Ana Chur

Joined September 2023

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Holistic health advocate and wellness writer

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6 Books To Set You Up For a More Productive 2026
As a new year begins, fresh goals are set, and ambitious plans take shape. Alongside the excitement and motivation, there is often a quiet anxiety: how to accomplish it all? We start looking for effective ways to get things done and move forward without feeling overwhelmed. In essence, we seek a healthy form of productivity, one that allows us to achieve more while still maintaining balance and enjoyment in everyday life.
By Ana Chur2 days ago in BookClub
5 Meaningful Apps to Help Keep Your Healthy New Year’s Resolutions
A new year often brings renewed motivation for a fresh start, with health and wellness goals commonly appearing high on the resolution list. Still, more often than not, good intentions alone do not lead to lasting change, and ambitious commitments made in January quietly fade by February. Gym memberships go unused, meditation streaks fizzle out, and planned lifestyle overhauls become overwhelming within weeks. As a result, many of us find ourselves making the same resolutions year after year.
By Ana Chur19 days ago in Longevity
4 Ways AI Can Assist With Last-Minute Christmas Preparations
The final weeks of the year tend to arrive all at once. Calendars fill up, workloads go off the charts, and suddenly the long-awaited rituals of festive preparation lose their excitement and feel rushed. If Christmas Eve is already around the corner and you’ve found yourself unprepared, consider delegating some of the heavy lifting to AI.
By Ana Chur19 days ago in Lifehack
5 Self-Development Apps to Learn Smarter in 2026
Self-development is one of the most valuable goals a person can set since it’s one of the most rewarding. Yet when motivation is broad rather than tied to a specific skill or professional need, this goal is prone to slipping down the priority list, overtaken by everyday responsibilities and commitments. It can make progress feel frustratingly slow or cause it to stall altogether.
By Ana Chur19 days ago in Education
Americans Continue Moving Toward a Drier Lifestyle, 2025 Data Shows
Starting as a lifestyle trend in the 2010s, the ‘sober curious’ movement has encouraged a substantial societal shift toward more mindful alcohol consumption, driven by people’s growing focus on longevity, mental well-being, and productivity.
By Ana Chur2 months ago in Motivation
6 Unmissable Reading Apps for Book Lovers
We’ve been told since our school years that reading expands knowledge, enriches vocabulary, improves focus and memory, and powers imagination. It develops the parts of the brain responsible for creativity and enhances emotional intelligence. And that’s just a fraction of the benefits reading provides.
By Ana Chur2 months ago in BookClub
7 Impactful Nonfiction Books to Help You Live with More Peace and Purpose
Every year on October 10, World Mental Health Day reminds us that our minds deserve as much care as our bodies. Over the past few years, the global conversation around mental health has undergone a dramatic change, and for good reason. The World Health Organization reports that mental health conditions affect roughly one in seven people worldwide, with rates of stress, burnout, and anxiety continuing to jump up amid rapid change, economic uncertainty, constant digital noise, and societal pressure to “keep up.”
By Ana Chur3 months ago in BookClub
How to Enhance Your Travel Photos with AI
Travel photos hold some of our most treasured memories, capturing places, people, and experiences we want to remember. Sometimes, however, reality gets in the way. A stranger might wander into your perfect shot, the sky may look dull, or low light can leave everything grainy.
By Ana Chur3 months ago in Art
Why Tinted Sunscreen Deserves a Spot in Your Beauty Bag—And How to Choose the Right One
Scroll through beauty TikTok and you’ll see creators gliding on skin-smart drops that protect, perfect, and perform—all in one swipe. Tinted sunscreens are definitely having a moment, evolving from niche skincare finds to one of the fastest-growing categories in cosmetics. Brands are rising to the occasion with an expanding shade range, featherlight textures, and bonus skincare benefits.
By Ana Chur6 months ago in Blush
6 Practical Apps to Grow Your Knowledge, Skills, and Potential
The evolving modern reality is, to put it mildly, demanding. It constantly calls for new knowledge, fresh ideas, deeper expertise, and broader skillsets, so we can unleash the full potential of high-impact life areas like personal growth and career. Continuous learning becomes increasingly important to keep up with the pace of change, enabling us to stay mentally sharp, informed, and adaptable.
By Ana Chur6 months ago in Education
6 Surprisingly Practical Uses of AI Avatars You Might Be Missing
Ever since their viral breakout in late 2022, AI avatars haven’t really left the spotlight, with the technology constantly evolving and offering increasingly impressive and sophisticated ways to reimagine your regular selfies. What was originally marketed to younger, tech-curious users has captured the attention of nearly all age groups, with tens of millions of people globally having tried to generate their stylized AI portraits at least once.
By Ana Chur7 months ago in 01
What Alcohol Really Does to Your Body—And How to Start Cutting Back
I returned to my casual drinking habits three and a half months after going sober-curious because I struggled to find a compelling reason to keep abstaining from alcohol. Sure, I noticed and appreciated the improvements in my mood, sleep, and energy levels—but as time went on, the initial excitement of sobriety faded. Instead of embracing my new alcohol-free lifestyle, I started to question whether skipping that glass or two of rosé at a party was really worth it.
By Ana Chur7 months ago in Longevity