Motivation, Inspiration

Adjusting to a new routine over and over can be quite exhausting and once I got comfortable with it, I stopped doing a lot of things.

This is how I am and how I have been for the last few years. I ramp up passion for the thing I'm focusing on at the moment, use that passion to achieve my goal and then I just slide back down because I'm comfortable. Then I have these periods of lowness. 

I am aware that it's happening. So a few weeks ago I started vlogging again, I edited a vlog, and put it up, and made more vlogs, but haven't edited those... I really should. I've also been going on more walks outside lately, but I haven't gone to the gym in a while. Also having unbalanced meals and not being a healthy eater as usual. It's Spring though, so it does call for more eating out with friends and so forth, but with that kind of diet, I really should bring in more healthy food too and go to the gym. 

I think once I get back to that routine again, I'll also get out of this weird hole where I am lacking inspiration and motivation to do things.

I really want to achieve a bunch of things, but right now I'm stuck in a lul. Today I found out that there will be a Miniso opening up in my city and I am THRILLED! I immediately looked up photos on Instagram for the types of products that they have, and I hate saying this but it's true, as soon as I saw some of the items I felt inspired again and motivated to type up this post too. They have some really nice stationary and I feel that if I go there I would get some inspiration for my bujo and also want to do more creative things. I also got some ideas for haul and review videos. After doing a quick search online, I found out that there weren't a lot of reviews on the Canadian stores/products so I think I could grab some items and try them out and provide a blog or review on them. Yay, content ideas!

I might also try a change of working environment. I think I'll try working at my dining table for a little bit. Not sure if I could work on the couch, I can't use the trackpad quite as well as an external mouse, haha. I don't know how people do it! 

I also need to read more books... I'm trying but technology wins me over everytime. Luckily I get my books from the library and the period of borrowing is 2 weeks maximum, so I have that timeline to keep me reading. 

And yeah trying to wake up earlier isn't really working for me right now... but I'm noticing that the sun wakes me up pretty early now, so I just need to force myself to get out of bed at those times! 

So with all of this, I gotta start things slow and work my way up.

I'll continue to bujo as I have been, eat healthier/more veggies, go to the gym, read more books, go for more walks, colour, make cards. All the creative stuff that focuses on my well-being. Then I'll focus on making more content, keeping up with socials (this is the toughest part for me as before I've just been taking an unnatural approach and commenting on whatever. I'll start commenting in a natural way and things that I am truly passionate about), and keeping a schedule/routine. 

Super chill.

It's Saturday night right now and we did quite a bit yesterday and today!

Yesterday we went to have dinner with the famjam and also took Tofu for a walk! It was nice to see him go on a walk while it's really nice outside. :) We also went out on the patio to relax for a bit and just chilled as per usual on our Fridays.

Saturday: Today we went to OEB for brunch with a bunch of friends and also went to a Cinco De Mayo party that was hosted by the boif's co-worker. It was fun hanging out with people that I haven't seen in a while. Had some good bean dip too and some candy. I also got an eye exam to get my glasses prescription updated. Hoorah, my prescription went down!

When I got home I immediately went online to go buy some glasses. Took me a few hours to choose which one I wanted. I used the virtual try-on component on the website to see what the glasses would look like on me, and I went with my initial choice. I wonder how long it'll take for the glasses to get here. I'm pretty excited to wear them! They're more fashion-friendly I think than my current pair of glasses. I'm really loving the round-ish thin frame look right now. 

Just chilling out to some tunes now. I think I'm going to go remove my makeup now and do a mini-spa for the night. 

Sunday: Today we went for dim sum with some friends to catch up. It was pretty good and it was sooo nice and hot outside after we went outside of the restaurant. Went to the mall to grab a gift and a Mother's Day card, and then went back home to watch Ainori. I went to Starbucks with a friend for a bit to catch up and chat, and then went back home and made poke for dinner. Watched more Ainori until the power went out... that was weird! The power came back on after a few minutes but it looks like the other building doesn't have their power back yet. There are some trucks outside right now which look like they are here to fix the power.

