Jillian with a K

Things I like, see, want, and do.

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Au Revoir…. I am off to Paris for the weekend and will come back full of stories, pictures, croissants, wine, and cheese.  Hope you have a great long weekend. (via)

Au Revoir….

I am off to Paris for the weekend and will come back full of stories, pictures, croissants, wine, and cheese.  Hope you have a great long weekend.

(via)

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Sunk costs are the investments that you’ve put into something that you can’t get back out. They are the years you spent training for a profession you hate, or waiting for your commitment-phobic boyfriend to propose. They are the thousands of dollars you spent on redecorating your living room, only to find that you hate living in it. Once you’ve realized that you probably won’t succeed, or that you are unhappy with the results, it shouldn’t matter how much time and effort you’ve already put into something. If your job or your boyfriend have taken up some of the best years of your life, it doesn’t make sense to let them use up the years you’ve got left. An ugly living room is an ugly living room, no matter how much money you spent making it so.

As studies by behavioral economists like Daniel Kahnemen and Dan Ariely show, people are generally loss-averse. Putting in a lot, only to end up with nothing to show for it, is just too awful for most of us to seriously consider. The problem is one of focus. We worry far too much about what we’ll lose if we just move on, instead of focusing on the costs of not moving on: more wasted time and effort, more unhappiness, and more missed opportunities.

The Atlantic: How to Walk Away

Know When and How to Walk Away

(via elizablr)

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Staying in Shape:

So it is no secret that I love food and Europe seems to specialize in all of the things I love.  Here are some things I use and do to help combat my eating and traveling.

1. Fit Bit Zip: This was given to me by my cousin for Christmas and I use it every day.  It tracks everything and has a phone app to go with it.  It is great to know how much you are walking every day and I find myself walking more when I have it on.  Definitely recommend!

2. My breakfast smoothies: These help start the day off right and usually cause me to eat better throughout the day.

3. Fitness Blender: I found this site through some YouTube videos and I am a huge fan.  They post tons of workout videos that are usually HIIT and very quick.  A lot of them require no equipment! I passed this tip along to my friend, Annie, who travels a lot for work and she has done them in her hotel room.  

-I also do this 8-minute arm workout a few times a week when I don’t have equipment.

-I like this video too

4. Walking: Back to my FitBit story, I find myself walking between 7-11 miles a day here.  While it is easier when you are in a city, it also helps that we usually walk a few miles after dinner.  Much better than parking it on the couch.

Any other tips to add? I will take what I can get!

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What I’ve Been…

Eating/Drinking: dinner at our new-to-us local restaurant, Julie’s, brunch with Alex and Barlow at The Tabernacle, tapas at Tendido Cero, quick dinner at The Diner, lattes from Daylesford Organic.

Doing: putting our flat together, cleaning, organizing, exploring our new neighborhood, job hunting (still), a trip to Harrod’s and a Sunday walk around Hyde Park, convincing Zach to buy a Barbour Jacket, saying hello to the peacocks in Holland Park and playing a game of chess.

Planning: our trip this weekend to Paris! I want it to be a good mixture of planned things to do and plenty of wandering time.

Reading: Top 10 Paris Guidebook, Luella & June, theSkimm.

Missing: our furniture, clothes, kitchen items (ETA: end of June ugh)

Waiting for: our trip to Paris this weekend! Oui Oui

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