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15 Jul 2015
Italy

My 14-Day Italy Itinerary: Rome, Florence, Cinque Terre + More!

I got a few requests to post my itinerary for my Italy trip, so here it is! When I was planning my trip to Italy, I quickly learned that two weeks was just not enough to visit all the amazing…
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12 Jul 2015
NYC Eats

NYC: Fuku, A Perfectly Fried Chicken Sandwich in East Village

Meet my newest obsession in the East Village: Fuku. [Insert lame F-word joke here.] Readers who have followed this blog for a while now know that I am a Momofuku fan girl. I won’t claim that everything that Chef David…
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10 Jul 2015
NYC Eats

NYC: The Breslin, Michelin-Rated English Pub Food

Last week, I posted my 2015 NYC Eating Hit List (aka my I’m leaving NYC in 60 days, must eat ALL THE THINGS list). First on my target: The Breslin Bar & Dining Room. The Breslin is a gastropub located inside the…
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29 Jun 2015
NYC Eats

60 Days Left in NYC: My Eating Hit List, Summer 2015

You guys, my imminent move back to California is finally happening. After 4 years of living in Manhattan, my move date is set for end of summer. That’s 60 days away and I’m freaking out! So YOU KNOW I’ve been making a…
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28 Jun 2015
NYC Eats

NYC: Sakagura, a Japanese Lunch in Midtown East

I’ve been on a mission to try the lunch specials at Japanese restaurants in Midtown. Many restaurants have deals to lure in the business crowd so it’s definitely worth taking advantage of, especially if they serve the same dishes for…
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20 Jun 2015
NYC Eats

NYC: Robataya, a Fun and Authentic Japanese Meal

First things first: how amazing does this dish look? It’s called the Kamameshi 炊きたて釜飯 – cooked rice in an earthenware pot topped with a healthy portion of uni and salmon roe. I rarely eat my uni warm, but this rice mixed in…
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9 Jun 2015
NYC

What to Buy at Zabar’s for the Utlimate Central Park Picnic

You guys, havvvve you met Zabar’s? It’s only THE best store in Manhattan for meat, cheese and other noms for the ultimate charcuterie plate – aka – my picnic spread at Central Park. Yes, picnicing is a serious sport and…
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25 May 2015
NYC Eats

NYC: Del Posto, the Perfect Meal to Impress!

Del Posto has turned me into a believer. Bring your parents, bring your clients, bring your significant other. Basically bring anyone who you’re trying to impress. Del Posto has it all: amazing Italian food, world class service and grandiose decor…
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💪🏻 Fit at 40 • Pt. 1 • Finding Motivation One way 💪🏻 Fit at 40 • Pt. 1 • Finding Motivation

One way to motivate yourself to make a change is to make *not* changing feel so painful that staying the same feels worse than doing the work. Holding this 20 pound weight, thinking about my 10K in November, is doing it for me.

Follow along as I share all the ways I’m hacking my brain into getting fit AF at 40, whatever that ends up meaning.

Tell me in the comments, are you Team A or Team B. 

✅ Team A: sets a goal and follows through
🧠 Team B: high-achiever who still has to hack their own brain to follow through

#Fitat40 #ADHDwomen #jjyapchallenge
the best time for me to clean is when i feel pisse the best time for me to clean is when i feel pissed off enough to do it. 😅

rage cleaning works because the energy has to go somewhere. but if i just start cleaning without a plan, i end up in two traps: getting distracted by my own visual to do list, or stuck in decision fatigue on stuff i don’t know what to do with.

so before i touch anything, i make a quick list. things that have a place go first, that’s the easy win. everything else waits.

nine times out of ten, twenty minutes later the mess is gone, even if the to do list pile is still sitting there.

tell me in the comments, are you a rage cleaner too?

#adhdwomen #declutteringtips #executivefunction
🧠 what does growth with ADHD actually look like? 🧠 what does growth with ADHD actually look like?

for me, it’s not about never falling into old patterns. it’s about noticing when you’re caught in an ADHD trap faster and adjusting without the inner critic, the shame spiral, the drama.

I quit the 40-day yap challenge after just 1 week, and here’s why I’m okay with that:

• caught myself neglecting my wellness habits in favor of posting daily
• realized daily posting was never actually my goal
• 7 days was enough to build the muscle I wanted for making content

quick note for anyone wondering if @jessijeanhome ‘s yap challenge is worth it, I’ve done some content courses before, and she’s providing the value that she’s promised and then some. completely worth a $300 investment if you’re looking for inspiration and practical advice on yapping on social media.

i’ll continue using her prompts and learning from her, but just not pushing myself to do daily yaps anymore and mix in other formats that have been calling to me. 🫶🏻

💬 tell me in the comments: what’s a pattern you’ve noticed yourself falling into that you’re ready to adjust?

#adhdwomen #jjyapchallenge
🛁 At the peak of my burnout and overwhelm, the Bat 🛁 At the peak of my burnout and overwhelm, the Bathtub Model of Stress was the mental model that *actually* made me believe that it was possible to feel like myself again.

I think my visual brain appreciates the analogy. This model gave me a clear picture of what I needed to do to get out of the vicious cycle.

🔥This is Episode 2 of the Burnout Diaries. 

Follow along if you’re feeling burned out or need more structure in your life. I share one framework per episode to help you get out burnout. 🫶🏻

#burnout #burnoutrecovery #adhdwomen #jjyapchallenge
the perfect planner doesn’t exist, trust me, I’ve the perfect planner doesn’t exist, trust me, I’ve tried. 😅

here’s how my Type-A ADHD brain actually gets organized now.

💬 Tell me in the comments what’s the most unhinged thing you’ve done or bought to try to get organized?

#adhdwomen #showmeyourplanner #jjyapchallenge
For anyone sitting on an ADHD diagnosis and not su For anyone sitting on an ADHD diagnosis and not sure who to tell.

The honest answer is it depends on your workplace. Google has a lot of ERGs like ADHD Women’s groups, and I felt safe with my manager so I told them. But I was careful beyond that.

Because the reality is there are biases around ADHD. People are uneducated, and I’ve heard enough stories from other ADHDers at Google to know it doesn’t always go the way you hope.

Even toward the end I still sometimes worried. What if people found out and used it against me. There’s both an external bias and an internal one you’re quietly working through at the same time.

I feel comfortable sharing more openly now. Partly because I’ve done a lot of healing. And partly because I don’t have coworkers anymore 😅

I’m a safe space. DMs are always open. 🤍

#adhdwomen #adultadhd #jjyapchallenge
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