Daily Check-in: April 2nd, 2024 🎀
Hello lovelies!
I am back with my daily check-ins, so i thought I'd start with April 2nd (even tho I know today is currently April 3rd)! I look forward to regularly posting again!
Tuesday was a rough day for me near the end of the day. I pretty much had an emotional stress-induced breakdown in front of my manager and director, but they were very kind and understanding, and I called my dad, who also was awesome, and helped calm me down. It's sage to say that a packed schedule and lack of sleep definitely don't mix well together!
🩷 What I Accomplished Today:
made some actionable steps for improving my health (sleep, nutrition, and fitness areas)
completed Chapter 9 of Spanish Busuu + made flashcards for it
attended my psyc class
completed the assignment for my Friday restaurant class
completed the take home questions for a quiz for psyc
Sent my academic advisor a filled out roadmap
🩷 Good Things That Happened:
one of my accountability buddies sent me a pdf of a Spanish textbook that I was able to download to my goodnotes, which is exciting!
I tried a restaurant on campus that I had never had before, and it was absolutely so delicious
my coworker is going to cover my shift on Friday evening, so I'll have time to relax/catch up on things
Got good advice from my supervisor about life stuff
💕 What Could've Been Better:
I need to reevaluate who I call my "friends" at work after a couple of interactions I've had with people I had considered my friends
Learned that over crowding my plate when already not sleeping well is not a good life combination and will send me to burnout a lot faster
On that same note, I do feel like I still need to learn to manage my time effectively. It's a hard skill to master but I did it before
my professor for psyc was 15 minutes late to class and then proceeded to continue lecturing 5+ minutes after. I felt bad leaving but I had a study room to go to
So that was my April 2nd! Today, I also have a busy schedule. I have an early morning in person meeting with an advisor for Finance majors (I may be adding a finance 2nd major....stay tuned), and then less then 2 hours later i have a meeting with my advisor for my current major. I know she's not going to be happy about me adding a 2nd major but ehh, if it'll benefit my future, then I want to do it.
til next time lovelies 🩷
Youtube channels for the girlies
Inspired by @prettypr1ncezz
Vlogs:
Adelala
Annika's Leaf
Daiz
Fernanda Ramirez
Isabela Juliana
mira daisy
Olivia Yang
Tips and Self-Improvement
Carolette Martin (spanish)
Elicia Gougen
Manifestelle
Pershephonesmind
Tam Kaur
TheWizardLiz
Academic tips and motivation
fayefilms
Galacsea
Isadora Vera (spanish)
studyquill
Study to sucess
Beauty
Dear peachie
Diana Gaby (spanish)
Isabel Lopez (spanish)
Jessica Vu
Vogue (Beauty secrets section)
Video essays and educational
Bailey Sarian
Jordan Theresa
Mina Lee
ModernGurlz
Psychology with Dr.Ana
Stephanie Lange
tiffanyferg
Exercise
fitbymik - Weight focused
Jessica Richburg - Yoga
Madeleine Abeid - Pilates
Btw, please recommend me more channels! I will aprecciate it 𑄽𑄺ྀ
Day 1/90: 90-Day Challenge 🎀
Here we go again!!
Happy 1st of Febrary, lovelies 🩷
I was initially planning on coming back starting Monday but omg was I so tired after working all weekend and trying to keep up with school work. And now tomorrow is Friday, again? At least I'm not working double shifts this weekend, thankfully.
🏋♀️ Physical Health
walked ~10k steps
ordered some groceries
attempted to go to the gym (was having a bad day so it did not work out like that)
🧠 Mental Health
not much, but had a well needed, sorta relationship check in with my boyfriend due to some worrisome and upsetting dreams I had the previous night
♥️ Emotional Health
distracted myself from being sad and grumpy
📚 Intellectual Health
completed and submitted my 1st psyc assignment
planned homework for the next week in my planner
wrote down a sheet of things to remember for chemistry
🏘 Adulting
recieved my new insurance card in the mail and the virtual copy as well
set up an appointment with my therapist for this month
set up an appointment with my psych doctor for this month
set up an appointment with my PCP for this month
submitted an order for my birth control + other medication thru my pharmacy app
paid rent + made a credit card payment
🥰 Self Care
washed a load of laundry
scheduled some cleaning chores for the weekend afternoons
set up a morning routine (in my notes app) for me to begin following
bought some more electrolyte waters for the week
today was honestly not the best day for me mental health wise, if I'm being completely honest. I nearly cried a little but, was definitely overly mean to myself, and felt like garbage for a good part of today. but that didn't stop me from making myself a good dinner, relaxing a bit, being productive, and ending the day in a good mood.
