~ Secret Study Hideouts ~

School's been really hectic lately and I hadn't had anytime to update my blog :(
Let's face it I highly doubt I'm ever gonna be posting consistently but hey,
I like to keep you guys on your toes.
I took a little break from studying and decided to treat myself to a nice brunch & tan on my balcony. 

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I made myself a plate of avocado & tomatoes on corn thins, sprinkled with chia seeds, black pepper & salt. Then had an additional bowl of overnight green tea oats, topped with strawberries, chia and drizzled a load of honey on top. 

I'm honestly a very big honey enthusiast and when I first started being vegan, I was utterly heartbroken when I realized I wouldn't be able to eat honey anymore. But I've recently been purchasing 'Manuka' honey which is a vegan-ish substitute. This stuff is genuine gold! I don't think I'll ever go back to normal honey aha x

Not only am I obsessed with honey but chia seeds are an absolute essential to all my meals! If you've never heard of chia, I highly suggest you get on it ASAP.

It has an overwhelming amount for benefits for your health, yet barely tastes like anything in your meals. They provide a nice crunch, nutty texture and can be thrown in together with ANY meal. I sprinkle them into my Pancakes, sandwiches, smoothies/smoothie bowls, EVERYTHING.

I didn't intentionally coordinate my meal colors, but I guess that's just what happens when you live the blogger life. I had such a great snooze yet got a lot of work done which I find very usual but I'm really enjoying my sacred little hiding spot <3

Below is the recipe for my overnight oats! & some info and recipes with chia!

I added half a table spoon of matcha power to mine but here is the recipe I based mine on

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Overnight Oats

Chia Pudding

Chia Benefits

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 Till Next Time, PS. I finish my exams todayyyyyyyyy!

Very Much Vegan

I've always been an animal lover ever since I was young. But I never made sense of how I could watch my pet goldfish while eating a tuna sandwich and believe it to be okay. I recently watched a horrific video about farm animals and it basically just reminded me of why i decided I wanted to be vegan in the first place.

Vegan:

A person without consumption of animal meat or products produced by animals.

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I've recently decided to continue my experience as a vegan, one of the many reasons being that it's the only way that demolishes my support of farm animal cruelty.

Every year, billions of farm animals are mistreated and abused from the day the are born to when farmers think they are no longer of use to them. Whether they be pigs & piglets or chicken & chicks. They brutally slaughter these farm animals, lacking the compassion and protection that they so deserve all throughout their lives.

 Many complain that becoming vegan is difficult and too extreme but honestly, if you're dedicated and passionate enough you'll find that it's not actually a hard lifestyle to achieve. Consider the process to becoming vegan like a marathon. If you sprint flat out in the first minute, you'll burn all your energy & eventually breakdown. As of now I'm a vegetarian, but I'm working my way up the ranks and cutting as I go.

What I found the hardest, was believing that I was alone in the process. Living in a place that has close to zilch vegan restaurants, with parents that don't agree with your diet makes life difficult but there is always a choice. even though it may not meat the eye at first.
I found comfort in watching vegan youtubers & following vegan accounts. The ones that document their life on their eating habits, helped me significantly. Some of my favorites include:
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 Essena Oneill @essenaoneill

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Kalel @kalel

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Cherie @thrivingonplants

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Maximiliane Hansen @earthlingmaxi

 I'm not gonna bother explaining what exactly veganism is and why it exists, as my words won't do it justice. Here are some videos that clearly explain what vegans are all about:

PLEASE WATCH IN THE ORDER GIVEN
one
two
three
four
*five
*suggested movie to watch

To watch the life-changing video click this link 

WARNING: 

the content is very harsh & brutal.

Fight animal cruelty, become Vegan

Phase Me Out

I recently posted an image on my Instagram of a design I doodled on-top of one of my photos. I got bombarded with questions about how & why I did it, If it's actually my own work & how did I come up with the design.

The answer to the majority of those questions:

Boredom.

 I've been drawing patterns like this for as long as I can remember. doodling on all of my textbooks & notebooks. It got to a point where I'd put more effort into my doodles than my work. I don't doodle as often but when I found this app called "YouDoodle" I picked it up again. This app allows you to draw on-top of images, It acts like Snapchat's drawing feature except you don't send it anywhere. It's the app I used to create the image above & I love it cause it's easy to use, has so many functions that I've yet to try & It's completely free.
I've been playing around with overlays & transparent images, incorporating them into my sketches on "YouDoodle". Here's a few I've completed recently
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