This week, Nellie decides to talk about another topic for which she won't even take her own advice on. She talks about the importance of self care and why building healthy habits is crucial, even though she may not be able to speak from personal expertise, she references some articles that do(below). Enjoy!

NPR: https://www.npr.org/2017/06/04/531051473/the-millennial-obsession-with-self-care

Therapist's blog: https://nickwignall.com/self-care/

Another article: https://www.apa.org/monitor/2020/07/self-care

In this week's episode, Nellie briefly talks about her favorite books and why reading is important. She's trying to get back into reading more, and her Barnes and Nobel wish list is longer than her patience and attention span. Enjoy the episode and thanks for listening!

In this week's episode, Nellie vaguely addresses the topic of burnout and cant't stop fidgeting while recording(hence the background noise). During these weird times, it's super important to check in with yourself and treat yourself often. Here are the links she used for this week's episode, enjoy!

https://www.forbes.com/sites/maurathomas/2020/08/28/its-time-to-face-facts-burnout-is-rampant/?sh=2e45c6183861

https://www.helpguide.org/articles/stress/burnout-prevention-and-recovery.htm

This week, Nellie discusses exercise and how it can be associated with toxic body dysmorphia and why she hates the BMI scale. After editing, she realizes that she literally spent 12 minutes on multiple tangents that are barely related to exercise. Anyways, below are links about the benefits of exercise and enjoy the episode!

https://time.com/4474874/exercise-fitness-workouts/

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/03/well/exercise-creativity.html

In this episode, Nellie has a couple hot takes regarding fast fashion. Although she is the definition of a hypocrite, she will shame you for wearing Lululemon leggings. Overall, she found it increasingly hard to be fashionable and sustainable at the same time, but brands are becoming better at being more sustainable and there are actually sustainable clothing options out there! Anyways, here are the links that Nellie used for her research(yes, she does watch another Patriot Act episode for "research"):

Patriot Act: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xGF3ObOBbac

New Standard Institute: https://www.newstandardinstitute.org

VOX article: https://www.vox.com/the-goods/2020/1/27/21080107/fashion-environment-facts-statistics-impact

Lulu article: https://goodonyou.eco/how-ethical-lululemon/

In this week's (very short, apologies for the lack of a consistent time frame) episode, Nellie reads out some pre-made Mad Libs! If you like listening to gibberish and absolute non-sense for several minutes, this episode is for you. She (verb ending with s) that the (noun) listens and feels (emotion), and that they think the podcast is (adjective). (exclamation)!

*Apologies for sounding like I'm in a fishbowl this episode and for using every filler word imaginable*. In this episode, Nellie talks about high school and why it kinda sucked. She talks about taking the ACT at North Chicago(side note: after taking the ACT there she went to Six Flags right afterwards where she witnessed things that would be considered sinful in this pandemic), diving, and why high school wasn't like the "coming of age" movie she expected it to be. 

In this episode, Nellie rants about how Amazon has an unfair advantage compared to other companies(boohoo, whiny entitled GenZ, suck it up snowflake), and tries to do math to make a decent comparison to how much Jeff Bezos actually makes(which, in her overused word of the episode, is "staggering"). Note that Nellie is not an expert on the topic, these are only her opinions based on the research she did prior to recording, and the links to her research are down below.

Patriot Act episode:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5maXvZ5fyQY

Articles:

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/03/science/blue-origin-jeff-bezos.html?searchResultPosition=6

https://www.bbc.com/news/business-55927979

https://www.npr.org/2021/02/07/965162338/in-alabama-workers-at-amazon-warehouse-are-poised-for-union-vote

https://www.contino.io/insights/whos-using-aws

In this episode of Nell's Hell, Nellie gives a summary of Bartleby and her insight on the major themes and topics in the short story. Thanks for listening!

In this week's quick episode of Nell's Hell, Nellie doesn't speak loud enough into the mic and tries to talk about hobbies for 9 minutes straight. Linked are the articles she read through to gather her limited opinions on the subject, enjoy!

NYT: https://www.nytimes.com/2018/05/10/smarter-living/the-case-for-hobbies-ideas.html

Other articles: https://www.cnbc.com/2017/08/02/3-science-backed-reasons-having-a-hobby-will-help-your-career.html

https://www.nytimes.com/guides/smarterliving/how-to-find-a-hobby