I’m happily the boring friend, when it benefits my mental health. Also, let’s please rephrase: you become the friend with personal boundaries. Happy international women’s day!
Over the past couple years I’ve also become the ‘boring friend’. But honestly, I’m redefining what friendships mean to me and I’ve been loving how my life is not determined by constant chaos 😅😅
It’s something about being in the gym lifting heavy, like 70 lbs farmers carry, 90 lbs plus deadlifts, and flipping those large tires! So empowering and it personally builds my mental confidence
i love the topic " POV: you became the "boring" friend and the your relationship to exercise. Made me realize that I am the boring friend, which is perfectly fine for me.
so so so happy for you. also trying to find inner peace like this as a fellow creator - i've realized i've become the boring friend because i'm hustling trying to make this page (my dream) come true - and seeing you be able to live as freely like this is inspiring.
I loved how when inconvenient things would happen to you, you would reinforce it with a positive outlook or dismiss the negative outlook you potentially could have had. Loveeeeddd this video keep it up love
Girl your arms look so good!! You look so strong❤️ thank you for sharing your experience with training for aesthetics etc and now just wanted to feel strong and healthy! That was a great reminder
I'm glad you talked about the importance of weight training for women! More women need to realize how beneficial and important it is. Love seeing you in your fit girl/disciplined era Alia 💪 I'm definitely the "boring friend" too and that's totally OK ❤
Hi Alia! thanks for sharing your journey! Your content always hits different, and it's amazing to see your growth. Happy Women's Day! You're such an inspiration, and I'm proud to be a part of your online fam! Keep shining bright! 💖
I CANNOT wait to click play on this later Alia, but right now I’m out in the sunny spring weather enjoying life with my kiddos! I’m totally taking a mental health day, but I just wanted to say you inspired me start running and while I’ve been active my entire life, I’m a first timer this spring! So, that’s exciting 🏃♀️ Can’t wait to see what you been up to because I definitely have been refreshing my feed for this video 😅❤
i’m literally the boring friend when it comes to exercise! lets go i’m proud of you!! im also learning ab running and im loving every part of it! you’re doing amazing lets gooo
This kind of video is so comforting and relaxing, love to watch workout and foodie videos. So interesting about the half marathon I’m definitely in the same stage of life thinking more about health and strength than aesthetics! ❤
I watched you some years ago and recently found you again because we moved to New York around the same time. You truly seem like a genuinely cool person. I’m happy to support your race
Thank you for posting this video cause I feel bad for always focusing on me and spending less time with friends due to workouts/ schedule conflicts...Love the vibes once again🖤
I feel this so much. Sometimes I feel like I’m growing out of my friendships I made when I was in college because they still want to party every weekend and I’m the stick in the mud when I don’t
saame here ❤ i look forward to fueling my body right and going on runs 🤩 yesterday i was at a party and i didnt wanna drink, i wanted to be home quite early to be fit and productive the next day 😂 as a former party girlie thats big and it feels so right! ✨ take care
i just love the video diary style of your videos. always so many beautiful shots but we get to hear you & your personality too. my favorite types of vlogs:)
At the beginning of the year I was training for a 21km Marathon and I was super excited about it, had to pull out because I am recovering my knee (this was caused by the pain I had ignored for almost two years) watching your vlogs makes me excited to start running again and gives me the motivation that soon I'll is back on the starting line training for a 21k for 2025! 🥹
How great your life is!! Doing what you want and just all of them. Even if the weather is not great today, tomorrow will be a better day. I become a person who like to stay alone more than before. To be honest, I couldn’t imagine this kind of feeling in the past, but I really find how relax it is. Wish all people can live in their lovely life
As im sitting here nursing a level 3 sprained ankle, i've realized how badly i miss weight training! You are my inspo because yes, hard things aren't fun but they're necessary. Thank you for the words i really needed to hear today!! ✌🙌🙏💪
I recently found out about your channel and I became literally obsessed with your contents. You’re so inspiring and also gives so much safe place energy 😭 🩷
The ending of the video was so cute and sweet:) one day later in life it will be so neat to see you’re younger day in New York Anyway your videos have become my fav! You remind me to keep up with a healthy life style and sending love from Seattle we miss you but I can see your so happy
I use the spirilina powder in smoothies! Works perfect. I normally do the combo blueberries, banana, strawberries, 1/2 orange , spinach. It normally gets grey and looks like concrete. But I think it's tasty. I also have som fiber in it like flaxseeds. (But just have like maximum 2 small teaspoons) 😊😊
I came across your content since I was moving to Seattle from New York City, and now I watch your content from Seattle and I'm able to see New York City stay the same and change too (there's so many different coffee shops, ha.). Well, I lived in your NYC area for a decade (graduate school and work) - I'm familiar with the restaurants, grocery stores, parks (Elizabeth garden was my go to for Friday evening book reading), waterfronts, and even the Blink gym in your video. Ha. Best with your marathon, and enjoy NYC.
I’m trans and sometimes I forget that female bodies strugggle to gain muscle and have to like stop and take a step back and remeber my body cannot look like those cis men I look up to. Thank you for this reminder to focus on performance and less on aesthetics! It’s like I KNOW this but also sometimes we slip back into it without realizing 🥵
I've slowly started becoming the 'boring' friend, and there's not much going on in my life - at first, that kind of hurt because it felt like i was missing out but i think i've come to terms with it and look at it in a positive life, there's not much chaos or drama and i have a lot of time that i put into my hobbies and mental health instead :)
Just out of curiosity, do you ask about filming in your yoga class? I've seen a lot of discourse in reddit threads, both teacher and student, of people not being comfortable with filming in classes. Have you ever had anyone express anything to you about it? Loved the video overall!
