A DAY IN MY LIFE | 9-6 work routine + what I eat in a day working from home

Hello my friends and welcome to another vlog. Now today I decided to share a sort of usual day in my life. Now my days are different from one another and even though I do try to follow a certain routine, things do change from day to day, but this is mostly what I do and this is a work day in my life. So right now it is 6.45 and I'm waking up, kind of wishing I could stay on the comfy blankets for a bit longer and they're so warm and cozy. But no, we've got to move on with our day. Now the day is quite grey today, which is not my favourite days, I like to see some sun there, but still we're going to have a good, productive work day. I'm starting off of course with some water, which is really important for me. So that's why I always like to keep a bottle or a glass somewhere within hand's reach. So now I'm just grabbing my calendar and sort of sketching or planning my day. I do have some things written down, but it's important for me to write down not only work related things, but also personal things, so that I make sure that I keep track with the things that are outside of my work. Now let's start studying a little bit before it is time to start working. And I am so excited to share this with you, because I finally got this pen for the iPad. And it's not an Apple pen of course, because those are very, very expensive. So this is a much, much more affordable option. And I have been wanting to get one for the longest time, and I finally did, and I'm excited. Of course it does not have all of the features of the real one. So for instance, it is not sensitive to how much pressure you put, which is a bit of a downside when you want to draw and stuff, but still it works and I'm excited. So right now I'm going through my text for my postgraduate degree, and I am just reading as much as I can before I have to get ready for work. Having this pencil to highlight seems like so much of a luxury for me, because before I was doing this with my finger. So yeah, it's so, so nice to study like this. The weather has been quite cold lately, and my hands tend to get very, very dry. So I am making sure to hydrate. And I have recently started using this cream, which I got as a birthday present for last year from a very dear person. And I really, really like the packaging and the scent of this cream, and I like it. I think it looks very, very aesthetic. Now before I head into the bathroom to get ready, I want to open up everything a little bit. And you can see that the day is super, super foggy, but I still want to let some fresh air into the room. So right now I'm in the bathroom, I'm getting ready, washing my face as usual, putting all of my skincare products. And also I always wash my armpits in the morning. I don't know why, but this is something that I do because I feel more fresh like this. Grabbing some moisturizer, and I actually need to go and grab another of this because this is almost empty. And then of course, my sunscreen. For the outfit, I am going for something super, super casual, as you can see, but it's also comfortable for a long work day. So before we get into working, I have to prepare some breakfast because if not, you know, we'll get hungry. And I also like to organize my kitchen before I start the day. So I love to have a nice and organized and clean kitchen and it makes me happy. So I take some time to put away all of the things that have been drying throughout the night and I am preparing some oats. So it's a quick and easy thing to do and it's quite healthy too, so I'm all for that. We cannot forget our tea, of course, and I grab this big, big mug and I love to fill it in to the top. And to spice up everything, I am adding a little bit of a chocolate in the middle of the porridge and we're going to mix, mix, mix it all and it will turn into a sweet and chocolatey porridge with some banana. And lastly, I'm adding also some berries because you can never go wrong with this combo. And also the berries are frozen, but they will just warm up with the heat of the porridge. I like to take a couple of minutes before all of the rush of work starts to calmly have my breakfast. I'm not able to do this every single day because on other days I need to rush a little bit more, but whenever I can take some minutes to just enjoy this before my day starts, I really, really like it. Now at nine o'clock, I open my computer and it is a work time. So I usually start by answering all of the mails and different things that have arrived throughout yesterday. And I make sure to make lists because I do have a lot of tasks coming in at all times. So I make sure to have a list of priorities. And this is something that I've been working really hard on, which is prioritizing the most important things and finishing those first. And of course, I painted my nails and this happened because it was, you know, it always happens and we're going to fix that nail somewhere in the day too. So this is how I spend all of my morning. I go into meetings, I answer emails, I do different tasks. So my tasks are pretty, pretty varied and I just spend the morning like this. And now I'm going into the second meeting of the day and it is slowly starting