Productive Tuesday (17/05/2022)

 Today was the second productive day of my week... I feel so great...

Productive Monday (16/05/2022)

 The Weekend was not so good, but Monday was productive...

The Weekend (14-15/05/2022)

Saturday

Morning

Sort of... I didn't wake up early, but it doesn't matter... I take my time these days of the month and I try to do as little as possible... 

I had breakfast and relaxed again...

Now I will cook, because we have nothing to eat today and then I will go to lay in bed again... Maybe later I will

Monday through Friday (09-13/05/2022)

Thursday

Morning

I have to admit... I wasn't in a good place the previous days...

Friday through Sunday (06-08/05/2022)

 Friday

Morning

Good morning everybody!

I woke up at 07:00 with the alarm... And surprise surprise... I took my phone back to bed.. I have "blocked" instagram, facebook and tiktok until 10:00, so I don't stay in bed scrolling... And I was watching youtube shorts until 08:30...

No comments...

I had my usual morning routine... Breakfast, Stoics and Reading... I still read "Maybe you should talk to someone"... I like it and I read a chapter a day... 

You have probably noticed that there is no skincare on my routine... That's because there isn't... I do it occasionally but not everyday...

I don't use make up most of the time and when I do, I take it off and I use my products, but I need a routine... I need to do it everyday... Don't get me wrong... I like having and wearing eye cream and moisturizer and masks and all of that... But part of the reason I don't do things is that I struggle making it a habit...

And here is where you come in... I will try to do my morning skincare everyday after breakfast and reading, but before I sit down to write my post... That way I can tell you if I did it or not...

If that goes well, I will add the night skincare routine next week... One step at a time... 

Time to go and take the first step... 

Talk to you later...

 Evening

My evening was relaxing... I had to do some things outside the house, but not a lot...

We had to transfer out Saturday night movie routine to Friday, because tomorrow will be busy, so we watched our movie, eating chips...

I love "Jumbo chips" by "Ohono Snacks", a greek company, and especially the spicy ones... 

We watched "Hanna and her sisters", a Woody Allen movie... I have to say... Everyone thinks that he is neurotic, but sometimes I don't see it.. What does it say about me? At least he goes to therapy...

We were in bed by 00:00... A late night, to be honest... But I liked it...

Saturday

Morning

Despite the late night, I woke up at 08:00... But... I got out of bed at 09:50... Almost two hours later...

The pattern is that, when I have to go out of the house the previous day, I can't get myself to get out of bed the next morning... That is something I need to work out... I can tell it holds me back, but I also think that I don't need to pressure myself too much... I need more balance...

As for the morning routine... I did most of it... Breakfast, Stoics, reading and... skincare... Day 2 today... 

I want to go for a walk or work out, but I am not sure I will make it... Mostly, because I will go out again today and I don't know how I will feel...

We will see... I will let you know...

 

Monday through Thursday (02-05/05/2022)

Monday

Morning

Hello! Hello!

New week and the begging of May (sort of)... 

I woke up at 07:30 but didn't make it out of bed until 8:00.

But I did have my breakfast, I did read "The Daily Stoic" and I did read part of the book I am currently reading "Maybe you should talk to someone". That makes it a productive day so far, but there is more...

Although the weather was gloomy and rainy, I did get a 20 minute walk. Nothing fancy. Just 1500 steps, but I really liked it and I just didn't want not to do it (if that makes sense). And I also did 20 minutes of yoga. It was the new video of "Yoga with Adriane" and I really liked it. It's been a long time since I last did yoga and I enjoyed it very much.

For me that is a productive morning and a productive day so far. Time to do some work and I will let you know how my evening went...

Evening

My evening was not so ideal... I had to do things for work until later and the only evening routine I managed to have was a light dinner and going to bed at 22:00. I watched a couple of episodes of "Magnum P.I." and then slept. Normally I don't watch tv when I go to bed, but these days it seems that it helps me wind down and relax. 

Tuesday

Morning

Good morning everyone...

