Getting out of a rut during self-isolation: staying motivated & productive #workfromhome

I'm not going to lie, I set my alarm at like 8 and I was like oh my god, I'm going to like get this done. I'm going to do so much and it just didn't happen. Sometimes our bodies are like, hey girl, I need some sleep, okay? But honestly, I woke up kind of stressed, I woke up kind of like, I don't know, feeling some type of way. Excuse my hair, literally, like as you know, I just woke up. Don't come at me in the comments. So I was like, you know what, I'm going to whip out my camera and I'm going to tell people and show people how to just feel better about this whole situation and how to get out of a rut, a general rut when you're in self-isolation because honestly, being at home is a blessing. As people say, you're not stuck at home, you're safe at home. Sometimes it is still hard, it still gets to you and it's totally fine if it does. I mean, your feelings are valid. There's no reason why you should, you know, feel guilty for feeling a type of way because I mean, the world is literally going through, it's going through it right now. I was like, you know what, I'm going to just show people what I do when I'm feeling this way. This might not really relate to you or you might have a completely different routine or whatever but I hope it just inspires you to just get up, get dressed or it gives you some type of entertainment because that is great too. I'm going to go, I'm going to make my bed because honestly, making my bed, I do it every day. I'm not even going to lie, I'm not trying to like flex. I make my bed every day. But it's true, I make my bed every day. I don't know if it's like the fear of my mom yelling at me or I just feel better. I think it's more so that it just makes me feel like, okay, you know what, I made my bed. That is a sign. It's time to start my day. Let's take it second most minute by minute. So I put on my Sunday's best. I don't even know what that means. What does Sunday's best mean? It's a song. But I put on this workout outfit. I usually, if I'm feeling very unmotivated, I usually will actually put on an actual outfit. But I'm also feeling unmotivated to work out today. And I know today is a day where I just want to move my body. I want to feel something. And so I was like, you know what, I'm more likely to work out if I'm already in my workout clothes. I discovered, guys, that it has a thing for your phone. That literally changes my whole life. This is amazing. Something that gets me like really excited to get up in the morning is to have a good breakfast or like my favorite breakfast. I have been loving making banana pancakes from Blogilates. She made a really short video one day on her Instagram on how to make banana pancakes. And I have been... I'm going to turn into a banana pancake. It's nice to take care of something every day. Obviously, we take care of Shasta, which is our cat. But it's nice to care for something and see something grow. Like I got so excited when this one... Oh my gosh. This plant was dying. And then we planted her in this really cute... So cute. This cute pot from Urban Outfitters. And she just started blossoming. She started growing. And it's like... It's incredible. She literally came back to life. Because, you know, just how you take care of yourself, you know. It's nice to water these plants too. Now, it is coffee time. I love making my cup of, you know, my cafecito. My coffee time is just... Very special to me. I've been really into my iced lattes, you know. They're so good. But I've been making them here at home. So I just pop her in. And then what I do is when the coffee comes out, it comes out hot. So I just put it in the fridge. Or if I want to speed up the process a little bit, I put it in the freezer. And just like pour it over ice. And then add like my creamer and stuff. And it is so good. It's so funny. I feel like this whole vlog has been me in the kitchen. I mean, what can I say? Food makes me happy. Coffee makes me happy. Guys, this coffee is so good. Good, I'm telling you. That Nespresso changed my life. I know I'm in workout clothes because, like I said, I'm going to be working out a little bit later. But I caught a glimpse of my under eye bags this morning in the mirror. So I was like, let me do something. Like I know I'm going to be working out. But just like something like eyebrow gel can, you know, spruce it up a little bit. Or usually when I'm feeling like bleh. And like I'm going to be working out. Or, you know, obviously I'm not wearing like full face of makeup these days. But what I really like doing is my brows. And then I throw on some chapstick. Can you guys hear how congested I am from this pollen? Guys, I haven't even gone outside today. Like I don't understand. Like how does it come in? And then what really does it is the cloud paint from Lossie. I love this stuff. It's so good. Pausing my work for a split second because I wanted to talk to you about some tips. And some things that I've been doing to just kind of keep my productivity as high as I can at the moment. Obviously, things are weird. It's really hard to function at a normal level for some people or function at all when everything is happening. Obviously, people are in different situations. There's people who have lost a family member because of this. Or people who have to take care of a family member so their entire life is on hold. Or just a bunch of different reasons. But things that have been helping me are or is my bullet