Adulting diaries | taking a career break, toxic productivity, friends

This is going to be such a fun and fabulous day, that's how we're going to start it off, on a count of three. Morning you guys, welcome back to my channel, welcome back to another vlog. I'm honestly so sleepy, I think I got like 5 hours of sleep. The thing is that I could totally go back to sleep right now and pretend I never started this video in the first place. However, I had the grand old idea last night, that I want to become a morning person. After 25 years of living, I have decided, it's time. Whether I like it or not, I'm going to be waking up at 6am for the next week maybe? The time I wake up is honestly just never consistent. There's the random days where I'll wake up at 7, then the normal is like 8 or 9, and then the other random days where I'll sleep in a little more. It's just never consistent, which is why I want to do this. I'm trying to train my body to become a morning person, because my mind always, always is going to say no when I hear that alarm clock, but if my body is more used to it, maybe I will be a morning person in this lifetime. The first day is already done because I didn't go back to sleep, I'm going to do a little bit of reading on my Kindle, then I'm going to go downstairs, make coffee, and get this morning started. I need to get my nails done because this is crazy. Okay, so the time that I wake up every day might not be consistent, but what is consistent is what I do right after I wake up. I literally swear by my morning routine, it's very simple, it's usually really quick, but it's always the same. You probably already know my morning routine because I show it in all of my vlogs, but it's waking up, going on my phone, maybe doing a little bit of reading, making my bed, coming downstairs, opening up all of my windows, brushing my teeth, doing my skincare, then drinking my cup of kefir, which is my probiotic, then making my ice latte, and then getting ready for the day. That is pretty much what I do every single day without fail. The only thing I'm trying to add to that morning routine is waking up at a consistent time, which is the entire point of this video. I'm going to make some breakfast right now, I'm so excited for what I'm going to make. I saw a picture of it on Pinterest and I think this is going to be the perfect summer breakfast. And afterwards, we're going to get to cleaning and organizing, that is the main thing that I want to do today. I literally made an entire list of all of the things that I want to get done today in regards to cleaning and organizing. I'm going to wash my comforter, I'm going to clean my vanity, wash my makeup brushes, I'm going to vacuum up here, I bought some flowers yesterday that I need to put into a vase, then I'm going to water all of my plants, and then I need to organize my closet drawers. Today's also Wednesday, so this is like the perfect mid-week reset. After I do all that cleaning, I want to hop on my walking pad. I've been trying to do two miles on my walking pad every single day. I do two miles on speed four, and then after my walking pad, I'm going to go to my matpilates class. I've been really loving that combo of my walking pad combined with a workout class. There's no Love Island tonight, so there's literally nothing to look forward to later in the day. I have been re-watching my novella along with Love Island, so I guess today I'll just watch an extra episode. This isn't just like a cute little breakfast, it's also so frickin' good. I'm going to wash off my makeup right now. I'm jumping into my workouts for the day. So with my walking pad daily walks that I've been doing, I've been using some new little things. This is a- I've had this for years, like literally, maybe like six or seven years. I bought it from Amazon, but it's like the sweet sweat thing. Put it around your waist while you're working out, and it basically makes you sweat like crazy. Like I said, I've had this for years, and this is something new that I'm adding. I used this last year before I started going to my workout classes. I was basically just going on runs around my neighborhood. I don't know what you would call this, like an insulated sweat hoodie, but it's basically like this material. You put it on while you're working out or going for a run or a walk or whatever. It makes you sweat like crazy. You're probably wondering like, why are you doing this? Are you preparing for war or something? I've been on a very fun weight loss journey of my own for like a year now. I feel like for the first time ever in my entire life, I've really developed a love for working out and just working on myself physically, and it's still ongoing. I don't want to talk about it and share like wisdom when I'm very much like in the middle of that journey. I feel like it's really changed me for the better. It's changed my habits, my priorities, how I manage my times. I'm doing this little journey completely on my own. Like I'm not losing weight with another person. I don't have a trainer. I don't have like a chef or a nutritionist that's telling me what to eat, and that's been both the hardest