Daily Check In - September 28th, 2023 🎀
did not do much today by my standards but I’m still recovering from this cold plus my allergies are acting up so I’ve been in bed a lot of today. I did accomplish some things tho so it was not a fully unproductive day for me!
🩷 What I Ate Today -
Breakfast - boiled chicken potstickers, hash browns with ketchup, and a coffee
Lunch - bowl of spaghetti with two pieces of buttered bread
Dinner - two slices of dominoes handmade pan pepperoni pizza and three slices of cheese bread
Extra - three more cups of coffee and not near enough water, half a green smoothie made with frozen fruits, spinach, and almond milk
I have not been eating the best recently and I know that, but I think that’s due to my hormones being messed up at the moment, my current sickness, my extreme fatigue and exhaustion, and a lack of physical activity in my life. However, I decided I’m going to try to go to the gym and get on the treadmill (maybe do some strength training if I’m feeling confident enough) at my university activity center at least three days a week so that way I can start getting some of my energy back and gain some more discipline and control in my life. I’m hoping I get to the point where I can be a runner again, I miss my 8 minute mile time, my running playlist, and how free I felt when I’d go running. So that’s a new goal of mine as well! My boyfriend even said we can go jogging together when I see him next weekend, so I’m looking forward to that for sure!
🩷 Personal Accomplishments -
Did the dishes
Brought my laundry from the dryer to my room (have yet to put away clean clothes)
Night time skincare
Studied Duolingo/Busuu for ~20 minutes
Skimmed through first Genki lesson in preparation for actually studying from the textbook
Showered and washed my hair
made a tentative workout schedule in google calendar for next week
🩷 Academic Accomplishments -
completed and submitted extended assignment for psychology class
completed and submitted lab report for anatomy lab
began paper set up for first section of research study paper for psychology class
again, not a super productive day but I’m still happy with it. I got a decent amount of stuff done and I have some stuff I want to accomplish tomorrow, which I will list below.
🩷 Academic Goals for Tomorrow, Sept 29th -
Complete a rough draft of first section of research study paper before 10am psychology lab
Begin taking notes for module six for my health for sport and fitness class
Complete practical assignment for health for sport and fitness class
~20 minutes japanese study using apps
🩷 Personal Goals for Tomorrow, Sept 29th -
Morning and Night skincare
morning and night guided journal
work on content for RD mentor instagram
Go to bed by 10pm (be asleep by that time!!!)
Drink at least one liter of water
Only two cups of caffeine
Don’t buy anything from the university food court!
wake up early <3
not the most specific personal goals but still things that I know I can achieve! I’m super tired and it’s not even that late and I haven’t done much this week. That’s how I know I made the right decision to take time for myself. always have your own best interest at heart, in a positive and healthy way! Don’t push past your limits and don’t let yourself burn out! It’s easier said than done but taking care of yourself is so important! That’s something I need to continually remind myself!
til next time lovelies 🩷🤍
Daily Check-in: July 6th, 2024 🎀
Blurry linterest photos because that's how my head felt all day yesterday. The 6th was not a good day for me. My co worker (a "lead" for our location) made me cry twice, to the point I left work and had a meeting with our manager because I was fed up with it. I don't understand what his problem with me is, but it's whatever.
My roommate up here, who came with me from the same original workplace, is being super weird, too. I thought her and I were going to be good friends out here and have fun doing stuff together, but instead, she's kind of turned her back on me and is spending all her time with a certain group of guys from work which just seems super strange. She had made all these plans with me before we got here and then completely ditched me for guys. But, she is pretty immature and has become someone I don't necessarily want to spend time without her, so maybe it's a blessing in disguise that I'm on my own out here.
Anywho, onto the daily breakdown:
💗 What I Accomplished:
worked an 8.5 hour shift
did my morning skincare and morning journaling
did my night time skincare and journaling
took a ~2ish hour nap after work
studied the Korean alphabet A LOT using the Learn Korean - Hangul app on my iPad and the Write Korean app on my phone. I can tell I'm going to struggle with pronunciation but thats why I have an italki teacher!
didn't spend any money unnecessarily
rode the busses home all on my lonesome
💔 What Could've Gone Better:
work was terrible. I mentioned why in the beginning of this post, but yeah. Work was honestly horrible for me.
