Tiffany Arielle

There's a common belief that men are more logical and women are more emotional. However, I think this is actually a misconception due to misunderstandings and mischaracterizations of what it means to be logical and what it means to be emotional. As a logical woman, I have experienced multiple examples of men making illogical decisions, and in some cases, going so far as to tell me that I'm being "too logical". Logic vs Emotion First, logic and emotion are not mutually exclusive. It is possible for a person to be both logical and emotional simultaneously. Some emotions are irrational meaning that they are based on some sort of cognitive distortion. However, many emotions are perfectly rational. For example, it's very reasonable for someone to feel anxiety about losing their job after their company announces layoffs. They can simultaneously feel the emotion (anxiety) while taking logical steps (like increasing their emergency fund or updating their resume) to prepar...

Polyamorous/non-monogamous relationships have become pretty popular in recent years. I'm definitely a fan of people being able to live life in the way that best works for them. This includes the type of relationship that they choose to participate in (or lack thereof). However, I have noticed a few trends that seem to me like a lot of people are trying to justify their personal choices by vilifying the alternatives and making statements such as "non-monogamy is generally better for everyone", "monogamy is generally bad", and "monogamy is unnatural". This could be an example of people assuming that what applies to them also applies generally for everyone, so if something feels unnatural for them personally then it must be unnatural in general. However, there are many people who have no desire to be non-monogamous (dating and/or having sex with other people outside of their relationship), so this doesn't really make sense. I'll address some of th...

I said in my 2025 Health Goals post that I would provide monthly updates. I fell off from doing those largely due to frustration from lack of progress. However, I do have a yearly update. Some background: From 2015 through mid-2025, I tried various things to lose weight and improve my health. However, I kept running into roadblocks. I tried to follow a low-carb diet : This did not work for me. Whenever I would eat a meal that was very low in carbs, I would end up feeling unsatisfied and search for whatever carb source I could quickly find. This would end up being counter-productive since it would result in overeating both carbs and calories. Eventually, I decided to just start incorporating carbs in my meals which helped me make *some* progress, but it was hard to keep the weight off. Extreme hunger : Every time I managed to lose 5-15 pounds, my body would get so hungry that I couldn't manage to stay in calorie deficit. I would end up gaining the weight back and then some, so the ...

I was traveling to Sydney, Australia for work, so I decided to add on another week and turn it into a work/vacation combo trip. During this trip, I visited Queenstown, New Zealand and Cairns, Australia in addition to Sydney. I referenced an itinerary for ideas of what to do, but I modified it to fit my own schedule and interests, so I'll be explaining in detail what exactly I did below. If you prefer to consume this content in video form or to see more visual details, please check out my Youtube videos ( New Zealand , Australia ). Wednesday, January 29 - Thursday, January 30 This was the start of my trip. I left home around 7:30pm for a 10:45pm flight out of SFO. This was a 13 hour flight to Aukland, New Zealand which was 21 hours ahead of San Francisco. Due to the time difference, it was Friday morning when I got off the plane, so I'll just use this space to talk about the flight. I flew on United Airlines in premium economy. I would definitely recommend this for a long-haul ...

As promised in my   2025 Health Goals , here is the monthly goal update for February. Here is the emoji key that I i'm using for reference: 😃💚 - very happy with the result 😕💛 - ok with the result but some room for improvement 😠🔴 - not happy with the result March: # of pounds lost: 1.8  😕💛 # of workouts completed: 4  😠🔴 breakdown of # of days that I fully met, partially met or didn't meet my food goals:  😠🔴 April # of pounds lost: -0.4  😠🔴 # of workouts completed: 6  😕💛 breakdown of # of days that I fully met, partially met or didn't meet my food goals:  😠🔴   I'm not really sure what was going on in March and April. Both food and exercise were trending worse than February which is a bit surprising considering that I was out of town for the first half of February. I still made some progress but barely worked out at all which explains why the scale didn't move as much then went backwards in April. I think my current state seems to b...