Dedicate yourself to your healthy goals and follow through. I think sometimes we like to complicate things, when they’re really very simple. Try to better yourself each and every day. Each day, try to do at least one EXTRA thing to challenge yourself to improve. <3
Getting an itch to draw at 2 in the morning is a real bitch but at least I get to post something new so, yay? :3
(Girl referenced from a photo of Jordin Sparks, current favorite celeb fitspo. Quote
sort offrom Fat, Sick, and Nearly Dead, a really motivating documentary.)
True story: This morning I wanted to cut my workout in half because I really wasn’t in the mood, but then I reminded myself of how much work Joe Dempsie must’ve done to achieve that body the ASOIAF fandom has been drooling over for days now, so I sucked it up and did every last lunge in my routine. Moral of the story is: Joe Dempsie’s abs are inspirational.
(via fitbeliever)
May 10, 1994: Nelson Mandela Becomes President of South Africa
On this day in 1994, Nelson Mandela was inaugurated as South Africa’s first black president. Mandela had spent 27 years imprisoned for working in the anti-apartheid movement.
FRONTLINE’s “The Long Walk of Nelson Mandela” site takes an inside look at his childhood, revolutionary years, imprisonment, and personal life.
(via npr)
npr:
Enron, Worldcom, Bernie Madoff — the last decade has brought us a long parade of headlines involving unethical behavior. And that’s led researchers to a disturbing conclusion: The vast majority of us are not only capable of behaving in profoundly unethical ways, but, without realizing it, we do it all the time. Exhibit A: The story of Toby Groves.
via Psychology Of Fraud: Why Good People Do Bad Things
Illustration: Adam Cole / NPR