Are you as much of a sucker for a good bandwagon as I am? From diet and fitness to personality quizzes and flower farming trends, and for sure let’s include great Netflix specials, I am happily susceptible to what’s popular. I generally love how social media can serve up an array of tantalizing ideas, because I love newness and exploration. Sometimes the tidal waves of trends is too much, of course, but man. The good bandwagons are so fun! A short list of my current obsessions:
- Konmari “tidying up” series on Netflix. I like the show itself as well as the projects it inspires. I do it one room at a time, though, instead of using her categories method. I’m “Sparking Joy” and editing my belongings like a mad woman. My closet looks almost as sparse as my hotel room looks during a week-long trip; and our empty drawers and shelves around the house are beginning to match the filled ones. It’s nice to have space.
- Lately I’m very into studying endurance sports fueled by a primal diet. Not quite Keto, not necessarily Whole 30, but maybe somewhat fat-adapted, IDK. My husband is on his third week of a Keto experiment, and it has been eye opening. I am not interested in living that way long term, not for myself, but it offers lots of food for thought. (Ha.)
- Doshas. So interesting! Please, somebody start learning about this too so I have someone to discuss it with me!
- Actually my ears perk up at the mention of all things Ayurveda, and there’s plenty of that circling us lately.
- Yep still crushing on yoga, but with all due respect, NOT Adrienne’s current series. I like her older stuff much better, as well as so many videos by Tara Stiles. Also, I just listened to a great podcast interview on Strength Running (Fitzgerald) with Sage Rountree, all about the complementary relationship between a running program and a good, periodized yoga practice. Love it.
- On board with all things hygge. (I knooowww this is especially cliche, but in my defense I have been obsessed with this aesthetic since reading The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo several summers ago, and now finally I see it working in wintertime.) And white lights and houseplants have always and forever been in every home I have made. It just has a Nordic vernacular now.
- Being outside in awful weather. I take it as a challenge lately. A per so many gorgeous examples out in the world, I think hibernation is generally overrated. Admittedly, though, our wind this week did sour my mood considerably. I love the cold but loathe the wind.
- Bob Goff books (almost done with Everybody Always). Our recent efforts to have some church time with dear friends is so well supported by this material.
- How many different ways can we eat eggs, kale, almonds or peanuts, and chicken? And broccoli? And how many salad combinations are there in life? Wait, is a bandwagon, or is it just me?
- How long can I run on empty? (Meant literally, not as a euphemism for being stressed or spent, I want to know how many crisp and strong-effort miles I can actually run in a carb-fasted state. So far it’s 13.) Carb-fasted cardio is a very hot topic. Fat as fuel, ok? As long as you refuel afterwards.
- Flower Farming I swear, no “new” garden beds this year, haha, but how can I better use what we have already built? It’s a thing! Great, fluffy oceans of color, could they be even more fun than edibles? Maybe!
- Simpler living, if not minimalism, at least a de-cluttered and travel-ready-but-very-cozy-and-authentic lifestyle.
- The word artisnal. Ok, again, this is not a bandwagon yet but I’m working on that.
- Lists. Clearly.
- Also, intentions over resolutions. My word for 2019 is “cultivate.”
I would love to know which of these bandwagons you are currently loving, or what other ones I have not yet found. I think popularity gets a bad rap sometimes, and I’m happy to soak up the advantages of social media and the internet to find the coolest, healthiest stuff. It’s a great reason to be so tightly knitted to the outside world.
Okay, over and out. I have some horses and chickens to feed before settling onto the treadmill for a while. Because, Oklahoma wind. Happy Saturday!!
“Even if you’re on the right track,
You’ll get run over if you just sit there.”:
~Will Rogers
XOXOXOXO
Love this blog!!! You listed many things I want to check out! Where can I find that podcast you mentioned? I’d love to listen to it. I’ve been checking out new fuel for running called isogenix. I’ve ordered some products and I’ll let you know what I think. My word for 2019 authenticity.
Oh Sheila, you are nothing but authentic, it’s a quality of yours I adore. Did you see the link I put on FB, for the yoga podcast? And isogenix… I think Robin told me about that too. I must check it out, thank you!! xoxo
Marie, you have lots on your mind my friend. I don’t have a single thing to say about carb-deprived running. I do not run if possible. Ha! I do walk a lot, and I find I’m really hungry after and before no matter what I eat. I know keto and paleo work. I did paleo for a year. Unfortunately, I learned to like wine which doesn’t fit in either category. Hygee, bring it on. Fairy lights and coziness, fire in the fireplace hygge. You know I like Marie Kondo. I’ve konmaried all over the place here. Still so much more to do. Love you!~~Dee
Dee I remember when we first met, you brought a tray of unbreaded chicken to a potluck bloggers’ event, and it was the first time I had ever HEARD of paleo, haha, do you remember that? I was transfixed. LOL! Yes to fireplaces and tidy-ness. I love you so much. Stay cozy xoxo