We're just watching some Twitch stuff from our friend. I'm going to go pick out my work outfit for tomorrow soon and have a chill evening before going to bed. This weekend was pretty relaxing with lots of socializing! 

Expo weekend

I totally forgot to blog about this weekend and it's already Thursday!

Thursday - Friends came over and we ordered some food from Redheads Cafe and watched our friend's streams of Japan. I also got my overtone conditioner in extreme purple and dyed my hair with it again, the colour is back now! My hair is purple again.

Friday - Day off, volunteered at the expo. Volunteered at the parade. Was fun and exhausting. Had subway for lunch and dinner.

Saturday - Also volunteered, covered a bunch of panels, bought a shirt from nomsdesigns and a porg pop and a gift for a friend. Was pretty exhausted. Hung out with friends for bbt.

Sunday - Helped the bf's parents with their move and had dinner together.

Monday - Took the day off to recoup and catch up on some stuff! Edited. Also vlogged.

The weather was super nice during the weekend and it rained quite a bit as well. We're seeing really nice temperatures this Spring so far. Today it was about 20 degrees!

IT'S FINALLY SPRING!

This week was pretty surreal. I had my freelance meeting on Thursday night and my client smoked. n the past, being near smoke/people who smoke had bothered me... but then as an adult it didn't as much. So I thought I would've been okay. It didn't bug me at that moment. But then I woke up on Friday feeling gross and had a sore throat. I really couldn't talk without straining my throat. T_T

So I took a sick day and slept it off. I felt much better in the evening and yesterday, but now it's starting to come back. Gotta take care of my throat more!

Friday - We had dinner with the fam jam, played with Tofu for a bit, and watched a new series on Netfix called Love Bus (Ainori). It's about people looking for romance while traveling and they all travel together in one country on a pink bus! Also got some burnt honey cardamom icecream to share. It tasted more like orange rinds... really weird! We also got some avocados from Blush Lane and I also bought some Lavender aromatherapy mist. Yay :)

Saturday - My weekend really felt like a long one starting today. More sunlight meant more time to enjoy the outdoors :) I made some miso soup for breakfast, then walked downtown and to the mall to pick up some facial cotton pads as I was running out, some lotion and a foundation brush. I popped by Sephora for a bit to see if there were any Bite Beauty multisticks I wanted to get, but there wasn't, so I didn't get anything. I got some dust cloths from Simons and then went to the Korean food mart to get some seaweed salad. I also got some ume flower tea, houjicha bottled tea (I was super thirsty at that time!), and some black thunder gold chocolate bars for the boif. I was out for a few hours and came home pretty energized! I hadn't been on a stroll like that for a while, and having great weather really helped. :) Oh I also got a nice floral top from H&M as well! My floral collection is growing!

I winded the night down with some video editing for a vlog I made that day and had some of the tea. It wasn't pink like the photo, but it was not bad. I don't think I would get it again, but it'll last a while.

I also cleaned the house too with my new dusting cloths and vacuumed a bit too. Yay, clean! Also made pasta for dinner.

Today - I went out on another stroll since last night I was using my sample of the Olehenriksen gel cleanser and saw that I was running out. I thought I'd stock up at Sephora today since the sale was going on, so I did. I also got another coconut lip butter from RMSF and big bottle of shampoo there to refill my bottle. I also got poutine from The Guild for poutine week. It was good! No squeaky cheese, but I liked it. :) After this weekend of shopping, I can say I'm going to go on a retail hermit now. I've stocked up on what I needed to. Going to save now for just food and bills. I'm pretty sure I spent over $100 this weekend, which isn't too bad... but still, that's more than I would usually spend. T_T

I walked home and I was so exhausted and sweaty. I vlogged and ate my poutine, watched a few YouTube videos and took a nap. It's now after 6, and I'm wondering what I should do for dinner. I could go eat out... or I could make soup. I'm going to go take the recycling and garbage out and think about it. Think I might go for another stroll lol... hmm.

Spring please

This week was my first week out of training! I had a rough day during the week but quickly picked myself back up after and learned so much.