Well it is not morning anymore, but what can we do...

I woke up late... And by late I mean really late... It was 11:00 when I woke up and I got out of bed at 11:30... Did I feel rested? Yes... Did I feel bad about the time? Yes again...

I don't like to wake up that late, because I feel that I miss the whole day...

But sometimes my mentality doesn't help a lot... I just don't want to wake up... I don't feel motivated...

And partially that is the reason I started this project... To help me get motivated...

One of the positive things of working for yourself is that (unless you have an appointment) you don't have to be somewhere at a specific time... Which means, I can still get a lot done, despite the delayed waking...

On the other hand, I did eat my (late) breakfast and I did read my stoics...

Now it is time to start working... I will talk to you later...

Evening

Was it a productive day? No... Was it a waste day? Nope, again... 

I didn't do much, I must admit, but I did a few... And since it doesn't help my mental health to beat myself over it, I will not do it...

We had early dinner and I was at bed by 21:30...

I didn't sleep until 23:30, but I was relaxed and I watched "Magnum P.I.". I kind of binge watching it... I watch two or three episodes every night before bed... 

And I also cast on a new project... A skirt using leftover yarn... I will keep you posted on that...

Goodnight!

Wednesday

Morning

Good morning!

I did have an early waking today... I woke up at 07:00... I did go back to bed with my phone (a habit I need to stop) and I got out of bed at 07:45... High five to me...

I sleep with my phone on the other room and I get out of bed to stop the alarm, but the weather is not very hot and I go back to bed with my phone for - approximately - 30 to 45 minutes... I need to stop it, because I waste a lot of time, but I hope to do it when the weather gets warmer...

I had my usual morning... Breakfast and meditation, stoics and reading... And I did knit for 10 minutes (not a lot, but not that bad either)... Actually, I had to cast on 400 sts... And I just counted, but that's knitting for me...

Now I will get ready to go have coffee with my friend and then I will work...

I want to do some walking or another form of exercise today, but it won't happen until later in the afternoon or evening..

I will talk to you later...

Evening

I had a great time with my friend and I managed to get some work done, but that was it...

I had to do somethings that made me dirty, then took a shower and (since the weather is not very warm yet) I stayed cozy in bed, watching "Magnum P.I." and knitting.

Do I regret it? Not really... I needed rest and I took it...

We had dinner and back to bed early... Like 21:00... I watched "Magnum P.I." (what else...) and knit a bit more and fell asleep at approximately 23:30...

Fun fact... It takes a long time to knit a row with 400 sts... And even more to make cables is half of those sts... It will take a while to finish this project... 

Thursday

Morning

I couldn't wake up at 7:00 no matter how hard I tried... I did manage to wake up at 9:00, but got out of bed at around 9:45...

I begin to see a pattern here... When I am out the previous day, I feel really tired in the morning and I can't wake up early... It is probably a mental thing, because it has nothing to do with physical...

I had my morning routine... Breakfast, reading, stoics and blogging... Yes, that, also, becomes part of my morning routine... And I like it... I like cataloging my day...

I haven't been working out these days... The last day I did it was on Monday... The rainy day... I mean... It is sunny, nice and warmer, but... I worked out on a rainy day... 

I will try to go for a walk later today... Probably in the evening, because I cannot feel the sun on my head for long and now its very bright outside...

Time to do some work... I will talk to you later... 

Evening

I start seeing a pattern...

I have a routine, but not the instagram/youtube routine...

I watered my plants and we (hopefully) helped some bird-eggs to become birds... Their mother hasn't showed up for a long time and we transferred them to another nest... Is it a good thing, a bad thing, we will see... But they have more chances than being where they were...

Other than that, we had dinner and I was at bed by 21:30... That is a good habit...

Watching tv until 23:30 is a bad one... I "finished" watching "Magnum P.I." and now I watch FBI... You see a pattern here? Crime drama... And I knit...

I will post this in the morning and I will start a new long weekend post...

See you on the next one...

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