journal. I could just talk endlessly about this thing. Why I love it so much. It's literally changed the way I work. It's just amazing. So if you're wondering which bullet journal I have. I have the one from Archer and Olive. And oh my gosh. It's just changed my freaking life. Let me quickly explain. If you don't know what a bullet journal is, I'm well aware that not everyone knows what it is. So basically, a bullet journal is a blank journal. This is how I would define it. It's a blank journal. Typically, people like to use the ones that are dotted. And essentially, you make it what you want it to be. So some people use it more as a journal where they write out their thoughts. And their feelings. And their moods. And their hopes. And their dreams. But for me, I like to use it for productivity. So what I do is every single month, I have a theme. And this is my favorite part. If you're looking for inspiration, you can look to my sister. Actually, a little plug. My sister is an incredible artist, illustrator. She has like the cutest drawings. I'm telling her to make more bullet journal videos. Or obviously, the queen is Amanda Rach Lee. She's the best. She's the bomb. Honestly, I've been watching her for forever. And she's actually the one who got me into bullet journaling. So you get a real MVP. But this month, you can see I made my own little calendar. And here, obviously, I just use it as a regular calendar. I'll write anything. Obviously, there's not a lot going on this month as you can see. But I'll just like write things that are happening this month. And here is where I write just like basically all of the to-dos that I have for every single day. So it's really fun. I really like it because you can really just track your habits. You can make a habit tracker. You can make all that. So many things. The possibilities are endless. What I like to do is every night before I go to sleep, not every night, but I try. I'll write what I need to do the next day because I feel like I'm more likely to get up at a certain time. I'm more likely to just like get cracking when I know exactly what I'm supposed to be doing for the day. So for today, what I'm actually doing is... So today, I'm looking for more jobs. There's not a lot of jobs in If You're Wondering What I'm Doing. I'm in UX, user experience design or product design. And I'm looking for jobs that are for like entry-level, junior-level, early professionals because I don't have much experience in UX design. So that's what I'm doing. There's not a lot of entry-level positions open right now. So I'm just trying to see what I can find. I'm trying to organize, basically organize the stuff on my computer into folders. So when I hopefully, fingers crossed, get an interview, people will be like, oh my god, can I see more information about this? And I'll be like, girl, can you see more information about this? I got you. And yeah, that's really all I can do right now because I have applied to feels like everything available for early UX designers in Atlanta. That really helps me to just plan the night before because I get kind of excited about the things that I need to do. You know, just think of it differently. Just be like, you know what, I'm excited that I have the chance to be looking for jobs. You know, I'm excited that I have, that I'm in this cool new field of UX design. It's like super futuristic and really cool to be designing digital products and stuff. So it helps to have a different mentality. I should probably get back to doing stuff. I'm working from home. Say hi to my vlog. What up? Say who you are. Who are you? What's your name? I feel like I'm introducing like a little kid like, what's your name? Say hi. The time is now. I can't procrastinate working out any longer because I know the longer I wait, the less I'm going to feel like doing it. But I actually feel, you know, I'm feeling ready. I'm feeling motivated. I actually made up my own, I wrote it in my phone. So I made up a completely just like random mix of cardio moves and ab moves. And I'm doing it, there's seven moves and I'm going to do it four rounds. Each round is seven moves and I'm going to do that four times if that makes sense. And that'll be like 30 minutes, I think. I'm going to put some music on and just kind of have fun. Everyone's nervous to start it. Yes. Twice today. It's been like nine hours. Yeah, it's been nine hours. I've taken them around my day. They've seen a lot. It is very late now. It's like 11. Oh my gosh, it's midnight. Please excuse my hair. I just took a shower and I didn't wash my hair. And I kind of wish I did wash my hair because, what is this? Anyways. Yeah, the movie was so cute. We watched All the Boys Part 2 and it was really cute. I really hope that this gave you a little bit of inspiration, a little bit of motivation to just get outside or just hang out with your fam, do something fun. Obviously, I know a lot of people are working and can't. But if you can take just a second to just slow down or just even if it helps to just change the way you work because obviously a lot of people are working from home now. But yes, I hope that it helped you or at least gave you a little bit of a distraction from everything that's happening in the world right now because it's literally crazy. But I'm just going to wash my face, brush my teeth, go to sleep. Hopefully, have a good day tomorrow. I think it's going to be really sunny tomorrow which I'm really excited about. But I'll see you in my next video. Thanks for watching. Bye.