{"id":15343,"date":"2016-04-04T13:12:11","date_gmt":"2016-04-04T13:12:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.challengedetroit.org\/?p=15343"},"modified":"2016-04-04T13:12:11","modified_gmt":"2016-04-04T13:12:11","slug":"6-ways-to-survive-detroit-winter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.challengedetroit.org\/blog\/6-ways-to-survive-detroit-winter\/","title":{"rendered":"6 Ways to Survive Detroit Winter"},"content":{"rendered":"

As a transplant from North Carolina, I found the dreary, \u201cwintry\u201d days of Michigan especially hard to bear. To combat these cold and somber days, I did these six things.<\/span><\/p>\n

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    1. Work-out<\/b>. The best way to kick winter\u2019s butt is to kick your own. So I decided to get those endorphins working and commit to the gym a few times a week. For me, putting focus\u00a0into my exercises feels great and really boosts my energy in tackling my week, especially when there\u2019s somber weather outside.<\/span><\/li>\n
    2. Go outside when it\u2019s sunny.<\/b> \u201cSeize the day,\u201d as they say. Sunny days in the winter\/early spring in Detroit are\u00a0limited, so I made sure I caught some rays any time I had the chance. For example, I would take walks on the Riverwalk or nap outside on my lunch hour.\u00a0<\/span><\/b><\/b>\n

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      Marche du Nain Rouge Parade 2016<\/p><\/div><\/li>\n

    3. Do at least one fun thing per work week<\/b>. I found it especially helpful to do something relaxing or fun at least once during the work week. For instance, my roommate and I would go to a popular new restaurant (and cut the weekend wait time in half), take a long walk in the city, or catch a show to relax during weekdays.<\/span><\/span>\n

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      Chris Johnstone and I on the way to Centaur to play pool!<\/p><\/div><\/li>\n

    4. Touch more puppies<\/b>. Self-explanatory. Plus, they are warm.\u00a0<\/span><\/span>\n

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      I couldn’t resist Gaby Santiago Romero’s puppy at Eastern Market<\/p><\/div><\/li>\n

    5. Do something you\u2019ve always wanted to do<\/b>. Being indoors sucked sometimes during the winter, so I decided to take up French and to read more often. I also made myself a bucket list of all the places in Detroit I wanted to visit and made sure I was as efficient as possible in knocking them off.<\/span><\/span>\n

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      One of my bucket list items was seeing a Broadway show at Fisher Theatre, so I managed to get tickets to If\/Then<\/p><\/div><\/li>\n

    6. Call your parents\/friends\/support systems<\/b>. Call all your besties and feel reassured that you are loved and appreciated.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/ol>\n

      With great friends and new experiences, surviving the Detroit winter is a breeze. What do you do to maintain motivation during the winter months?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

      As a transplant from North Carolina, I found the dreary, \u201cwintry\u201d days of Michigan especially hard to bear. To combat these cold and somber days, I did these six things. Work-out. The best way to kick winter\u2019s butt is to kick your own. So I decided to get those endorphins working and commit to the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":288,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-15343","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.challengedetroit.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15343","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.challengedetroit.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.challengedetroit.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.challengedetroit.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/288"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.challengedetroit.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15343"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.challengedetroit.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15343\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.challengedetroit.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15343"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.challengedetroit.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15343"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.challengedetroit.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15343"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}