My grandmother introduced me to tea when I was little, for flus, colds and family remedies that help with anything. As I got older I had enough of experimenting via grocery store trying to find the perfect tea. I’ve always jump around between mint, lemon, elderberry and green tea. Until I made the final decision to do extensive research on the health benefits of green tea and why Asian women have such luscious, firm and vibrant skin. I spent hours on YouTube watching older Asian women explain how to nourish and protect your skin, to sum it up, a lot of it has to do with diet. Plenty of water, antioxidants, seafood and rice. I don’t know if it’s me putting myself on Retinol and committing myself to a cup of green tea infused with honey and collagen that has made the difference, but it works. I don’t experience frequent breakouts, skin barrier issues or anything honestly, to add, my parents both have great skin so yes most of this is probably genetics and luck.
With self-help books coaching us to have “better days” they missed the mark by not mentioning that you must go out of your way to have a good day. Sometimes self-help gurus manipulate people into believing a good day will find them - not. You must dig deep and find the good day in everyday via creating a breakfast you like, cycling, walking, reading, etc. there’s no such thing as a good day finding you! This dawned on me once I realized the self-help guru community lied about somethings lmao. A good day involves details that are impactful to you and only you. When I set my alarm for 5:30am, I chose a song that’s calming (Intro by Rhye) instead of that annoying harsh alarm sound. My lunch for work is packed the night before so that gives me plenty of time to lounge around before work, I also put everything by the door that I need to take with me. I open my blinds and windows to get the Sun first impression and listen to the birds sing while I get ready. I’m pretty sure most people have a similar morning like mine but what makes mine different is that I go out my way every day to make sure I don’t break this morning habit. My brain depends on it, I remember I forgot to open my blinds one morning and when I got to work, I realized I was irritated because I didn’t listen to the birds sing before I left my house. Whatever notes those little guys are singing soothes me into a monk trance before I walk into my corporate job and become a robot.
I will gladly admit that I start tweaking if I miss a day of green tea. I enjoy the process of making tea, choosing what teacup I’m in the mood to hold, what tea I want to drink: Sencha, Houjicha, Gyokuro, or Genmaicha, and honey (I refuse to put sugar in my tea, it’s gross). The tea kettle screaming to be picked up and moved, the godly pour into my tea strainer, yes, I don’t care for tea bags, the website I provided uses natural tea bags. I ordered them once and I did enjoy the convenience, however, I prefer a tea strainer to make sure I get all of the antioxidants. My grandmother thinks I’m crazy, she doesn’t understand why I order tea online instead of going to the grocery store like the mortals, I explained to her the tea that’s being provided in American grocery stores is NOT real tea. She’s old and stubborn… which means she rolls her eyes and go on about her day. I see my health as a long-term investment that will pay off one day, I understand she comes from the generation of believing whatever is being sold in a grocery store is “healthy” I know debating her is a losing game. I think she doesn’t like how much I’m spending on tea but again long-term investments over instant gratification.
Side note: I realized mid essay that I sound like a cat lady.
Lastly, I would like to invite you guys to witness my go to immortal breakfast. 3 pasteurized eggs, a shot of pasteurized milk, green tea and yogurt. I pretty much eat this every morning; I jump between eggs and cinnamon bagels with strawberry cream cheese by Tillamook (so damn good). I can eat the same food and never get tired of it; I eat for pleasure but also nutrients. In the age where everyone is looking for a magical pill to cure them, I like to believe keeping it simple and eating food God gave us should be more than enough. It is enough lol. My vegan journey started in 2018 and lasted for 3 years, yes, I became a part of the vegan mob (forgive me) I was brainwashed (forgive me again). By the third year my hair started to excessively shed, my skin barrier freaked out, and I went from weighing 135 pounds to 105 pounds. I was ALWAYS tired even when I got proper sleep and it always felt like there was a grey cloud over me!
I return to eating animals and never looked back lmfao. My shedding was cured, my skin return to normal and I weigh 120 pounds, proving that some people (me) bodies prefer them to eat animal-based products. If you are a vegan reading this, understand everyone’s bodies will react differently to “diets” and at this point I want people to pick a diet that works for their body chemistry not for the benefit of the health and medical industry. I don’t regret going back and I never will, I don’t feel bad for eating chicken cause a lion will eat me in the wild, I don’t feel bad for drinking milk because mosquitos drink my blood in the summer. Can we all agree we are all eating each other in some capacity?
Below are before and after’s of my vegan body and animal body lmao :)
Please share below how you go out of your way to have a good day in this wicked world! I’m interested in knowing what you eat for breakfast 🥞 🧇
I'm vegetarian but strangely still a fat ass. lol
I like eating brown sugar toast with fruit and almond butter spread with egg whites and turkey sausage. It’s great after a gym session.