Alexis Rayne | Exister

     Honestly? I absolutely love my life. Almost everyday of it I do my best to enjoy to the fullest. I loveeee how I'm living currently. Do I still have some toxic traits and habits that bring me down? Hell yea! Everyone does! But regardless, life is amazing.      This is recent though! I used to dread getting up in the morning. I used to groan about work and I complained about school every day. I grew to love and enjoy my life and it took some serious sacrifices. I had to let go of a guy who I thought I wanted to marry, I had to stop taking a medicine that I'd been on for months, and I had to make some crazy life changes.      Today, I'm writing this blog to hopefully guide you into loving your life as well, but be prepared to make some sacrifices along the way. 1. Find your priorities      Somethings are worth our effort, energy, and stress and others just aren't. Growing up, I was always told that school is your number one ...

      I have struggled from the time I was in elementary school with my relationship with food. I tried Paleo, Keto, and Whole 30 before I was 15. I would try to go vegan, vegetarian, remove dairy, take away sugars, skip meals, and end up bingeing on everything that I had been trying to avoid. By sixteen, I had developed body dysmorphia and anorexia, eating hardly 200 calories a day.      Today, I am eating a full, fried chicken breast with bacon, fries, a tiny orange, and a brookie for lunch. There is no one over my shoulder, pressuring me. There is no one telling me I have to eat. And these are left overs that I could just throw away. But instead, I'm doing a tiny happy dance at my work desk as I eat the orange.      So how exactly did I go from not eating to happily consuming some of my old fear foods? 1. Trade restrictions for feelings     This one was probably one of my easiest. I cut out all of the restrictions and ...