Healthy Lunches Worth Trying

Good Monday morning, y'all!

To start off the week I thought I'd post some delicious looking lunches for myself and all of you to try! I don't know about you but sometimes I look at myself and think, "I need to go on a diet", "Ew", or "I'm fat." I figure I'm the only one who can change myself for the better. One of the first steps to doing this is (trying) to eat better! I looked around online and found two links on BuzzFeed that had lists of awesome looking meals! I will post links to the full lists at the end of this post! For now I put together a list of 7 lunches that looked oh so good!

Enjoy!

1. Five Ingredient Pesto Pasta

2. Pressed Italian Sandwich

3. Baby Peas and Cheese Frittata

4. Turkey Caesar Sandwich 

5. Ham and Cheese Croissant

6. Pasta Salad with Goat Cheese & Arugula

7. New York Style Bagel

To find more healthy lunches click HERE or HERE!

What are some of your favorite healthy meals?

100 Ways To Be Happy

Thank goodness it's Friday, y'all!

Today I am writing a post that is quite personal to me. I sometimes have a hard time staying happy. I let little things stress me out and I always over think everything. I figure it's time to take a minute and figure out some ways I can learn to be more happy with my life. I started looking around online and found a link to a blog (Nourish) that had posted "100 Ways to Live a Life Full of Joy." I am going to put a list together of some of my favorites listed and then provide a link to the full post incase y'all want to enjoy reading about more ways to be happy.

Enjoy!

• Forget what everyone else wants you to be, and be who you want you to be instead.
• Fall in love with you.
• Get dressed up and go out at least once a week.
• Do one thing every day that makes you laugh out loud.
• Forgive yourself.
• Forgive others & let go of any grudges you hold.
• Keep dreaming new dreams.
• Stop worrying about tomorrow.
• Show love and affection to those you care for.
• Give thanks, everyday.
• Let go of what it means to be perfect.
• Do what you love.
• Make time everyday to something for you.
• Smile at strangers.
• Show everyone you meet with the same level of love and kindness that you want people to show you.
• Celebrate how far you've come & how much you've achieved. 
• Write a list of things that you like about you.
• Live each day with intention.
• Just be.
• Learn to view your obstacles as an opportunity for you to see things in a new light.
• Live your truth.
• Distance yourself from people who are negative and try to bring you down.
• Discover your personal sense of style and wear clothes that make you feel amazing.
• Stop comparing yourself to others.
• Take one step everyday that will propel you in the direction of your dreams.
• Love your body & treat it with respect. It's wholly yours and the only one you will ever have.
• Gracefully let go of things that are not meant for you.
• Make the choice to see the good in people.
• Be kind to everyone you meet.
• Believe in yourself.
• If you don't like something then change it. Life is too short to spend time doing things that make you unhappy.
• Surround yourself with positive people.
• Don't take yourself too seriously.
• Free yourself of hatred, envy, & jealousy. 
• Accept your flaws, in fact, celebrate them - these make you uniquely you.
• Work hard to achieve your goals, but balance this with enjoying life.
• Don't let time pass you by.
• Instead of judging other people, try to understand them first.
• Never give up hope.
• Give complements freely. 
• Be independent. Make your own decisions & stand by them.
• Be generous.
• Define your values & live by them.
• Always remember the best things in life don't cost money - true friendship, laughter, happiness, love and deep sense of fulfillment - cannot be bought. 
• Be honest. With yourself & others.
• Know it's never too late to start again.

To find more way to be happy click HERE!

How do you stay happy?