alina warrick

There’s a wealth of information on motivation and success stories, but very few take part of what they learn from them. You hear people who have kids, work full time and lose tons of weight, but by no means does that make you get off your couch and start working out. You watch all kinds […]

The internet has transformed the way we live, think, and move. Its given us an abundant of options, opportunities, that someone in the 1920s would’ve never thought existed. But why do we take it for granted? With a snap of a few fingers can whip out your phone and: Learn a new language Start a […]

You have a new infatuation with minimalism. You’re browsing, you’re searching, you’re all over the internet looking at posts and you’ve finally found the ultimate group to be connected with… a private Facebook group! You’ve found your home, your happy place. Now you can sit in on a group of mindless conversations, mindless rules, and […]

In 1932 Ole Christiansen was a talented carpenter. As times became rough, he had to close down his shop and lay off his employees. Shortly after his wife passed away and he was left with 4 sons to take care of. Out of the stress, and anxiety he had to move fast and come up […]

We live in a world that allows overpriced coffee to be an absolute normal occurrence, and sometimes even a daily occurrence. The thought that a 9-5 job, sitting behind a desk, punching out emails all day is completely normal. The world that says you need credit cards to build your credit so off everyone goes, […]

So many times we hear about different people in the world giving out large donations to different non-profitis or causes. They express their contributions by letting the public know that they open schools in Africa, or send kids through colleges. Actors and well known people want to publicly announce that they’ve contributed a large amount […]

In the world of plugging into the sound of podcasts, TV, radio, music, talk shows, YouTube videos, we tend to forget how to be silent. We’re always on the go, we’re always plugged in and our brains are constantly running on information overdrive. We take in and take in, but we don’t give our minds […]

People get celebrated when they buy a brand spankin’ new car (with 0% interest) with a $600-$1,200 monthly payment on a salary of $50,000/year. The nation celebrates when people get into massive amounts of student load debt because their career is going to be spectacular and it’s all worth it. You celebrate yourself by maxing […]

A little bit of news, a little bit of TV, a little bit of social media then you wake up being 80 years old and have no idea where your time went. You hide behind the ultimate and popular quote of all time: “time flies” as you mindlessly catch your favorite show on the TV. […]

Perfection will never be achieved and there is no point of chasing it. If actors would’ve waited until they were completely ready to be in movies, they would’ve never made it to their first movie set. If Steve Jobs was waiting until he perfected his invention, the very first iPhone would’ve never been released. If […]

The overload of information that we have in this world is abundant. There is enough information for you to start a new career, to get a new job, to fix things around the house, to losing weight, to starting a garden or even planning out your next vacation. The fact of a matter is, people […]

Don’t get up until you finish what you’re doing Don’t stray away until you finish what you’re doing. That’s it. It’s quite easy.

There are many rules that come into play when playing a sport competitively. Some rules can be played around with, but some cannot be broken and you will either be docked points or be completely disqualified. Surya Bonaly was a fierce freestyle ice skating competitor. She was on fire every time she stood on that […]

The power of consistency is quite astonishing, but not many take full advantage of it. Many times when start to accomplish something either with health, start a new business, or doing a project at home it doesn’t get completed. We start working out, we’re on fire, but then the fire dies out and we are […]

Are you the same person on social media verses what you are in real life? The human nature is to aspire to be like someone else on social media than that of ourselves. Humans look up to people and envy their lives and what they have. So we tend to model their lifestyles and behaviors […]

Growing up in a Russian family I didn’t think we were “immigrants” at all. I didn’t think that we were any different than my neighbors to the right who spoke Spanish or neighbors to the left who spoke Korean. My parents have a deeper story than I did. My parents left Russia for good when […]

When we are browsing through social media feeds, we are subconsciously allowing other peoples’ lives to tap into our joys. We constantly see the things that we are lacking in our lives, based on what other people have. If we are at work, but some of our friends are traveling, it burns our joy instantly […]

As kids, you were fearless to do anything. Nothing was too big and you didn’t see any obstacles. When you were dropped off at school on your first day at kindergarten, without a manual in hand and without any direction, you somehow managed to figure it all out. Yes, there were probably some hiccups, and […]

I made three changes on how I write my blog posts. Write as I speak. Though it seems it’s too simple, but often overlooked. I used to write in a very formal and professional matter. Now, I write the way I speak. Don’t overthink this. I changed the format of my posts from long form […]