Got in an argument over text with my boyfriend right before bed, and we didn't end up video calling
Didn't do laundry
Didn't do much of anything, let alone anything productive, after work
Ate kinda crappy food
did not drink enough water
💗 Stuff For Tomorrow (July 7th)
actually do your laundry
check bank account, see if its worth traveling around the city today or just stay home and be a potato until payday
study Korean some more
morning + night skincare
morning + night journaling
talk things out with my boyfriend, hopefully video call tonight
work another 8.5 hour shift
seriously, drink more water/green tea
try to keep my steps up and active throughout the day
💕 Song of the Day:
I was feeling moody yesterday that's for sure
til next time lovelies 🩷
I meant to post updates for yesterday and today but of course, the universe just had to send me into a depressive episode right as I was feeling good about working on myself.
I am going to focus on establishing a productive and healthy morning routine for now and be gentle with myself when it comes to what I manage to accomplish in the evenings after an 8 hour work day. I will still have my goals for the evenings, but sometimes I have to be flexible with my energy and that's okay.
I'm going to continue with working on myself and emulating the lifestyle I wish to achieve. I believe in myself and my abilities. Not everyday is going to be a great or even a good day, but regardless, I will be proud of the efforts I make.
This is a journey, a marathon, and I want to enjoy all the daily things and little wins that I can manage given my energy and situations that may arise.
Til tomorrow my lovelies!
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Pov: she is a Sagittarius 🏹
Sagittarius girls are known for their optimism and honesty. They loves freedom and spontaneity. They are very caring persons but because of their need to be free, they are often afraid to fall in love.
It is not easy to get to her heart but if do she will be the best companion in your life. She will be trying new, wild things with you and see new places with you
She is made of falling stars✨ and cupid’s arrow🏹
small break from my normal challenge posts to ask a question and get some feedback!
I’m going to start posting some language learning stuff and hopefully some study type content as well now that finals are coming up and during the following break I want to dive back into my language studies to keep my brain full of knowledge.
Can anyone recommend some resources and advice/tips?
I’m looking for (Mexican) Spanish learning resources, Japanese learning resources, and advice and tips on motivation to keep going with the language learning, some productivity and discipline tips, and just any advice and motivation you guys have in general? Even if it’s not language related and just school and study related, I would be so happy to hear from all of you guys!
I look forward to posting some more normal everyday content along side the study school and language stuff along with my challenge updates! I feel like I haven’t been keeping up with the normal content I want to post so I’m really looking forward to doing more of that now!
anywho, thanks in advance for the resources, advice, and tips! I appreciate all of you, lovelies 🩷🤍
Day 27: 90 Day Challenge 🎀
yesterday was a pretty good day. However, I only slept 4 hours last night due to late night caffiene intake, and I am feeling it this morning. Hopefully, I'll be able to get some stuff done today and now rot in bed all day.
🏋♀️ Physical Health
gym glute day for 1.5 hours
walked home 25+ minutes
cooked pita bread pizzas for the first time (delicious!)
🧠 Mental Health
I dont remember if I did anything for my mental health yesterday, but I don't think I did
♥️ Emotional Health
again, can't recall anything specific at the moment
📚 Intellectual Health
I know for a fact I did nothing for my intellectual health yesterday even tho I know I gotta start doing something for it
🏘 Adulting
went to brunch with my dad
got my unemployment account unlocked
applied for unemployment
bought groceries
picked up some paperwork from my job about the temporary unemployment
video called my boyfriend
rescheduled two night meeting with my mentors
🥰 Self Love/Care
morning skincare
I litteraly can't remember anything right now omg
my brain feels like it's malfunctioning right now due to lack of sleep and whatnot. If I remember anything else from yesterday, I will edit this post to add to it. get your beauty sleep, girlies, cause lack of sleep is no fun!!
til next time lovelies 🩷
anyone have tips or advice for starting out with tiktok content creation? I think it would be fun and a nice little hobby, but I have no clue where to start. What kind of items would be good to start with, and how do I get the courage to start?
thanks in advance, lovelies 🩷
Daily Check-in: July 16th, 2024 🎀
Today was such a good day despite the little bit of anxiety I felt before I zoomed my boyfriend. I was productive today, more than I've been in a while, and I'm feeling good!