to be lunchtime. The weather is so, so gray, but I want to eat something warm, but also quick and easy to prepare. So I decided to go for some zucchini noodles because I love my spiralizer and I think this is a really fun meal and you can also make it in a very, very short amount of time. So in the middle of the day, I usually have a pause and I'm able to cook something to eat it and to clean my dishes afterwards. And this is a sort of nice pause for me because it breaks up my day into two and I really like it. And I'm using some salsa that I have previously cooked myself and I've freezed a portion. So that's really good because I already know what the salsa has in it and it would taste great. I also decided to add a little egg to this meal and you know me, when there is an egg, there needs to be a bit of bread and this one is actually quite brown, but it will taste amazing nevertheless. Adding a pinch of salt to just bring up all of the flavors and also a tiny bit of pepper and our meal is ready for us to enjoy. Look at this beautiful egg. Oh my gosh, I really, really like toast with egg. Now the zucchini noodles are also really good, but they are very, very hot. So I need to wait for them until they kind of chill down a little bit. And I have a lot of fun with this meal because it is so easy and so quick and also easy to digest, which is always a plus. For dessert, I am grabbing a cookie and I had this on my freezer, so I will be popping that in the microwave. But beforehand, I like to just take care of my dishes and clean them and organize them. I try not to have coffee or tea right after my meal because of the iron absorption. But today I wanted to make a little bit of an exception because the day was really gray and I wanted a cup of love and also a cookie. So I am just brewing a bit of coffee. And with our coffee and our cookie, we are back at our sort of desk, which is actually our dining table. And look at this beautiful, mushy cookie that is warm because we have just microwaved it. It looks amazing and tastes amazing too. I just want to share this moment of beauty with you. So in the afternoons, I work from 2 until 6 and I try to have some sort of active process where I wake up for 5 minutes and I walk a little bit. Because if not, I am sitting all day long, which is not good for my body nor my eyes. And of course, trying to have a look at my agenda and the tasks that I need to get done and keeping that in mind so that I don't lose track of the things that I have to do. And as I said, it's now time for a bit of a pause. And I go outside for a couple of minutes, just breathe a little bit. A plane was flying in the distance and the day was great, but it still was nice to have some fresh air, some breathing and also some people watching, why not? But then it's time to go back to work and we will continue with our chores. I'm having a bit of a snack and I decided to go for a mandarin. It was really, really juicy, so I really enjoyed it. So I'm having a couple of those. But I was a bit hungry, so I decided to also snack on some cookies. And I would rather just have one plate instead of snacking at different moments. But today, you know, we just had to go with the flow and we've done what fits us. It's six now and it's time to close our computer and to get ready for our next thing, which is an appointment with my psychologist. So we need to go upstairs, we need to fetch our computer and come back down. We only have a couple of minutes to do this and it is why the day is a bit hectic, because we don't have much of a pause time between activities. Yes, we're preparing some mate to drink and to be able to chat more comfortably. And we are removing all of the work things to install the non-work things, which are also work elements for different situations, but not precisely for my formal job. And of course, headphones are messy, because I don't know why these things are built in a way in which they get so tangled up. So now I'm just talking with my psychologist. I have started working with her not long ago and I think that she is really cool and really friendly. But I also get very, very emotional sometimes. And today was that precise occasion. And I wanted to share this because at the start of the day, I had planned for a very, very productive day and I wanted to exercise afterwards. I wanted to edit a bit of a video that I had left. But once I finished my consultation, I was a bit emotional, as I said, and I was tired and I didn't feel like doing much. So I decided to take a warm shower, because that always helps. And I decided to have dinner and go to bed. And this is to show that maybe we aim to be really productive and to do a ton of things a day, but sometimes we have to adjust to whatever fits us best. I really hope you enjoyed this video. And if you did, please hit the subscribe button and the little bell, because if not, YouTube might not tell you about my upcoming ones. You can also follow me on Instagram, where I share some snippets of my life and some other random things that I like to share. And last but not least, you can also help me out on Patreon, where you can support my work and help me keep creating. 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