3 Things I Do To Distract Myself From 5PM Sunsets
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I think supplements might be fake.
Okay, not completely fake. But whenever I’m traveling for weeks at a time, I don’t bother with them and I’m totally fine. Yet somehow, when winter hits and I’m back in my routine, taking them makes me feel better.
So here’s what I take religiously from November through March:
Magnesium glycinate + threonate (nature’s adderall)
Iron/Floradix (low iron girlies stand up)
Vitamin D3 + K2 (any anxiety be gone fr I be walking around head empty no thoughts)
Vitamin C (immune system, skin, all of it!)
Do I have scientific proof this cocktail is doing anything? No. Do I feel better? Yes. And sometimes (always) that’s enough.
Move Your Body More Than Necessary
I wake up and immediatelyyyy do crunches and hip lifts because it centers me. There’s something about connecting with your body first thing in the morning that sets the tone for everything else.
Then I do my morning alignment work, edit any videos that need editing, head to Pilates, come back and take a midday walk, usually hitting 15-20k steps because I’m a full-time student and honestly, I have nothing but time. I end the day with another round of crunches and hip lifts.
The secret isn’t necessarily what you do. It’s that you’re moving with intention, multiple times a day, in ways that make you feel good. Your body was designed to move.
Medieval Meals FTW
I call them medieval meals, but really they’re just warm, cozy, foodS.
Last night I had beef and carrot stew with Tuscan bread and French butter (iykyk), and I genuinely felt like my handmaiden was about to walk in and announce that my bath was drawn, milady.
Winter is soup season. Stew season. Baked mozzarella tray season. This veggie casserole season. The cozier, the better. Food that requires a bowl and makes you want to curl up under a blanket.
Honorable Mention: Triple Down on Resurfacing Your Skin
Winter is the perfect time to chemically exfoliate your skin as much as you can handle. Schedule every peel appointment possible. Why? Because you’re not in the sun as much, which means less risk of irritation or hyperpigmentation from strong actives.
This is your retinol era. Your AHA/BHA era. Your “I’m going to emerge in spring with glass skin” era.
Be aggressive (but smart) about it now, and thank yourself later. Unless you have sensitive skin in which case…okay. (More on this later on)
Love you, don’t fight the rhythm of a new season xoxo
Zozo
1. Nothing is embarrassing
2. Everything is temporary
3. Everything is easy for me
Giorgio Armani Luminous Silk Foundation I’ve been loving this in colder weather because it looks like my skin but better which is always the goal
Lemon loaf tea with pumpkin spice …spice
I use Azalaic acid, and other Rx’s for my hyperpigmentation, but this is always holy grail, I wake up glowing
All of my low iron girlies need two things, a good iron supp and a weighted blanket for their troubles
