In this week's episode, I open up about some of the struggles I've faced with eating and my perception of how I looked. Since my teen years, my relationship with my body and my diet has been a bit rocky–not realizing this at the time, I struggled heavily with self-esteem issues that manifested themselves into unhealthy eating habits. Ranging from barely eating, to eating too much, to only eating certain foods, it was really difficult to develop the more positive relationship with food that I have today. I still struggle a lot with insecurity and monitoring my food intake, but I'm so proud of the progress I've made in having a more balanced diet and workout routine. 

As the saying goes: you are your worst critic. 

In this week's episode, I open up about some topics that have been on my mind lately–ones that have put me in an extremely negative headspace. I go through these periods of stress and negativity every so often (because it's completely normal to) but have been struggling to find a way to ameliorate the emotions and toxicity that come with them. The combination of stress, uncertainty, and low self-esteem is definitely not ideal, but it's important to take steps (even if they're small!) toward a more positive mindset...something I am very much still working on.

Though definitely not the most high-quality content, this episode gave me the chance to open up about some aspects of my life that people may either relate to or that they don't typically see. Hope it's not too boring but normal content will be back soon :") 

To bring the Resolution Series to a close, I address a topic that has always been of interest to me: being able to be alone. Learning how to be alone when you're constantly connected through text messaging, social media, and emails can be really difficult and easy to avoid doing. 

It's amazing that in this day and age, we are able to almost always be in communication with someone. Despite this, I find it not only important, but necessary, that people learn how to enjoy their own company. It's easy to distract yourself with fun plans and social outings, but it can be unhealthy if you find yourself relying on others to live your life. Learning how to be alone isn't learning to cope with loneliness–it's learning how to achieve a deeper sense of connection with yourself.

Ah yes, I too have hopped on the podcast wave. Welcome to Matcha Mentality, where I strive to break down the façade that is a seemingly "picture perfect" life I have created for myself that many others do as well. This first episode marks the start of my journey to opening up and becoming vulnerable (I'm a Virgo so as you can imagine, it is very difficult) and your journey to wasting 20 minutes of your life that you'll never get back. In this first introductory episode, I give possibly the blandest introduction of who I am, my depressing journey through college, but end by mentioning some better, more insightful topics I hope to address on the podcast. 

In all seriousness, I hope that you can gain something from it—whether that be lifetime advice or just a laugh, my goal is to be open, relatable, and dare I say, enlightening? Who knows...you might just learn something from me.