For someone who deals with anxiety, balancing an everyday schedule can be very daunting. At least, I know for myself, I've struggled with balancing my daily workout, work, down time and social life. I've never been one who's very good at juggling all those aspects of my everyday routine. The interesting part, is that I actually know, through doing it, that a balanced life is my key to waking up happy. So while I struggle with it, I know the positive outcomes that materializes from a balanced schedule.

Recently, I decided to test out the Origins GinZing Eye Cream. I had received a Sephora gift card and thought it would be a good product to test out. Just like face masks, eye creams have never been a product I've gravitated towards. I usually kept it basic with face wash and moisturizer. However, I've become more aware of the impact a good skincare regime provides, especially when you have acne prone skin (like I do). Because of this I decided to test out and see if adding an eye cream would be beneficial for me.

So after using the cream (every morning) for a good 2 months, I think I'm able to say what I truly like and dislike about the product. When I first used it, I wasn't all that impressed. I didn't see a change. Instant gratification was not in the cards. To be honest, I had my doubts I was even going to get through testing it out. However, after the first week and a half I eventually started noticing it's affects. I'm not going to say that my dark circles completely vanished, but I have seen a slight reduction. And that's the key word, "slight". I do find my eyes feel more awake when I use the cream and I have noticed myself using less concealer (which I think is a good thing).


In the past I used to layer two concealers (a thicker one to get rid of the darkness and a lighter one to brighten the under eye area). Now, simply using the brightening concealer is enough. The cream is very rich but is also very light on my skin. I'm not scared of getting a burning sensation when I use the cream and it doesn't feel heavy after I've applied it.
What I'll do is apply the eye cream before I've moisturized my face, and then apply my moisturizer a few minutes later (after it has had time to sink in). The cream allows the under-eye area to feel fresh and not heavy has if I'm weighting it down with products. So far I have to say that while I had my doubts in the beginning, I'm impressed with the product.

It may be a combination of naiveté and procrastination but often times, I find myself engulfed in these large, over the top ideas. I attempt to implement them but get so anxious over the process, that they just end of falling to the waste side.
I've noticed that I can come up with these great goals and ideas, and I can plan them out pretty well. But it's in the middle of the process, where, often times, I have a slight step back and then all of a sudden it's back to square one.
It's unfortunate because often times those ideas are actually pretty good and it's simply the process that's far too daunting.
Over the course of the last few months, I've been more aware of this "fault" of mine and so I'm trying to be more mindful of catching myself whenever I get carried away with the anxiety. Personally, the most effective and therapeutic way for me is to write things down.


Nutritionists and trainers talk about this all the time. If your grand idea is to loose weight and reacher a certain number on the scale, you need to celebrate the small victories throughout the process so that you can eventually succeed at reaching your goal.
I've also realized (finally) that the smaller achievements are just as rewarding as the larger ones. By that I mean the small achievements along the way to reaching your goal. Ideas are a wonderful thing to have, but in order for them to be successful they must be implemented into becoming so much more.

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