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Chapter 1: What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
It's that time again. Time for me to sit down and share with you all a list of some things that I like right now. Call this a list of current favorites. Call this a list of current obsessions. Call it whatever you want. But today, that's what I'm going to be sharing with you all.
And I do this pretty frequently because I'm the type of person that will become obsessed with something for like two months, and then I'll ultimately discard it and replace it with something else. And it's not because I don't like the thing that I became obsessed with and then discarded anymore. It's just that I've probably found something that's more exciting to me. I like to keep my life spicy.
I'm somebody who definitely sticks to a routine. And so I rely on switching little elements of my routine up to keep my life dynamic and exciting. I'm not the type of person to eat the same breakfast every single day for 10 years. I'm the type of person to eat the same breakfast every day for two months and then switch it up. This is just who I am.
And I do feel like I go through really intense phases with things where I become obsessed and then I ultimately discard it. So that's why I'm able to make these episodes as frequently as I do. So without further ado, this is a list of some of the things that I like right now. I briefly interrupt this episode to let you know that this episode is presented by Volkswagen.
Don't get me wrong, sometimes I love to be a passenger. Growing up, I loved sitting passenger seat in my dad's old Volkswagen. Wind in my hair, listening to music. There was something magical and carefree about it. But once I got my driver's license, I've loved being in the driver's seat ever since. Not just in the car, but in my life as well.
This is from me, from Volkswagen, and all the other drivers out there. Do it. Grab the wheel. Get in the driver's seat of life. Visit vw.com to learn more. Now back to the episode. Starting with a quiet, mindful morning routine. Okay, I feel like for a long time, I didn't really think too much about my morning routine. Like I would just wake up and then kind of do whatever.
I mean, there were certain things that were consistent, right? Like make my coffee, get to work in whatever way I needed to get to work that particular morning. You know, I'd go to the bathroom. I've had phases where I've exercised in the mornings. I'm not currently in a phase like that right now. I exercise in the afternoons right now. It's kind of my vibe. But I don't know.
Like, I've never thought too much about my morning routine. Or like, how do I put this? I have thought about it, but not from a mental health way. In more of like a technical way. I've looked at my morning routine in the past from like a productivity perspective. And recently I had an experience where I kind of girl bossed myself to death, I think.
And it led me to an extreme exhaustion that, well, if you want to know all about that, listen to my last episode about, I think I titled it something like, I finally learned how to rest or whatever. And I took a week to just rest and do it effectively. And during that week of pure, good quality rest, I got into the habit of a slow morning, a quiet morning. And it stuck. Now...
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Chapter 2: What does the host like about their current morning routine?
I don't know. There's something weirdly invigorating about it. Also, too, for me living in Los Angeles, there's no traffic. I don't know. There's just something kind of magical about the energy. I can't quite put a finger on it. You just have to experience it for yourself. Actually, you probably have experienced it for yourself. You know what I'm talking about? That nighttime grocery store magic.
I just, I don't know. OK, next reading before bed. I know what you're thinking. I'm like, why? Why are all the things that you're talking about not that fun?
It's like, OK, first, I love just having a slow morning. Then I love going to the grocery store at night. It's so peaceful.
It's like I'm like, these are boring things like talk about something fun. Those things are coming later. I just had to get this stuff out of the way first. I have gone through various phases of reading in my life and I fell out of it for probably a year. Honestly, I just could not get into it. I can't even tell you how many times I tried to get back into reading and it just did not work.
And in retrospect, it's because I was overworking myself unnecessarily in my work life. It made me so exhausted that by the end of the day, I could not... I could not focus on a book. Like my brain couldn't do it. And it was my fault. Like it was unnecessary. And as I mentioned earlier, I recently sort of had a reset of sorts. I'm not overdoing it like I was before. I'm not beating myself up.
And it's allowed me this mental space to read again. Because I started reading during my week of rest because I had nothing better to do and I really enjoyed it. And then I've been able to bring it into my routine, thankfully, because it's so nice, particularly reading before bed. For a long time, I would watch some sort of content before bed because as I said, I was too exhausted.
I was too exhausted. I couldn't open a book, you know? I had just overused my brain all day and stressed myself out so bad that... I didn't have any energy left to do anything remotely challenging. And reading is a little challenging. It requires a bit of discipline to crack open a book, especially when there's easy content being fed to us all the time.
So luckily, I've taken a load off enough in my life to be able to read before bed. And it's great because it's so much more peaceful. But it's so hard to get into it. It's so hard to get into it. You have to have like the perfect homeostasis in your life to have the energy to read these days. But it's taken me shifting other elements of my life so that I have the mental space to read.
But now that I'm reading at the end of the day, I feel like I sleep so much better. I'm also doing something that's good for my brain before bed.
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Chapter 3: How does journaling fit into the host's quiet morning routine?