part and the most rewarding part because if I'm not telling myself to do it, no one else is. Last year, I would say like the first four to five months of me starting to go to workout classes, of me doing it consistently, of me being mindful and intentional with the foods that I'm eating. Like literally the moment I started caring about my health, I lost about 30-ish pounds. It might have been a little bit less, but almost 30 pounds. And then when I got to that point, that's when I learned that your body adjusts and adapts to whatever it is that you're doing. Obviously, this sounds like such a no-brainer. Like I remember towards the end of last year, I got stuck in the weight that I was at. Pretty much doing everything that lost me the 30-ish pounds, but now I was just stuck. That's when I discovered that I needed to add something or take something away because my body had just adapted without telling me. Fast forward to now, I'm really, really close to my goal. And then after that, it'll just be about maintaining, which will probably be like another learning experience I'll be learning as I go about it, which I'm excited about because I'm pretty much doing everything and anything that feels good. Just being healthy is pretty much the goal. So there's absolutely no restraining for me. It's just more about self-control and balance, which again is something I've been learning in this journey of mine. How did we get to this conversation? I was literally talking about the... Basically, what I'm saying is I'm switching it up with my cardio situation. That's adding these two as I'm on my walking pad. And the main thing I do when I do this is hydrate. But yeah, that's my little story of my little journey that I'm on. I don't talk about it too much on here because I think weight loss journeys or health journeys, that is seriously so personal and I feel like it's so unique to every person. So like what's working for me might not work for you guys. I just listen to my body and go with what feels good and feels healthy. I'm going to take off my makeup, put this on, and we're going to hop on my walking pad and then Pilates. I've said that like a million times. You know what I'm doing. Yeah, I definitely need a good shower. That was literally the most amazing class. It was like 100 degrees in there though, and it's 87 degrees outside. But that was amazing. Okay, I'm about to go to sleep and call it a night, but I'm going to do a little recap of my first day of this little challenge. I got home from my Pilates class, I showered, I had dinner. When I tell you guys, I was so exhausted, like sleepy, exhausted. I could fall asleep on a chair. I was so sleepy and it was like 7pm, but I did edit the footage that I got today and I just blow dried my hair because I'm trying to avoid a bad hair day tomorrow, like today. I tried doing like the Kylie curls that I've seen on TikTok, but yeah today was a really really good productive day. Also just like a quick observation that I feel like is common knowledge at this point, the people that are waking up at like 4 in the morning, 5 in the morning versus the people that are waking up a few hours after them, the level of productivity tends to be the exact same because the people that are waking up at like 4, 5 in the morning, they're going to sleep at like 9pm. So if you're not waking up when the sun's coming out, it doesn't mean you're lazy or you're not going to have a productive day, it just means you're going to be up later than the people that are waking up at like 4 in the morning. So this challenge of mine isn't really to make me more productive because I do feel like I get the most out of my days already. What I'm trying to do here is do exactly what I did today, which is waking up a little earlier than I need to, so that way now that it's literally 10.30pm, I'm done. My mind is telling me like let me scroll on my phone for a few hours, but my body is done for the day. It's time for your morning wake up call with Jada. First of all, you need to wake up. Good morning you guys, it's another morning. I was on my phone for a little bit and then I just hopped out of bed because if I stayed in that bed for one more second, we wouldn't be here right now. So I came downstairs, did my skincare, and I feel like now I'm starting to wake up a little bit. The main highlight and why I'm finding this whole thing to be a lot easier than I thought is because the sun is already out right before 6. Like if it's completely pitch black outside, there is absolutely no way that I'm going to do this consistently, but I feel like during the summer when the days are longer, the sun is out earlier, it just makes sense and it really does help me make the most of a day. Also my sleep score with my Oura Ring was really really good. Today I got an 83. I thought I was going to get like a 50 or something because I feel tired. I went to bed around 11, woke up at 6, so it wasn't the longest amount of sleep, but I feel like I got what I needed. I just texted my nail lady to hopefully get my nails done today. They are so bad. I do not want to get my nails done today. I want to be productive and just