6 Lazy-Girl & Broke-Girl Wellness Trends We’re Obsessed With Right Now

Let’s be honest, the era of 5 a.m. alarms, green juices that taste like regret, and pretending 12-step routines are “relaxing” is officially over. Gen-Z and millennial women are asking a simple question: What if wellness didn’t feel like a full-time job? We don’t want routines that require willpower, expensive products, and a personality transformation to maintain. We want wellness that fits into real life, hostel rooms, busy schedules, tight budgets, fluctuating energy levels, and days when even washing our hair feels like an achievement.

We’re entering the "broke girl" and "lazy girl" wellness era, where self-care is affordable, low effort, and designed for women who are tired, busy, or simply not interested in Olympic-level self-improvement. It’s not about being lazy, it’s about choosing peace over pressure. 

Because if wellness isn’t fun, cosy, cheap, and easy, it’s not wellness, and we’re not subscribing. Here are the low-effort wellness trends we’re all secretly leaning on right now:

The “Hot-Girl Walk,” But Make It Zero-Pressure

The OG internet girlies may have started the trend, but the lazy-girl version? It’s slower, softer, and comes with zero expectations. The hot-girl walk is not about burning calories or recording 10k steps like your life depends on it.

It’s giving:

• 15–20 minutes around the colony, terrace, or park
• romanticising your life with a playlist or podcast
• mentally debriefing your day with your BFF through voice notes

No matching athleisure, no protein shake, no anxiety around “fitness goals.” Just vibey movement that boosts serotonin. Low-effort and healing? Yeah, that’s our love language.

Gummies > Complicated Wellness Potions

If opening a jar, popping a gummy, and calling it self-care is wrong, we don’t want to be right. 

Collagen powders? Adaptogen lattes? Matcha kits? Not in this economy, babes.  Gummies are making wellness feel cute, not clinical, hair, skin, immunity, gut health, sleep, multivitamin, pick your flavour of “I’m trying.”

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One chew and suddenly you’re the girl who actually takes her supplements. A wellness delulu we fully support.

Gharelu Nuskhe Are the OG Girlboss Wellness

Every time a brand sells a “turmeric latte” for ₹400, a dadi somewhere laughs into her haldi. Because honestly, desi homes invented budget wellness long before the West discovered “ayurvedic chic.” 

Our current favourite gharelu nuskhe are making a comeback:

• haldi + honey face mask for that “I sleep 8 hours” glow
• malai as moisturiser (dermatologists may scream, but the softness is real)
• Ajwain water for cramps and bloating that works like black magic
• Ginger-haldi kadha for immunity, the OG immunity shot before it was cool

Affordable, effective, cultural, comforting. No fancy PR packaging needed, just dadi-approved goodness.

Bare-Minimum Mental Health Rituals

Self-care doesn’t always look like journaling by candlelight while manifesting your Bali villa life. Sometimes wellness is:

• drinking one full bottle of water
• stepping outside for 10 minutes of sunlight
• washing your hair even if it’s been “one of those weeks”
• replying to one pending text
• taking a guilt-free nap

Is it basic? Sure. But if it makes your day 1% easier, that counts as self-care.

The 8-to-15 Minute “I Tried” Workout

Gym memberships are great until you realise you haven’t gone since Ganesh Chaturthi. The lazy girl movement is the new fitness era: tiny, doable, commitment-free.

We’re talking:

• 10-minute stretching
• a YouTube “beginner yoga because I’m fragile” session
• dancing to one song like it’s your personal concert
• mobility routines in bed (yes, they exist)

Soft movement, zero shame, full credit, because doing something still counts.

Set the Vibe Nights

We’re not booking spa days, we’re romanticising being at home like the main character. 

Ingredients:

• fresh bedsheets
• long shower with your “nice” body wash
• candle or fairy lights
• herbal tea or hot chocolate
• comfort movie/series/book

Suddenly, life feels 17% more manageable.

This broke girl and lazy girl wellness wave isn’t anti-ambition, it’s pro-balance. It’s women choosing joy, softness, ease, and sustainability over aesthetic perfection. Self-care is not a trend to perform, it’s a vibe to live.

Views expressed by the author are their own.