🩷 What I Accomplished
~20min upper body workout (via health coach plan)
30min treadmill walk (via health coach plan)
bought some stuff I needed from grocery store
did my morning skincare
took a nice shower and washed my hair
cleaned around the hotel room
washed all dirty dishes in the hotel room
took out all the trash from hotel room
studied ~1.5 chapters of Korean (Hangul) on Busuu
watched Hangul Lesson videos 1-4 on Learn Korean with Billy Go on YouTube + took some notes
decided to purchase Talk to Me in Korean subscription when I get paid this week
watched a short hangul lesson from TTMIK on YouTube
tried a vanilla chobani Greek yogurt drink
tried the classic root beer ollipop probiotic soda
video called my boyfriend for 2.5hours
washed and put away all my laundry
bought electrolyte tablets since I'm working out and sweating more now
💔 What Could've Gone Better
massive headache, probably due to dehydration
stomach issues for no reason, definitely not fun
a bit of anxiety, made me cry just a little, don't know what made me anxious
💗 Stuff For Wednesday (July 17th)
complete the pilates full body workout + walk from health coach's plan
drink more water!!
eat as good as I did today
study Korean more to prepare for next Wednesdays trial lesson (still can't believe I booked that as a complete beginner right now, but hey, I love learning and challenging myself)
maybe take a small solo hike?
maybe have a morning video call date with the boyfriend??
morning + night skincare
morning + night journaling
look into booking another Spanish Italki lesson with current teacher
plan out a kanguage study schedule that fits my life and time availability
💕 Song of The Day: Rockstar - LISA
can you teach me Japanese, I said Hai Hai 😍
til next time, lovelies 🩷
favorite stationery items?
I thought of something fun to do on my blog that would keep me entertained for a while!
everyone and anyone can reboot this and/or comment with your favorite stationery items, whether you use them for school, bulletin journaling, or work!
I’ll start!
Zebra mildliners <3
Kokuyo campu binders and notebooks, grid paper tho as I’ve shifted away from using ruled/lined paper
Muji gel pens 0.5 (not the biggest fan of the 0.38 size)
Most gel pens in general
Brush pens! I’ve used zebra, tombow, etc
zebra milk gel pens (I think that’s what they’re called? They write so nice and the colors are so cute)
stabilo boss highlighters (pastel)
that’s all I can think of right now. But I am an avid stationery lover and collector. The bigger I can grow my collection the better!
so let me know what some of your guys favorite stationery items are! Ohhh and maybe mention your favorite websites and/or apps for buying stationery! I love kawaii pen shop and stationery pal!
til later, lovelies 🩷
August 16th, 2023 Mini Update 🎀
Guess who ended up sick on her first day of classes? Me!!
I remember thinking last week how it would not be fun to get sick when school starts, and on my first day of classes, I wake up with a super sore throat, a mild headache, slight dizziness, fatigue, and just overall feeling like trash. It's either a cold or my yearly bout of tonsillitis. I get tonsillitis every year at least once, and it's been that way for 8 years so far.
I did make it through the day, tho! Went to my first two classes of the semester, and I am pretty optimistic! Luckily, I don't have classes tomorrow, but I do have some appointments, so I'm going to wear my mask all day, as I do not want to risk getting anyone else sick. I'm still going to my nail appointment. I feel like it's the least I deserve right now.
(The picture of nails I included is what I changed my mind to for tomorrow, I feel like almond nails will be a cute change from my usual coffin style and might be easier to work with at my job)
I also found out I'll get to see my boyfriend in the next month and a half (we've been long distance 1000+ miles since early July), and I am so excited about that. Hopefully, it'll be a 4-5 day stay, so I can spend some quality time with him.
I want to sleep and recover as much as possible but I also have a decent amount of homework/quizzes/notes/textbook reading to accomplish by Sunday, and since I work Friday thru Sunday, I know I'm going to have to buckle down and be productive as much as I can. Hot tea with honey, chicken noodle soup, and vitamin C are going to be my best friends these next few days while I recover!
This is really not how I wanted to start my semester, but things will get better, I will still succeed, and I will still stay on top of assignments, attendance, and my work ethic overall. One bump in the road doesn't mean I should come to a complete stop! I have high hopes and high expectations and I truly believe in myself.
Also, I managed to complete a 10 min abs pilates workout (despite knowing I didn't feel too great, silly me) and still did skincare, makeup, and working in my planner this morning. I've also completed several assignments and started notes for one of my online classes, so today was not a complete bummer.
Let's hope that I can return to proper health sooner rather than later, and that it doesn't affect my sleep too much!
Thats all for this update!
Til next time, my lovelies!! 🩷