like be on the go today and sitting down for like an hour does not sound fun at all. But these nails are so bad. So bad. So we'll see if she can fit me in today. Today's going to be a fun day. Oh! She said I want to come now. Well I gotta make my coffee first. Okay, turns out I am getting my nails done. It's in 20 minutes, which means I have to leave my house in 10 minutes. I want to go to a coffee shop right after, so I have to pack my bag, get fully ready, and be out the door in 10 minutes. I have my coffee, so all is good. Also, that color is what dreams are made of. I do not remember the last time I got a nail appointment this early, but I do like that I'm going to get it out of the way and I'm going to have the rest of the day to do everything else. This is the inspo right here. I want like a fun summer color. Let's go get these nails done. Guys, I am so happy with my nails. They're so different and I'm honestly in shock with myself that I don't hate them. So we got the first set of summer nails. I went with the color Red Ferrari by D&D. Okay, just finished up at the coffee shop. The croissant that I got was so insanely good. I also got a little coffee. Tell me if this is an unpopular opinion, but I despise the nugget ice with my entire soul. I think for iced coffee, it is actually the worst ice ever because it's so small. It melts in like two seconds, so then you're just drinking water with your coffee. I'm not a fan of it. Anyways, I think before I go back home, I'm going to stop at HomeGoods really, really quickly. I don't plan on getting much. You know what? I'm going to actually shut up because every single time I go anywhere like TJ Maxx, HomeGoods, Barnes & Noble, I always say I'm not going to get much. I'm just going to browse. I'm just going to look and then I'm a big fat liar. I'm just going to shut my mouth. My reason for going is because I need new candles. I have no candles at my house right now, which is rare. So I'm going to go and look for some summer scented ones. I got some good stuff. Two bags worth of good stuff. HomeGoods literally has the cutest summer things right now. It's honestly really hard because they have like the cutest trinkets and plates and cups, but I feel like I have to find an actual purpose for these things. Like how many cups or mugs do I actually need? But we got some good stuff. Let me show you guys. I got my dog a toy, obviously. This isn't too exciting, but I got a beach towel. It's white and beige. They didn't have a lot of choices, but I really needed one because I think I'm going to the beach either tomorrow or the day after. I got this little bowl that I thought would be so perfect for yogurt or a snack or literally anything. I got it on clearance for literally $5. And then I got this plate. Literally one single plate, but I just thought it was so pretty. I got a little glass tray for my skincare. I have a tray where I have all of my skincare, but it is way too small. So I have a bunch of products behind it, a bunch of products in front of it. It's just a whole mess, so I really needed a bigger one. It's glass and it was only $12, which is great. Last but not least, I got some candles. I got this one by Sand and Fog. It's called California Citron. Look how pretty and summery that is. This is also by Sand and Fog and it's called Sunwashed Citrus. How pretty is this candle? This literally smells like a perfume. It smells so, so, so freaking good. What is this called? They put the price tag literally right over the name. But anyways, that was really successful. I'm going to go back home, put all of this away, and organize my new little tray that I got. It is day three. Today was actually the first day where I heard my alarm and I didn't immediately want to cry. So I will say, it's actually getting easier. We're going to the beach today. Not for a while though, because it's literally 6am right now. I'm not leaving until like noon. I'm probably going to do some reading and some editing in bed, make some breakfast, and just have like a whole morning before I start getting ready for the beach. But yeah, we're up bright and early and I don't hate it. I'm going to pack some snacks, my sunscreen, a book, my beach towel that I got yesterday, and my friend's taking us a Jersey Mike sandwich. Okay, let's go to Malibu. Do you guys see that tan? Also, that right there is the K from my necklace. Mistakes were made today. I just took what I'm considering to be one of the best showers of my entire life. I was sticky from the tanning oils. I was covered in sand. My skin desperately needed to feel cool. After my shower, I applied this product right here. It's from Clarins. They actually sent it to me and this is the first time I'm using it. It not only smells amazing, but I feel like it actually works. If you're going to be tanning or you're going to be in the sun a lot this summer, it intensely rehydrates, nourishes, and soothes the skin, and it provides comfort after the harmful effects of sun exposure and helps prolong a tan. I'm obsessed. I drenched my body in this. Anyways, I'm going to watch the new episode of Love Island right now. I'm so excited. Tonight.