And you think of somebody's birthday set of nails having candles and cakes drawn all over the nails, a nail set that took four hours to complete. I know this is what you think of when you think of nail art, because for a long time, this is what I thought of. Well, open your mind to subtle nail art. Listen, this is not a new concept.
we we all know what subtle nail art is but i feel like the nail art trend got so extreme for a minute there where everyone was getting the most detailed sets of nails it was like whoa and then it sort of became at least for me this thing where i was like oh i can't even think about this anymore like the pressure for me it got so overwhelming i was like i can't participate in this anymore
I never really did because I've never had the patience to sit down for nail art that would take that long. But I don't know. I was so exposed to it on the Internet and stuff that I just I ended up kind of ditching nail art altogether. Also, too, I was like, it doesn't match with anything. It's just I don't know. I just was kind of put off by it in a way.
And I was getting honestly just plain red nails for a long time. It always looks good. And it's still my favorite plain polish color. But I recently was like, you know what? I think I'm ready to get back into nail art a little bit. Nail art is cool because it's temporary. It's a temporary accessory.
Like if you buy a pair of sunglasses, you're committing to that style of sunglass because you purchased an item. You know what I mean? When you're buying jewelry, you're committing to that style of jewelry. And that's an item that you ideally want to have and utilize for as long as possible. The cool thing about nail art is that it inevitably will come off your fingers.
Yes, there is a financial commitment, but there's not like a material commitment. And I think now more than ever, that is a cool idea because trends have... sort of taken Gen Z in a chokehold. Everybody is obsessed with purchasing whatever the next trend is and participating in the next trend, usually spawned through TikTok.
And I think it's leaving a lot of people with a lot of things in their closet that maybe they don't love enough. And I think a lot of people have become sort of addicted to participating in the trends because there's dopamine involved and we're also social creatures and we like to emulate one another and it just it's gotten a bit toxic.
And I think the idea of nail art is kind of the perfect way to participate in trends in a way that doesn't leave you with this material responsibility. And so I sort of had this epiphany about nail art and I was like, I should be doing nail art. Yes, it takes a little bit of extra time, but it's kind of the most flexible accessory that there is.
And so the key for me was figuring out how do I do nail art enough where it feels exciting to me, but not to the point where it doesn't match anything. And that's been sort of a fun challenge. And I've found so many cool, subtle, neutral nail art designs, mismatched sets of like a bunch of neutral colors with like blobs and swirls of color on them. Like just simple, neutral designs.
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Chapter 4: What are the benefits of morning walks in silence?
But a simple, classic, gray, cottony hoodie with a really good fit, oh yeah, you could style that thing up. A hoodie made out of maybe an unconventional material, like some sort of knit material or something like that, that could be styled up. I think slowly but surely collecting a few hoodies like that made me realize,
not only is this a comfortable item of clothing but it can also be a chic item of clothing so i'm enjoying styling hoodies in a fashionable way moving on classic square shaped black glasses i know what you're thinking emma why are you not wearing those right now if you're watching the video version of this episode i'm wearing round very round glasses i lost my favorite pair of square shaped black glasses
Have no fear. I ordered a replacement because I was very upset. But for right now, I don't have any square black reading glasses. It's hard for me. It's been hard. It's been really hard. But you know what they say, you don't know what you got till it's gone. And
I honestly don't even think I would have realized how much I love this shape of eyeglass frame right now had I not lost them, because it's been a loss. Like, I can't tell you how often I reach for these, not just for like reading, but also I like styling them and going out in them. Luckily, I did not lose my square shaped black sunglasses, just my reading glasses.
oh it's been hard because i i rarely like to leave the house without glasses for some reason it just it weirdly is like a shield for me it's like a protector for me i can't explain it psychological i don't know why um also a lot of times i feel like the attitude that a a pair of glasses adds to an outfit is very valuable and so sometimes i'll put together an outfit and be like oh
Something's missing. And then a lot of times I'll put on a pair of glasses and I'm like, that's what was missing. And during the day, it's much easier because sunglasses, you know, functional and cute. But in the evenings, it's more tough because can't wear sunglasses. It's kind of douchey vibes. Hey, I've done it. I've done it many times, but I don't like love doing it.
I had a little phase where I loved doing it and then it very quickly got old for me because I'm like, I actually can't see. So I've gotten into the routine of wearing reading glasses out at night to add a little bit of spice to an outfit.
And I cannot tell you how hard it's been without my square frames because honestly, I would say for the last month and a half, maybe two months, nine out of 10 times that I'm grabbing a glass, sunglass or optical, I have been grabbing nothing. my square shaped black glasses, classic square shape. You know it, you love it.
You don't even need to be watching the video version of this episode to know what I'm talking about. You know what I'm talking about? Square shaped, square, kind of, maybe rectangle, I guess, but kind of square, boxy shaped, classic sunglass shape. You imagine what a sunglass is shaped like, boom. You imagine what a pair of reading glasses is shaped like, boom. You know what I mean?
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Chapter 5: Why does the host enjoy grocery shopping at night?
All you got to do is pick one. Find them all at your local retailer in the creamer aisle. Now back to the episode. Okay, next. Cute bralettes, okay? Think like vintage-inspired silk bralettes. Gorgeous... Almost sort of lingerie, but not like super sexy, super like super sexy, sexy, sexy bralette. Think more like maybe a little bit more understated, maybe a little bit more classic.
