wednesdays mindset.

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"A beautiful day begins with a beautiful mindset. When you wake up, take a second to think about what a privilege it is to simply be alive and healthy. The moment you start acting like life is a blessing, 

I assure you it will start to feel like one."

everygirl.

the everygirl blog has remained a staple in my blogroll reads.

everything from cooking to travel to politics to careers.

it's a realistic and informative site with a fun amount of bloggy flair.

i love this most recent post on shopping and eating healthy.

if you are like me and cooking is for one or two people, you know how hard it is to pick up groceries frugally, yet super fresh and always a bummer when you have to toss something or you have to make a trip back early. this little article and recipes were a great snapshot of practicality and wholesome goodness.

(full article here)

anyone still holding on tight to their new years resolutions for healthy eating or working out?

my juicer is still getting is go around about once a week at least and my yoga regiment is steadily improving. not to say that i haven't had my bouts with pizza, nachos and all day lounging... but still. 

happy healthy eating loveys!

centered.

i'll be honest, as much as i have tried to embrace this in-between time while i wait for a job to come around and after all of the constant stimulation of twenty-something straight years of school culminating in the craziness of masters projects, i am quite far from relaxed. 

while i am firm in my desire to pursue the best possible position for me, i remain restless in the everyday.

if it weren't for my little friend yoga, i don't think i would be sane.

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the past few months have given me the blessing of time.

time in which i have used to explore several different types of yoga and made it a conscious practice to set aside time to practice mindfulness in the midst of my always-thinking-little-mind. 

my inner contentment has never been more centered than in the little hours of the day on my mat. 

and to that i say,

om.

so long from the usa.

my favorite 18 days of every other year have come to a close.

so long olympics.

you rocked it usa.

can't wait for 2016- rio baby!

more.

a great piece.

please go great it.

NY Times Article- How long have I got left?

"i am writing more, seeing more, feeling more."

happy friday my friends.

many things to be grateful for on this bright, sunny day in the bay.

disability.

disability(n): a concept that i am fascinated with;

a driving force instilling passion in my nursing work;
the reason for individualism. 

aren't we all disabled in someway or another?

too good not to share.

be thankful for yourself and your body my friends.

in all forms and in all ways, we are pretty darn incredible.

humanity.

there is something incredibly humanizing about my past year.

i think that i have come a lot closer to understanding humanity and life and meaning.

my time in nursing clinical at a particularly incredible hospital and unit, has brought a whole new meaning to the word 'purpose.'

opportunity, is an understatement.

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i think it is particularly pertinent during this time.

thanksgiving and the festive holiday season.

do you have a home?

someone to put as your emergency contact?

a mailing address?

income?

clothes?

family and friends?

belongings to call your own?
shoes?

my sweet, sweet patients may not have any of the above but they have an incredible amount of humanity.

poor in possession, rich in life.

a true lesson on daily gratitude. i am so very thankful for the life lessons that my patients have taught me in the most subtle of ways. never take a day for granted.  

suffering your kinder.

so happy to be back in the sweet and crazy san francisco general hospital for my final masters rotation.

oh how i have missed the special patients of sfgh.

here's to a busy, challenging, and inspirational semester back in the 4B unit.

love this place.

same love.

too good not to post.

if you didn't see this.

you must watch.

obsessed.
and JT reunited with nsync- i feel like a giddy preteen all over again.

read along.

on my nightstand (aka in my kindle).
this i believe.

...the personal philosophies of remarkable men and women...

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I believe in the pursuit of happiness. Not its attainment, nor its final definition, but its pursuit. I believe in the journey, not the arrival; in conversation, not monologues; in multiple questions rather than any single answer. I believe in the struggle to remake ourselves and challenge each other in the spirit of eternal forgiveness, in the awareness that none of us knows for sure what happiness truly is, but each of us knows the imperative to keep searching. I believe in the possibility of surprising joy, of serenity through pain, of homecoming through exile.

Andrew Sullivan

read along with me if you so desire.

quite inspiring.

powerfully sexy.

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You know what’s really, powerfully sexy? 

A sense of humor. A taste for adventure. A healthy glow. Hips to grab on to. Openness. Confidence. Humility. Appetite. Intuition. Smart-ass comebacks. Presence. A quick wit. Dirty jokes told by an innocent-looking lady. A storyteller. A genius. A doctor. A new mother. 

A woman who realizes how beautiful she is.

Courtney E. Martin

where i'm going.

back to the grind in the bay.

loving life.

adrift.

Adrift

 

from Simon Christen on Vimeo.

roll on, you fog.

san francisco you are the very best city ever.

grateful to be your inhabitant today.

round-up.

time for a good ol' foodie round-up from around the blog-o-sphere.

can't wait to make these goodies.

zucchini ribbion haloumi salad.

tomato + corn +zucchini galette.

veggie caprese + olive pesto.

cauliflower alfredo.

blackberry lemon cake.

citrus + herb vodka tonic.

enjoy!

humans.

for the past few months now, i have been contemplating and looking into public photography as a way to document my time and feelings about san francisco and its people.

my experience with the population at san francisco general hospital and the various community sites that i have worked in have peaked my interest in giving the marginalized and homeless population a voice and a face.

i have a dream to go out and document this population in their natural day-to-day environment while maintaing my own safety and gathering small life lessons, histories, and quotes from the people.

humans of new york is a very similar concept to what i dream of doing.

super interesting, huh?

imperfections.

sometimes i like to just sit down and paint.

sunday was one of those days.

we call her 'sunday imperfection.'

i really like her.

when i got done, i sat back and almost found my yogi self in her.

being able to have time for creativity is the greatest.

it's rare that i have those weekend hours to just have a cup of tea or iced coffee, stretch out in my comfies, and create a painting or art project.

someday i'm gonna take up ceramics.

i think i need to quit making that statement about the future and just take one already.

"emily, if you don't make time for something, you are not making it a priority." (repeat, repeat, repeat)

enjoy your wednesday my friends.

now let's both go out and try something that we've been wanting to do for a while.

ready, go.

lessons i'm learning.

1. there is a reason why people are where they are in their life- take time to ask about it.

2. let the world tell you no- try until you have exhausted all else.

3. if something is a priority in your life you will make time for it- if not, you are choosing to not make it a priority.

4. surrounding yourself with others that differ from you will allow you to grow- comfortability comes in facing the unknown.

5. personal time is more valuable than the world makes it out to be- reconnect with your reality.

6. taking time to 'just be' is the best time you can take.

I think we realize a little more 'something' about ourselves each time we extend ourselves to others. take time to do it this week.

nursing the nation.

happy national nurse appreciation week!

please watch this.

so proud that i will one day be a nurse.

in not so long- this time next year!

hooray!

pursuit of happiness.

on a daily basis here in the city,

(san francisco to be exact)

i find such happiness.

my career seems to be coming together,

my living situation is the best,

my opportunities seem endless,

my creative desires are being met,

my social tendencies are perfectly provided for,

and this city is the mecca of all that is fun for the twenty-something.

(the only really BIG thing missing is the boy. 

none-the-less, i continue to remain blissfully in love with him from 400 miles away.)

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in my consistent pursuit of happiness and contentment, i have found three things that i absolutely love.

farmers marketing.

picnicking.

yoga.

three simple, fairly inexpensive, and refreshing ways to celebrate the everyday.

i highly suggest adding these local adventures to your weekly routine.

what makes you the happiest everyday?

rare + beautiful.

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enjoy you're sweet friday all you awesome women out there.