I have no clue what tomorrow's post is going to look like since I have an 8am to 230pm class (we're going to be cooking for ourselves in preparation for the mini restaurant well be running next week). Right after class I'll have to change my shirt and head up a small hill on campus to my job, where I'll work from about 3pm to 930ish pm. so we will see what happens in tomorrow's update!
til next time lovelies 🩷
re blogging for future me 💕
for when i'm fluent!! most with translations in english.
Sistema Nervoso, Lina Meruane (2021) - Latin American literature professor from Chile, contemporary litfic
Ansibles, perfiladores y otras máquinas de ingenio, Andrea Chapela (2020) - short story collection from a Mexican scifi author, likened to Black Mirror
Nuestra parte de noche, Mariana Enríquez (2019) - very long literary horror novel by incredibly famous Argentine journalist
Canto yo y la montaña baila, Irene Solà (2019) - translated into Spanish from Castilian by Concha Cardeñoso, contemporary litfic
Las malas, Camila Sosa Villada (2019) - very well rated memoir/autofiction from a trans Argentine author
Humo, Gabriela Alemán (2017) - short litfic set in Paraguay, by Ecuadoran author
La dimensión desconocida, Nona Fernández (2016) - really anything by this Chilean actress/writer; this one is a Pinochet-era historical fiction & v short
Distancia de rescate, Samanta Schweblin (2014) - super short litfic by an Argentinian author based in Germany, loved Fever Dream in English
La ridícula idea de no volver a verte, Rosa Montero (2013) - nonfiction; Spanish author discusses scientist Maria Skłodowska-Curie and through Curie, her own life
Lágrimas en la lluvia, Rosa Montero (2011) - sff trilogy by a Spanish journalist
Los peligros de fumar en la cama, Mariana Enríquez (2009) - short story collection, author noted above
Delirio, Laura Restrepo (2004) - most popular book (maybe) by an award-winning Colombian author; literary fiction
Todos los amores, Carmen Boullosa (1998) - poetry! very popular Mexican author, really open to anything on the backlist this is just inexpensive used online
Olvidado rey Gudú, Ana María Matute (1997) - cult classic, medieval fantasy-ish, award-winning Spanish author
Como agua para chocolate, Laura Esquivel (1989) - v famous novel by v famous Mexican author
Ekomo, María Nsué Angüe (1985) - super short litfic about woman's family, post-colonial Equatoguinean novel; out of print
La casa de los espíritus, Isabelle Allende (1982) - or really anything by her, Chilean author known for magical realism; read in English & didn't particularly love but would be willing to give it another try
Nada, Carmen Laforet (1945) - Spanish author who wrote after the Spanish civil war, v famous novel
Los pazos de Ulloa, Emilia Pardo Bazán (1886) - book one in a family drama literary fiction duology by a famous Galician author, pretty dense compared to the above
La Respuesta, Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz (1691) - i actually have a bilingual poetry collection from our favorite 17th century feminist Mexican nun; this is an essay defending the right of women to be engaged in intellectual work (& it includes some poems)
bookmarked websites:
Separata Árabe, linked by Arablit
reading challenge Un viaje por la literatura en español
Day 1 - 90 Day Challenge 🎀
Yesterday did not end on the happiest note but I will say I got almost every goal of mine complete and even some extra stuff too!
🏋♀️ Physical Health
Took a 50 minute hot girl walk ✅️
Drank 3, 16oz bottles of water ❌️
🧠 Mental Health
Had a 1 hour therapy session ✅️
Guided Journal AM, but not PM ❌️
❤️ Emotional Health
Did not write a daily journal entry❌️
Did read 10+ pages of 101 Essays to Change the Way You Think ✅️
📚 Intellectual Health
completed my meal writing assignment and pre lab quiz for anatomy ✅️
forgot to do my language lessons ❌️
🥳 Social Health
Did zoom call with my boyfriend for about an hour ✅️
had a quick phone call with my dad to catch up on our days ✅️
🥰 Self Love/Care
did both AM + PM Skincare
Cleaned the bathroom, washed and put away laundry, did dishes, took out all my trashes and boxes, and swept my bedroom and the kitchen ✅️
So far I'm on the right track! I'm not sure if listing out actual goals is going to be the most beneficial as I don't want to shame myself into feeling guilty for not completing them, but maybe I'll have one goal per area and then update on everything I've completed within that area? I feel like that'd be a good idea!