I have a lot of sheer shirts, a lot of sheer shirts for some reason. Like I weirdly over the years have collected a lot of sheer shirts and And they're great for layering. But something I haven't really been able to do is wear like a bralette under my sheer shirts. Why? Because I haven't found I hadn't found the right ones.
But I also hadn't really looked that hard because I've never really been into lingerie. So it's never really been my thing. I've always preferred comfort in my undergarments. And my thought has always been like, if somebody is taking the clothes off, take the undie off with the pants. You know what I mean? Like, I don't care.
Like, like, let's just get like, if we're going there, like, I don't need to like, this doesn't need to be a show. You know what I mean? So I've just never really looked. And thus, I've never really developed a collection of cute bralettes. And this has been sort of upsetting to me in some ways, because there have been moments where I've been getting dressed.
I've been like, oh, it'd be so cute if I wore like, if I had a cute bralette to go under this
top that's sheer but it's sort of been this thing where it's been like a gap in my wardrobe and the only time I've really ever thought about it is when I need it well I don't need it I don't really need anything but it's like when I've wanted it and it hasn't been there but then it's not like when I've been out shopping I've been like oh you know I really do need to find some cute like bralettes that perhaps I could wear underneath sheer clothing as sort of like a fun element
Because again, as I said, I'm not somebody who really cares about lingerie. So like if I'm wearing a shirt where you can't see the bra through it, I'm wearing whatever the most comfortable bra is. Same thing goes for underwear. And listen, I might end up unlocking my lingerie era one day. Who knows? I actually feel like it's impending. Like I actually feel like it might happen soon.
As my prefrontal cortex develops, little things become of interest to me that weren't interesting before. And I do think that there's a chance that lingerie is coming for me, you know? No pun intended. Not really a pun. It wasn't really a good pun, but, you know, coming, so, you know, whatever.
But I do feel like there's a chance that, like, I might get into that a little, but it's got to be comfortable because I'm very picky about my bras and underwear because I'm very particular about being very comfortable. Anywho, I mean, so the bralette thing for me is more of like if the bra is going to be seen, I want it to be cute. Right. And I just never had any cute ones.
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Chapter 6: What are the advantages of reading before bed?
If it's so you, you might already have it. And if not, I think an extra step of thought and due diligence is necessary in order to ensure that the trend is not being participated in just because it's simply a trend. Not that I need to defend myself, but I think the reason why this worked out so well was because I already had all those pins. I already had that bag.
And that, I think, is proof, at least to me, that it's like, okay, this is not following a trend wrongfully. This was just... I don't know. I think I'm making it a little bit deeper than it needs to be, I fear. I fear that I'm having a spiral about this and that I don't need to be. So let's move forward because I'm going off on a tangent that is so unnecessary, really unnecessary. Let's move on.
Oh my God. The next thing I'm about to talk about might be my favorite thing on this whole list. Okay. It's a food item, a concoction that I came up with. Now, Did I invent it? Probably not. I could probably find this sort of recipe online. It probably already exists, but I didn't see it online. Like I invented it. And so I feel like I invented it. So like, let me believe that I invented it.
Okay. Let me explain it to you. You need green apples. You need vanilla flavored Greek yogurt. Okay. Or any sort of yogurt of choice, but vanilla flavor is ideal. I don't know. Is there caramel flavored yogurt that could work? Um, okay. You need peanut butter powder, PB2, you know, peanut butter powder. It's like, you know what peanut butter powder is? It's peanut butter, but turned into powder.
Okay. You need flaky salt and optional. If you want to find this very niche random product, you need peanut butter extract. Okay. Yes. I somehow found peanut butter extract. Don't ask me how I found that. Don't Don't ask me why it's in my pantry, but it is. It's definitely an optional ingredient, but I do think it adds a little bit of extra peanut flavor to this.
Okay, now there's a few ways that you can assemble this, but the most important element is this peanut butter yogurt, okay? I take probably like anywhere between a half cup, two thirds cup of yogurt. You want it sweet. Like don't do unsweetened. This will not taste good. I put in, I kid you not, a fourth cup of peanut butter powder, okay? Dumping it in, dumping it in.
a little bit of the peanut butter extract, flaky salt, a little bit of water. You need to put a little bit of water in there. It's too thick to just mix the peanut butter powder into the yogurt. You need to add a little bit of water to help it mix. Okay, now cut up that Granny Smith apple or two. Okay, if you want to make a yogurt bowl, cut the apples into chunks.
If you want to dip your apple slices into this yogurt peanut butter mixture, be my guest. When I first started making this bowl, I was cutting into chunks. Then I realized, you know what? There's something about eating cubes of apples over and over and over and over and over again in a yogurt bowl that's hurting my mouth. It's like cutting up the roof of my mouth. I'm going to start doing slices.
So now I'm doing slices. Just get that green apple. into that yogurt and enjoy. I mean, it is so good. I don't, this is my snack of the moment. Like I look forward to this snack. It is so good. And I'm telling you the flaky sea salt makes it. And you might even want to take the flaky sea salt to the table with you while you're eating. Cause you might want to add a
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