Healthier Tuna Salad

I made a clean tuna salad today! It was very tasty and simple to make.

Ingredients:

1 carrot
1 celery stalk
1 can of tuna
5 or so cherry tomatoes
romaine lettuce
half of an avocado
plain Greek yogurt (I used about 3/4 of an individual cup)
relish (not the cleanest ingredient)
Whatever seasoning you feel like!

Directions:

Blend the tuna, greek yogurt, avocado, relish and seasoning.
Add carrots, celery, and tomatoes to the side.

The celery probably would've been good in the "tuna salad", but I chopped in larger pieces, so I just put in on the side. I probably need a little help using complementing seasonings. I kind of have a whatever tastes good attitude towards it! If I were to make this again I'd like to add something sweet like grapes. Simple and clean!

On Life and Dreaming

photo: Rifle Paper Co.

I've been thinking a lot about what I want to do with my life lately. I got my associate's degree in business last May and have yet to use it. I did the whole "look for a job in my field" thing and didn't get a single call back. Did I try very hard? No. I can't help but feel like that's a result of me not wanting to work in that field. I can't imagine sitting in a cubicle every day. Believe it or not, I'm a hands on kind of girl.

This has become more and more apparent as the months have past. What else has occurred to me is that I want to follow my dreams. I want to wake up happy to go to my job. Meet people in a low stress environment and work on something I love everyday: hair.

I've had an interest in hair since I first dyed my hair in sixth grade. I actually haven't had it natural since. (I tried for 8 months, but that's a different story.) I cut my own hair now, but I don't like claiming that currently, since my layers are growing out and my hair looks a mess. I used to love my old hair style, but I miss having long layers. Anyway, I have a passion for hair, and have lots of experience cutting and dying it (with myself anyway). 

Having this epiphany, I realized that I indeed want to style hair. I've been mulling it over for a few months now, and I believe it's finally time to take action. I've started researching schools, but found out quickly that the best in the area are Aveda and Paul Mitchell. I'm going to have to do a little more research and price tuition, but I've taken the first step. This is a big deal for me since I am one of the world's biggest procrastinators.

Life is too short to not try to make your dreams a reality. Sure a hair stylist may not seem like everyone's dream, but it's mine. And I'm going to make it happen.

Yoga

I just got done doing some yoga for weight loss (a DVD).  It actually kind of kicked my butt, but in a good way. Unfortunately, or maybe fortunately, I did some squats and ab work before doing the yoga. Thus, making some of the poses difficult to do without my poor legs trembling. I'm no yogi, but I did take a yoga class in college and thoroughly enjoyed it. Once the class was over, that was it. However recently, I've been actually trying get into shape.Yoga seems like a more relaxing, while still engaging, route to take. DVD's seem to be the easiest way to do it right now. There's a website I found called myyogaonline.com. It seems really useful, but I'm not willing to shell out the money to have access to all the videos. Youtube it is!

I've mostly been working out as opposed to yoga the last month or so. Last week was kind of rough, because it was my birthday week. I'm not too upset though, because I allowed myself to indulge for that.

We went grocery shopping today. We bought a bunch of produce and some meat. As much as I'd love to go vegetarian, I don't think I could. Eating mostly meat-free is a more obtainable goal for me. Maybe tomorrow I'll write a post about my first spaghetti squash experience. I have got to include pictures on this blog! I have another blog, http://thepseudominimalist.blogspot.com/ which is pretty much my public journal. This one maybe sort of like that too, but I don't want it to be restricted to only minimalism. This blog is more about incorporating minimalism, or phase 2, if you will. But seriously, this blog will most likely include minimalism, interior design, health, day to day life, food, possibly fashion. You know, whatever's on my mind. Looking forward to starting something fresh!

Welcome!

Glad to see you've stumbled upon my blog! My name is Lauren. I'm an early 20 something simple living enthusiast. I'd describe myself as a gentle minimalist. I don't live on a farm or anything, but I couldn't be happier than when I'm sipping tea on my front porch. This blog is going to cover anything and everything related to my (ideally!) simple life.