01/05/2017
Hi, friends! Anyone out there still looking for a New Year’s resolution? I know what you’re thinking, but hear me out. While all of us are likely accustomed to setting the alarm function in our smart phones, before nestling them to bed on our nightstands just inches from our sleepy heads, there is increasing research that shows how beneficial it is to charge your phone at night in a room other than your bedroom. For starters, cell phones give off what’s known as blue light—a type that studies suggest can inhibit the … 
I couldn’t think of a better place to start out this new year than over at the Outdoor Voices shop here in Austin. The OV gals truly embody the spirit of the company and their enthusiasm for fitness, wellness, and #doingthings is contagious! I was dying to pick their brains on getting back into the swing of working out this new year, plus their favorite healthy spots around town. If you’re not already familiar Outdoor Voices, it’s an athleisure brand rooted in fabrics that function across multiple activities– think … 
I’m not even sure where to begin to describe my love of reading to you. I have loved it for as long as I can remember. I would read the Little House on the Prairie book series over and over until the pages wore thin and my mom finally forced me from the floral comforter on my bed to the backyard. It’s not just books either. Magazines, the back of cereal boxes, plaques on buildings. If you take me to a museum, I will read every last information card next to every last exhibit before calling it a day. I’m always on a quest … 
Over the Christmas break, Aaron and I had to run to the bank one morning on our way home from the gym to wire some money. We do almost everything online, so I actually can’t even remember the last time I found myself waiting in the lobby of a bank, but here I was, nonetheless, in the bank of a lobby dressed in my workout wear and being looked up and down by this oh-so-chic woman who was easily in her seventies. She wore wide leg cream wool pants with a coordinating turtleneck and a camel coat lined around the collar in the perfect … 
