Topo chico is the gold standard but Iāve been buying just regular canned sparkling water because I can drink a lot more of them and pay way lessā Iāve been buying Klarbrunn again itās kind of slept on. Kombuchaā¦ I get the Kirkland signature organic lemon ginger. Iāve recently switched from Coke Zero to Diet Coke because it has almost twice as much caffeine? I also have a reserve case of Monster Zero Ultra at all times. I posted about hot lemon water yesterday thatās an evergreen favorite for me. Matcha is great I know people say to buy ceremonial but Iām not that precious about it I like Rishi everyday matcha. I just got a giant thing of Kirkland turmeric for golden milk lattes and I also love tazo chai lattesā¦ Writing this out Iām realizing I drink a lot of beverages in addition to the absurd amounts of espresso I drink š¤
Dec 9, 2024
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probably not the pinnacle of healthy recs but i needed to quit soda and spicy water has helped immensely. some meals just canāt be had with plain water.
Apr 17, 2024
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Optimal productivity and hydration occurs when you have three categories of beverages immediately available to you. They are:
1) Hot caffeinated beverage: Coffee in the AM, perhaps a nice herbal tea in the PM
2) Water: I like lemon water in the morning, and then sparkling/a seltzer like LaCroix in the PM
3) Wild card: Diet Coke for me or if Iām feeling like a bad boy a Cherry Coke
Apr 23, 2024
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Hello lovely people, this is not a recommendation in regular sense, but more so an excuse to ramble about sparkling water.
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I donāt like sparkling water. Yet here I am, with a shiny green can of Lime LaCroix perched on a feminist poetry book beside me. āWhy?ā You ask. Because everyone in my family drinks it, and I on the rare occasion I cannot be bothered to fill up a glass, if nothing else graces the fridge, a sparkling water is what Iāll take.
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I confess, I actually am a fan of many flavors of Waterloo. I donāt drink or like soda much, but it reminds me the most of a soda, it tastes the least like the spicy medicinal whizz that is LaCroix. Bubly is somewhere in the middle, the carbonation levels are alright, but the flavors are here and there. Bonus points for the pronunciation of the name though.
I got sidetracked, but my story continues. I drank at least one every day or two, which (paired with a brief year-long stint in North Africa) led to the unfortunate accident of my family being convinced I enjoyed bubbly beverages large and small. So for my birthday, a sparkling water machine it was.
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Now, here I am with this device. A soda stream capable of (what seems to me) industrial level carbonation. Do I love carbonated beverages? Not quite. Will I become a connoisseur just for the bit of it? Absolutely.
Sprinkle recommendations for things I should bubble in the comments and report back I will.
See you again soon lovely people.
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My dad teases me about how when I was a little kid, my favorite thing to do when I was on the landline phone with somebodyābe it a relative or one of my best friendsāwas to breathlessly describe the things that were in my bedroom so that they could have a mental picture of everything I loved and chose to surround myself with, and where I sat at that moment in time. Perfectly Imperfect reminds me of that so thanks for always listening and for sharing with me too š
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Iāve been thinking about how much of social media is centered around curating our self-image. When selfies first became popular, they were dismissed as vain and vapidāa critique often rooted in misogynyābut now, the way we craft our online selves feels more like creating monuments.
We try to signal our individuality, hoping to be seen and understood, but ironically, I think this widens the gap between how others perceive us and who we really are. Instead of fostering connection, it can invite projection and misinterpretationāpreconceived notions, prefab labels, and stereotypes. Worse, individuality has become branded and commodified, reducing our identities to products for others to consume.
On most platforms, validation often comes from how well you can curate and present your imageāselfies, aesthetic branding, and lifestyle content tend to dominate. High engagement is tied to visibility, not necessarily depth or substance. But I think spaces like PI.FYI show that thereās another way: where connection is built on shared ideas, tastes, and interests rather than surface-level content. Itās refreshing to be part of a community that values thoughts over optics.
By sharing so few images of myself, Iāve found that it gives others room to focus on my ideas and voice. When I do share an image, it feels intentionalāsomething that contributes to the story I want to tell rather than defining it. Sharing less allows me to express who I am beyond appearance.
For women, especially, sharing less can be a radical act in a world where the default is to objectify ourselves. It resists the pressure to center appearance, focusing instead on what truly matters: our thoughts, voices, and authenticity. Iāve posted a handful of pictures of myself in 2,500 posts because I care more about showing who I am than how I look.
In trying to be seen, are we making it harder for others to truly know us? Itās a question worth considering.
Dec 27, 2024