All tagged motivation

Coffee Habits, Stuffed Octopi, and Dedication: A Teenager’s Guide to Not Making Fun of Chair Yoga

Coffee Habits, Stuffed Octopi, and Dedication: A Teenager’s Guide to Not Making Fun of Chair Yoga

Masha Fomitchova
musings, theory, writing

Many of us, at some point, have set out to acquire a six-pack, an effortless handstand, fluency in French, an intimate knowledge of up-and-coming alternative rock bands, or some other quality that looks great in a dating-app profile.

Whatever you deem your practice - be it yoga, a musical instrument, nagging your husband about not cleaning the lint screen in the dryer, or always being that annoyingly chirpy co worker who’s always first in the office and greets everyone with “Hey Sunshine!” - that practice must become a fundamental pillar of your existence - like eating, drinking, and sleeping.

Dreams, Dish Soap, and Why I Said "F*ck It" To Bucket Lists

Dreams, Dish Soap, and Why I Said "F*ck It" To Bucket Lists

Masha Fomitchova

According to Buzzfeed writers and burned-out corporate workers who have clearly already peaked, we’re living “The Best Years of Our Lives.” Now is the time when we’re supposed to be fulfilling all our crazy dreams, and crossing items off our bucket lists left and right, practically every Friday night. Let’s hear some of those items: Going bungee jumping? Traveling to Bali? Publishing our autobiography? Going vegan? All these Big Plans, that would probably also make a great post on Instagram. So we’re all walking around with these Dream Buckets that are partially filled, and someday real soon, something great will happen that will motivate us to pull something out of them and do it, right?