Are micro-workouts enough?

I keep having the discussion on what time of day is better to exercise, how much is enough and what you need in order to lose weight. There are such things as nutritionist, personal trainers and diet plans, but generally we base our good health habits on word of mouth. Is taking the stairs and [...]

How to simplify your mind by de-cluttering your space

It is oh so easy to accumulate things that we don’t need. This consumerist society of ours makes us want to keep getting clothes, papers and everything that could be categorized as “stuff”, even if we have no practical use for any of this. In college, especially, whatever anyone gives to us as hand-me-downs [...]

Why tea is cool again

I have recently discovered a coffee shop in my town that offers the same variety of coffee as it does of tea. They actually call themselves a “coffee, tea and chocolate” shop. I did not discover this place as much as I was introduced to it by my very trendy friends who have begun replacing [...]

Eating for pleasure

Eating healthy… well, oh how good it is! I had been thinking about this and felt very happy to find this article in the New York Times on a trend I finally approve of; eating healthy because it’s good, not to be thin. In this article, Rachel Ray, who doesn’t give calorie indexes in her [...]

The benefits of early rising

It’s hard for my friends to understand my reasons for waking up early if I don’t have class until noon. To them it is an abstract thought, and why shouldn’t it, after all we are in college. Staying up and sleeping in become part of the routine.
You see, I didn’t realize I was a morning [...]

Depression not bettered by exercise?

I stumbled into a reference to a recent study, which showed that as opposed to what we are used to hearing, depression is not bettered by exercise.
Whatever happened to endorphin rushes? Am I crazy really to think that when I am exercising my mood improves?
There may not be a direct link. According to this study, [...]

A serene hello to you

Hello, I am Andrea, a journalism student in Florida.
I believe happiness to be a way of life instead of a longed-for destination. In college, we tend to lose our balance. Between eating all the wrong things, forgetting how to exercise and overdosing on coffee, it is easy to forget what you are here for in [...]