Interview someone
• Discuss an event that you attended
• Rant
• Review something (books, movies, food, products...)
• Write a how to or DIY
• Make a list
• Ask your readers to write an article that you will put onto your blog (giving them fell credit, of course)
• Post about your favourite blogs posts
• Post in response to a blog you recently read
• Ask your readers what to post about and use their suggestions (giving them credit for the post idea)
• Do a follow up post on something you've already written about
• Share your recommendations

My Bucket List

I've been thinking a lot about what I would like to accomplish in this lifetime. Here's what I have come up with so far.

• Write a novel
• Fall in love
• Own my own house
• Travel all through Europe
• Own a successful business
• Get a degree
• Go on a Safari
• Change someone's life for the better
• Write a song
• Meet someone famous
• Learn to play guitar
• Learn to play piano
• Learn to draw
• Learn to play tennis
• Be happy

What do you think? What's on your bucket list?

Healthy Nibblets

Fruit Skewers!

I really struggle with eating constantly throughout the day. When I am stuck at home, I feel the need to constantly be putting something in my mouth. So I have come up with a list of healthy things to nibble on throughout the day! Now you don't have to feel guilty about eating all the time.

• Vegetables
• Fruits 
• Water - it will help you to feel fuller so that you won't eat as much! If you find water to plain; add a slice of lemon, some mint leave and/or a few slices of cucumber. 
• Humus - I love humus so much! Costco has really good garlic humus as well as roasted red pepper humus. You can also make your own! 
• Seaweed
• Berries - I love frozen blueberries. They're so good! 
• Frozen yogurt - I literally mean take the single serving yogurts and put them in the freezer for a day. They taste awesome and they take a long time to eat. 
• An apple with almond butter
• Popcorn - very low in calories. Be sure to skip the butter!
• Trail mix - You can make your own, add nuts and seeds, a little bit of dried fruit (I love dried coconut and cried mango) and a few chocolate chips if you need that extra sweet thing (I use the mini chippets)
• Cottage cheese with veggies
• Hard boiled egg
• Fruit smoothie

Upcycle - Wood Pallets

Pallet

The term "Upcycle" is totally new to me. In fact, I only just discovered what upcycling was about an hour ago. I've always known how to upcycle and been very fond of it, but I didn't know it had it's own term, I would have just called it recycling.

Anyways, for those of you who are unaware - as I was an hour ago - upcycling is taking some kind of material that is junk or something deemed useless and turning it into something awesome!

So here is 10 different ideas to upcycle and help out the planet, while having an awesome and interesting piece of furniture.

Enjoy!

1) Coffee Table 

    

  

2) Garden

3) Chair 

    

4) Coat Rack

5) Shelves

 

6) Sofa

7) Bed

8) Cabinet

9)Shed/Fort

10) Swing

I worked so hard to get all the pictures to align and all be the same size, but for some reason when I publish it to blogger it gets all messed up. So I apologize for that!