I've been doing this new thing recently where for breakfast with Milo I put him in the kitchen with
me instead of sitting at the table the dining table while I'm in the kitchen and then he's
like fussy that I'm not there I put him right next to me in the kitchen at his high chair and we eat
breakfast together in the kitchen which I think is kind of nice because everyone likes a casual
breakfast at the counter I eat my breakfast at the counter can I have an avocado thank you and we're
sharing our breakfast and made us eggs avocado and also these m-u-f-f-i-n-s's I don't want to say out
loud because he wants 20 of them more here's some more eggs first and foremost I'm really
proud of myself for picking up my camera because I just haven't done that in a while I've felt a
little bit uninspired and I've kind of felt like in order for me to pick up my Vlog there needs
to be like something Vlog worthy for me to be doing I think it's Vlog worthy to tell you that
not everything is Vlog worthy do you want some water or what about some milk do you want milk
there's oh there's your water and here's your milk slow sips okay so I think it's Vlog worthy for
me to tell you that not everything is vlogworthy and that even if you're kind of feeling in a rut
sometimes just showing up helps you get out today I'm going to get my haircut a big cut we're going
from this milk we're going for this to I don't know somewhere in this zone I've always had just
like the same length hair all over so I'm thinking I'm gonna do like layers or angles or something
so that it's not all the same length uh-oh you know how it is with hair like for the longest
time I was like I love my long hair it's really healthy I'm really enjoying it I'm getting a lot
of compliments on it I love the way it looks when I style it this is not styled and then one day
you're like I think I want to cut it and then from that moment forward you can't think of anything
else except for cutting it I'm currently in one of those moments where the thought has crossed
my mind and now I'm tainted and I can't go back and I must cut it right Milo today is the day
today's the day boy see you later I intentionally didn't wash it in a few days because I've heard
that it's better to get your hair colored when it's a little dirty so it's dirty I usually part
it in the center here's my hair of the moment and I'm thinking of getting kind of like a whole new
hair shape like I'm thinking maybe some curtainy bang type things because I do part my hair in the
center so maybe like some really short pieces and then some longer pieces and layers throughout so
that's my thought but I really love going to haircutters and hair colorists and just kind
of being like what do you think looks good on my hairstyle and my face shape and all that because
these are the real experts so I think I am going to defer to the stylist a little bit
I hate these cabinets let's go get my haircut [Music]
oh goodbye hair [Music]
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final look [Music]
I'm at Laura's apartment hence why you see Charlie in the background she's out running
some errands and we're going to be doing work here together later today so I took her key and
I'm just gonna cook myself a little bit of lunch in her apartment I got this gluten-free challah
bread which I'm really excited to try and then I have some butternut squash and some meatballs
and a sausage that I'm just gonna bake up and treat myself to lunch I was going to end this
Vlog with the whole haircut and the whole hair transformation but then I had a thought there's
a few things I wanted to talk about regarding the fact that it's a new year and there's a lot
of shifts around December January time and I know a lot of you feel it too first water whoa I think
she got a new air fryer whenever it's the start of a new year or when a year is ending I tend
to feel like I'm living in this All or Nothing mindset where I have these resolutions I have
these goals and either I'm going to do it from the moment I put my feet on the ground on January 1st
or I'm not and oftentimes January 1st or even just like the whole first week of January can be really
high stakes because it's like if you don't do what you say you're gonna do you feel like you failed
and you need to wait until the following January 1st before you can actually start to achieve your
goals I want to make sure that people out there don't do that this year don't put so much pressure
on themselves that if they don't do exactly what they said they wanted to do on January 2nd they
then give up and they say that's it I blew it I'll try New Year's resolutions next year I feel
like that's a really unhealthy mentality that's inevitably going to lead to failure because it's
really hard to just overnight change who you are and all of a sudden start doing something
um I think a lot of us think that way I think a lot of us feel like January 1st we're just gonna
wake up and be new people but change takes a lot of time and implementing new things into your life
takes a lot of time and it takes sticking to habits regularly for I don't know there's some
research that says it takes X number of days to create a habit so it's not something you're going
to do overnight just because you wrote it down as a New Year's resolution and I wanted to share the
two areas of my life that I completely overhauled in 20 22. New Year's resolutions that I have had
for years and years that I finally did in 2022 and they've finally become a regular part of my
routine and my weekly activities one of them is regular exercise and the other one is meal prep
and I have theory for why it actually worked this year because I've tried in the past like I have
never been an exercise person regularly I only tried occasional yoga you know years ago I would
do occasional yoga and I would try to do YouTube videos of like cardio bursts whenever I could
just to keep my heart healthy but it was never a regular part of my routine but this year that
changed and I think I know why first and foremost I had a real reason why I wanted to start working
out and that was because as I was nursing and breastfeeding Milo you've probably heard me
talk about it in my previous videos but I hit my lowest weight ever you know I'm naturally a slim
person I've always struggled to put weight on but being at my lowest weight and being unable to gain
weight really scared me and I decided I'm gonna work with the dietitian and in conjunction with
working with that dietitian I'm going to do strength training two times a week to build
muscle and put on weight part of the reason I was able to achieve the goal is because