I love receiving DMs from other blogs telling me how motivational and inspiring I am! it makes me happy every day. I am so happy when I read those messages. I've said it before, and I'll say it again, I love the community I've found here on tumblr. You guys are amazing.
Here's my Goals for November 16th!
🏋♀️ Physical Health
Drink 4, 16oz bottles of water
Stretch before bed
🧠 Mental Health
Read 1 chapter of Atmoic Habits
Guided Journal PM
❤️ Emotional Health
answer one journal prompt
Read 1 section of 101 Essays
📚 Intellectual Health
Complete writing assignment for my psychology class or my quiz for my nutrition class
set up bullet journal language tracker for next week (Spanish + Japanese)
🥳 Social Health
zoom call with boyfriend
chat with friends at work
🥰 Self Love/Care
full PM Skincare routine + face mask
oil hair + wash hair + use hair mask
Those are some goals for today, ans I'll update tonight with everything that I've accomplished! So far I'm loving this little challenge for me. I love being able to keep myself accountable in order to achieve my goals.
til next time, lovelies 🩷
Thanks for the tag! I usually don't respond to tags because I'm always busy, but I'm actually doing nothing for once!! (also, I chose pink hair because my actual hair has three colors in it right now and pink is one of them!)
A fact about me that is relevant to this week? Hmmmm.... I guess i have a couple? I've recently continued watching season 3 of Bungou Stray Dogs which is in my top 3 favorite anime, I've hit a 14 day streak on duolingo and a 7 day streak on Busuu (studying Japanese for the 3rd time in my life), and my two go to foods this week have been noodles (pasta, Ramen, macaroni) and boiled frozen chicken potstickers! (it's been a rough week to say the least 😅)
I have no idea who to tag so anyone who sees this is welcome to join in and add on to it!
staring a tag game!! use this picrew and post a fact about yourself that has been relevant in the past week.
i really like playing volleyball! and started playing on the club team again :) yes Haikyuu is a solid series. this is unrelated.
no pressure tags: @againtodreaming @lazyrunawayphilosopher @irritable123 @mavr4xx @vinylbiohazard @argentii @alchemicon @ghostsinacoat @winryrockbellwannabe @bunglegaydogs @narnianjudas @dazaisbbgrill @dreamsicle262 @moonwaif and, as always, anyone who’d like!
Daily Check-in Septmeber 14th, 2023 🎀
This was a good day. Busy, absolutely, but good nonetheless. Had a meeting with my 1st dietetics mentor, and she was absolutely the sweetest and sent me an email after our meeting about the projects she wants me to work on currently, as her mentee. Cannot wait to meet my 2nd mentor next week! Also, I got asked to go into work, so I pulled a 6.5-hour shift when I didn't need to, but I need money so it's worth it.
🩷 What I Ate Today -
Breakfast - tuna w mayo and crackers
Lunch - iced coffee, chicken parm, noodles, one garlic bread, some asparagus
Dinner - chik fil a sandwich, medium fries, polynesian sauce
Extra - 3 more coffees in addition to the one I had at lunch
I am overconsuming caffiene so much right now, but I have been understandably so tired, so it's definitely helping me get through my days and weeks right now. I also genuinely enjoy the taste of the coffee I make, so that's always fun. I did just but a matcha set online, so hopefully, I can learn to make my own matcha and cut back on coffee for a bit.
🩷 Personal Achievements -
Attended RD meeting
Had my therapy appointment
Planned out part of my upcoming week/weekend
Studied Japanese for ~15 min
I did not accomplish almost anything school related, but that's okay because I'll have the time to do it all this weekend after work both days.
🩷 Todo for Today -
take Fitness For Health and Sport lecture notes
call embroidery place about dropping off my cooking class's chef coat
Video call with my boyfriend
Complete my Sample nutrition log assignment + submit it (if I have the time)
Study Japanese 10+ minutes
Because of how busy my schedule has been, I've been studying Japanese daily about 10 to 15 minutes a day. I'm starting to remember the hiragana characters pretty well so I've started jotting down vocabulary in a mini notebook.
🩷 Song of the Day - Social Path by Stray Kids, LiSa
This song is on repeat right now. I've always loved both their music and now that they've collabed, I'm on cloud 9. They're voices all sound so good in this song.
That's all for now! Will not be updating the 15th due to working the night shift at my job but will update for the 15th and 16th on Saturday night!
Til next time, lovelies 🩷
Mini Check In August 19, 2023 🎀
So I haven't gotten tested because it's the weekend for me, but based on my current symptoms, there's a good chance I have the vid-19. Which is really not fun, but at least I've been dealing with it a bit. I left work early on Friday and am not able to work today thru Monday, which could potentially cost me my job, but fingers crossed.
