Just Breathe

You’ve probably heard of the concept of keeping a food journal. It’s a popular weight loss tool (you may refrain from eating 12 cookies if you have to admit to it on paper!). They also come in handy when you think you may be allergic or sensitive to a food or food group (“Ate ice cream at 2 pm, hugged the toilet from 3 to 4”). Basically, you write down everything you eat and drink for two or three weeks to identify something about your diet that you didn’t already know.

Writing down everything you eat and drink right when you eat and drink it can be time-consuming enough. Why go to the trouble of tracking both food andmood? Because you could be missing out on some major clues about your health and happiness if you don’t at least give it a go.

Here are my top six reasons for keeping a “food and mood” journal:

You can identify dietary triggers for behavioral and mental health problems.

It’s true.  There’s science behind the impact of food on mood. How you feel at a given time or on a given day may be linked to what you ate or drank. The connection is usually clearer with physical symptoms (I ate this, I got cramps). But by tracking what you eat and drink throughout the day as well as how you feel at those times and in between, you can get a unique insight into how your diet may be affecting your mood, especially over time. For example, saturated fats and simple sugars tend to have negative impacts on mental health…

Extroverts can be some of the funnest people to hang out with. They can also make the best romantic partners. But as many people in the past have found out, it’s actually pretty hard to figure out if extroverts like you. This is because their friendliness and warmth can often be misinterpreted as flirting, when really they act that way to everyone! Other times, it can be easier to tell, as they’ll pretty much just walk right up to you and tell you how they feel. Extroverts are an interesting bunch, and these tips are sure to help you in figuring out whether that special extrovert has a crush on you!

10. They Reach Out To You

Extroverts are all about not being afraid to reach out. That could mean that they are walking down the street, and they suddenly spark up a conversation with someone on the street. This means it’s hard to tell whether an extrovert is reaching out to you because they like you, or whether they’re just really wanting to talk to someone…