I had a goal to begin with I wanted to put on weight I wasn't just working out for the idea
of being healthy but it was for a reason secondly I actually invested financially in these workouts
so I paid for a trainer who comes two times a week we do upper body day one day a week and
lower body day the other and I think putting my money towards that it's kind of like an energetic
exchange where I've paid money for it so now I'm enticed to follow through with where I've spent my
money and the third thing that's helped me stay on track with it is that I do it with a friend
Laura whose apartment I'm at right now she's my accountability partner and we push each other to
wake up in the morning and do this I'm sure I would still do it on my own given that I have
a trainer so there's like someone that I'm showing up to the gym with but having a friend smells like
gas in here having a friend like Laura do it with me is game changing so those three factors having
a goal investing in it financially and having an accountability partner got me into the habit
of working out regularly and the second one I mentioned meal prep so that's something I've
really really wanted to do for the longest time and prior to this year I did cook a lot but I
also just I feel like my cooking was so sporadic and we also did a lot of takeout and it was not a
regular thing for me to meal prep but 2022 for me was my first full year as a mom so Milo was born
at the end of 2021 so this whole past year I've been a mom and I think that that is what finally
pushed me over the edge of realizing that I need to meal prep for my sanity and for the health of
myself and my family oh and then when Milo turned six months and he started eating food it was just
another added layer of why I need to have food prepped it was really stressing me out to live in
a way where it would become dinner time and I just wouldn't know what I was feeding my child so meal
prep for me is a way to ease decision fatigue in the middle of the day and the end of the day and
I will say one of the main ways that I was able to achieve this goal of starting to meal prep was
also financially investing my money in a meal prep coach to help get me set up and kind of just teach
me the basics of how to do this in a repeated regular way even without paying for someone I
think what actually got me to stick to the Habit was just doing it week after week after week for
probably two months and it came to a point where there was one week that happened where I just
didn't do any meal prep and I felt so lost I was out of sorts everything felt off and I realized
that I had really created a habit for myself and I had really just gotten into a good habit where on
Sundays I would give Milo to Michael for at least a couple of hours and I would make sure to spend
two hours in the kitchen doing meal prep it's a time that I actually really enjoy I listen to
podcasts so that is the story we're going away for the new year with Michael's family I was trying
on a few outfits back at home because I just have to figure out what I'm bringing on this trip I've
been really into color blocked outfits recently so I wanted to see how this looks together kind of a
ketchup and mustard look that's cute right okay by the way this sweater is from Rachel Zoe and these
pants are everlane this is a look that I've been loving took these new jeans right out of my mom's
closet because it is a little warmer where we're going I don't love the lines on this turtleneck
you can see these lines but we'll see how it looks with this Reformation top cute do you like this
layered look I think these jeans are too low rise for this I also wanted to try on I am so messy
when I try them clothes black jeans I wanted to see how it looked to do black on black with like
a white long sleeve button down open on top of it is it giving lab coat it's giving art teacher
it's kind of cute but it's kind of confusing how did people wear this do I have my phone hold on
one second okay I don't know what she's wearing in the front but this is kind of that you know
she's got like black bottoms white top maybe there's another version of it this is what I
was going for she's got the black with the white button down what am I doing wrong nothing maybe
it's okay and that's it I'm gonna cook this up I'm really happy that I could add this little portion
to the video because I feel like it is essential for me to share and even if you're watching this
video at a totally different time of year like it's not December it's not January this
is relevant and proof of that is the fact that I didn't actually jump into my habit of working out
or meal prepping until August of 2022. so if you're watching this and it's like the middle
of the year or even the end of the year you can change and add these habits in at any time it does
not need to be January 1st I got some butternut squash let's go with spray a little olive oil
Laura has this delicious sea salt we're gonna crack this on top
done done pop it in the oven and roast this puppy up the last thing I want to say is that I know
that my content has changed a lot because I'm a mom now and so I've continued to evolve over the
years and I'm sure there are plenty of people who were here when I was making my Refinery 29 videos
who have since left and dropped away because my life is no longer relevant to them I plan
to continue evolving into the future my life is actually going to look a lot different in 2023
specifically Midway through the year Michael and I are leaving New York City we actually bought a
house out of the city I don't know if I've shared that yet on YouTube I will obviously share more
about that process but we bought a house and we're leaving New York City and I know New York has been
a major kind of like a character in my content over the years so it's going to be a big change
and I'm just so grateful that so many of you have stuck with me throughout my life's journey
I'm sure there's plenty of you that are new and that have just kind of recently come whoever you
are and for whatever reason you've stuck around thank you so much from the bottom of my heart I
am so grateful to have this job I love making videos for you guys I love documenting this is
my true passion is creating little stories and movies and putting them together and chatting
with you it's it's the highlight of my life is just communication and connecting with people
from around the world so thank you so much for being here I love you all cheers to a happy and
healthy New Year and I'll see you next year as Milo says cheese cheers Milo Cheers Cheers
cheers Mommy no no cheers okay