I am currently looking to apply for a different job on my university campus, and I already know I'll get the job after I apply (my way of manifesting, lol). It'll be nice to do something a little different than my current job, for sure.
I'm going to try to get back to my regularly scheduled posts and routines as soon as I find myself in better health. I feel bad not posting, but I've also been resting a ton to try and heal faster. But yeah, I currently feel like -12/10 in gems of physical health.
Fingers crossed, I'm better by Tuesday! I have my first cooking class on Tuesday evening, so hopefully I am better and can attend because the professor for that class is amazing!
Also, thank you guys for 150+ followers! Just a few weeks ago, when I started taking my blog seriously, I only had 7 followers so having over 150 now is incredible! I appreciate all of you so much <333
That's all for today! Til next time, lovelies!! 🩷
Day 1 - 20 Day Challenge
so I had to push the start date of the challenge to Wednesday the 29th. I was sick as of Monday and Tuesday, and even on Wednesday night, I got really ill, which I'm still not sure of what caused it, but it was not a good time. There's a couple things I didn't do, but I'd say I'm off to a good start!
☀️ Morning Non Negotiables
low impact youtube workout ❌️
morning journaling routine ✅️
morning hygiene ✅️
⛅️ Daily Non Negotiables
study Spanish 10+ minutes ✅️ (12min)
read 10 pages of a self help book ✅️ (10pgs)
walked 3k to 5k steps ❌️ (2,504steps)
⭐️ Night Routine Non Negotiables
night time hygiene ✅️
night time journaling ✅️
set up for next day ✅️
🌈 Rules
did not wake up at my normal time, accidentally slept in til 8am but was asleep by 1030pm
only had 2 cups of coffee, both before noon. this was hard to do, because I'm so used to having coffee around 3pm, and having 4 cups in a day
drank ~50oz of water if I had to guesstimate. need to do better about that
I didn't get in as many steps as I wanted. it's too hot to go outside, I wasn't feeling well near the end of the day and and I also woke up at 8 am when my goal was 5am, so I ended up skipping the workout. I'm not sure if I would count those as valid reasons or excuses, but those are what happened. I told myself I was going to be honest with this challenge. But it was still a pretty good start!
🎧 Song of the Day: Woke Up - XG
til next time lovelies 🩷
Daily Check-in: Dec 16th 2024 🎀
Made the beginning of a check in for Sunday, saved it to drafts, and now I can't remember a single thing I did on Sunday besides cry from anxiety. Yesterday was good tho, despite honestly not doing much. Being on break is always so difficult for me. I begin to lack energy, motivation, and discipline, and it leaves me feeling very negative about myself. Hopefully I can turn that around soon.
🩷 What I Accomplished
studied Japanese in my Genki I workbook for ~22min
cooked chicken for dinner
took a nap
worked in my 2025 artist of life workbook journal to set up for next year
saved some photos to print for my 2025 vision board + set some goals
zoom called my boyfriend
showered + did my hair oiling/hair care routine
morning journal
💔 What Could've Gone Better
laid in bed for honestly most of the day
over ate a bit
didn't work out
didn't do my skincare at all
didn't journal at night
had to reschedule breakfast with my dad due to anxiety
skipped an online appointment
overall felt really bad about how I spent my day
💕 ToDo Today (Tuesday, 17th)
Japanese + Spanish study tasks from yesterday and today
email therapist about rescheduling Friday's appointment to earlier this week
call physical therapy and cancel Friday's appointment (I'm getting my nails done on Friday and so is one of my roommates so that's why I gotta move stuff around on Friday)
apply for 2 more internships for the summer
morning + night skincare (use a face mask tonight)
morning + night journaling
eat more mindfully
play with my cat a little bit
more work in the artist of life workbook
YouTube pilates workouts
wash makeup brushes
Here's to hoping I follow through with this list today. I'm tired of not keeping promises to myself.
til next time lovelies 🩷
can anyone recommend some content creators that focus on leveling up, developing healthy habits and discipline, healthy financial habits, developing a better mindset, or like content about glowing up in all aspects of life?
especially any financial content creators that share tips on budgeting, saving, investing, and healthy spending habits.
but I'll accept any content creators from any platform that post about any of the mentioned topics, I'd really appreciate it!!
I want to make 2024 a better year for myself then 2023 was, so am looking to consume positive, healthy, leveling up content!
YouTube, Tumblr, Reddit, Insta, TikTok, any content creators/subreddits on these platforms would be highly highly appreciated!
thank you lovelies 🩷