The Importance of Being: Healthy

What does it mean to be healthy? Everybody has their own variations on this, and no matter how alike some may seem, they are often tweaked to fit a certain lifestyle. I think it is necessary to expand your body and mind by pushing limits and doing things out of the ordinary. For instance, my sophomore year I took a rock climbing course as an elective and overcame a fear of heights. That specific experience unveiled the question: How else can I push myself to become a better version of myself?

For the past few years I have been dabbling in vegetarianism, and as of now have been consistently for about three months. Always wanting to test my limits, I have been trying recently to go completely vegan. Hopefully this blog will provide information for those of you who are also taking this leap, or are looking for some bitchin' cruelty-free recipes.

Also, since I am a student majoring in American Studies and English with a concentration in Creative Writing, I will hopefully be including creative pieces and providing my insight on specific topics in our society.

Jonathan Safran Foer wrote in his novel Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close that "Sometimes I can hear my bones straining under the weight of all the lives I'm not living." I'll be damned if I won't live all these lives.