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Sipping Towards Sanity: A Quest for Health and Happiness

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Describe one positive change you have made in your life.



Picture this: a self-proclaimed water hater embarking on a journey towards hydration enlightenment. Yes, folks, that’s me – the one who used to equate drinking water with medieval torture. Yuck. Or as my six year old niece saus “yucky” and “not my favorite.”

But fear not, for I have taken the plunge, quite literally, into the refreshing abyss of flavored water.

In my quest to purge toxicity from my life – be it people, places, or pesky processes – I stumbled upon the notion of self-improvement. And what better place to start than with the elixir of life itself?

Enter the nutritionist, a beacon of health and hydration wisdom in a sea of sugary temptations. With their guidance, I embarked on a mission to drink 60 ounces of water per day. Sounds simple, right? Wrong. For someone who loathes water like a cat hates baths, this was a Herculean feat.

But fear not, dear readers, for I am not one to shy away from a challenge. Armed with flavored water and a sprinkle of self-deprecation, I took the plunge – quite literally – and never looked back.

Sure, some may scoff at my “cheating” ways, but hey, Rome wasn’t built in a day, and neither was my newfound appreciation for hydration. I even managed to go four whole days without succumbing to the siren song of Coke Zero– a small victory in the grand scheme of things, but a victory nonetheless. Somehow, I think the solar eclipse inspired me.  Don’t ask how.

As I sip my flavored concoction of liquid courage, I am reminded of the power of positive change. Each drop is a testament to my commitment to health and happiness, a small step towards a brighter, more hydrated future.

So here’s to embracing the journey, one sip at a time. Here’s to purging toxicity from our lives, whether it’s in the form of soda or toxic relationships. And here’s to celebrating every small victory along the way – even if it’s flavored with a hint of self-deprecation. Cheers to hydration, health, and happiness!

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  4. SMiLes Dear Miriam A Common Practice Dancing in Public Since August of 2013 Taking
    Advantage of All the Ice Cold Fountain Water Public Stores Made Available Totally Free
    Then Covid-19 Took That All Away For A Few Years and Even Gatorade Doubled in
    Price So i Took One 20 Ounce Bottle Instead of Two to Workout And Of Course no
    Water Fountains Were Available There Either And i Sort of Got in a General
    Habit of Not Hydrating Myself the way i Used to Before Pandemic Days
    Yet With the Military Purchase of Much More Advanced Gym Machines
    That Finally Offered A Challenge As i Was Maxed out on the Old Gym
    Machines for Years my Workouts Became Way More Intense Lasting
    Longer So i Found my Heart Rate Increasing Early This Year And
    After Drinking a Bit of Water After Working Out about 10 PM
    i Continued to Write until often 3 AM Getting Out of Bed Around
    10 AM So Not Only was i Dehydrated Causing an Increase in Heart Rate
    i Also Wasn’t Washing Out the Breakdown of Muscles While Intensely Working Out
    Problem Solved Just Continue to Drink Water Through the Night Fortunately for me my
    Apple Watch Notified me of the Increase as i Wasn’t Really Feeling Any Discomfort And Still
    Going Full
    Steam Ahead
    It’s Amazing How
    Just Drinking Water
    Can Solve So Many
    Potential Health Issues
    Hehe With a Degree in Health Science
    i Should Have Known Better Yet i Was
    in the Bliss the Flow of Meditative Stream
    of Conscious Writing Oblivious to Any Life Friction…
    Yet the Apple
    Watch Was
    Paying
    Closer Attention hehe…
    In This Case Thumbs Up For Technology..:)

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