It's definitely a challenge to work remotely. It's easy to feel like you don't have any support as you're not working with colleagues physically. I'm enjoying working remotely but this is something I am understanding as I work more. I'm really grateful that we have ways of communicating though even though we are remote, and it doesn't rely on emails, so it's almost like having everyone there at your fingertips :)

Anyway, this weekend was a quieter one and I went out for a bit longer.

Friday - Had dinner and went to go return my headset. I did so much research over the week and found out that the mic quality of the headset isn't the greatest... and I ended up buying a pink headset :D

Saturday - Went to OEB for brunch, had the upstream benny with the bae, and it was so nice outside so we walked to the mall. I went to Simons for a bit and to the bank. It was a really nice day. Looked at glasses and clothes for the rest of the day and had instant ramen and steamed veggies for dinner. Also cleaned the house and did a bit of ingredient prep for lunches this week. I also asked for a refund for an item of clothing that I didn't receive from an order I had placed. I was really looking forward to the item, but it also looks like it's no longer in stock, so I went with the option to get a refund.

Today I was going to have a freelance meeting, but we're going to reschedule later in the week. I also thought about some things I'd like to stock up on... but I can just do that when I run out of those items. I'm trying to be a little bit more minimalist. My closet is growing though... I'm starting to want lots of florals and pastel clothing. I could do another closet purge but I keep thinking that I may want to wear these again for another occasion. I guess the influx of my desire to want more various types is because everyday is casual Friday for me... lol.

Anyway, the items I am looking to stock up on are: shampoo, cotton pads, and coffee. We just drank our last bit of McD's coffee today so I thought I would go out for a stroll to grab some Fratello coffee after writing this post. I also want to get some sandals for the spring, and maybe some lighter coloured sneakers.

I also need to re-organize our shoe area today too.

I worked on getting my portfolio site back... just need to wait a bit to see if my domain will be back too though. I'm going to download everything and then move to a free host. I just haven't had the time and energy to work on my portfolio site, so I think it's time that I take that expense out. I had to pay my invoice but there is a 30 day money-back guarantee, so hopefully I can try that. It also looks like my hosting provider has updated their servers... so I'll see how it is so far and make my decision based on that... most likely leaning towards free, though!


I'm a bit lazy to go to the mall to go look at shoes. I heard it was going to snow again tomorrow so... maybe I will wait until the nice weather sticks around :)

I need to work on waking up earlier on weekdays. It's so tough for me since my schedule has been all over the place for the last 3 months.... I found this week was toughest because I kept trying to rush through breakfast, when I really shouldn't be doing that.

Going to go grab the coffee beans now. And maybe some PB2 for our smoothies!

It's still snowing

It snowed again towards the end of the week. Ahhhh! I want to go outside and enjoy the outside/fresh air... but it's been so cold lately.

Weekend round up:

Friday - Had dinner with the famjam, and didn't do much. Watched some Bad Guys on Netflix and did some journaling again. Yay!

Saturday - A friend came over to hang out and I did some online 'window' shopping on some Sailor Moon handmade necklaces. I put them into my cart but I am still debating...  We then went to our friend's birthday party dinner, and met some new people and had some nice convos and food :) Watched Tag on Netflix.

Sunday - Went to get a new gaming headset today. Then a colleague of mine showed me some pink ones, and I am curious to how they will be! Did some filming today and went to Noodle World for dinner. For the rest of the night I will do some journaling and just watch some YouTube videos.

To the side

This week was a bit of a challenge.

Haven't really slept early at all... so it was a bit of a struggle each morning to get up early but all good, I get up at a decent time to shower, get dressed and eat food. Definitely going to try to sleep earlier this week though because I like to wake up at least an hour before work to just... relax and start my day :)

Friday - I worked the stat since we are still mentoring and afterward we went to eat dinner at my family's and played with Tofu. Then we went to watch Ready Player One and got home pretty late. The movie was good :)

Saturday - A friend came over to discuss ideas and we all went out for some coffee at Sought x Found. Also tried a black sesame croissant there from Butter Block Co. It was good :) I would come back :) Coffee cost more than I would usually spend, so I think I'll try their drip coffee next time. Afterward, went for food at Migarock, explored a Russian and also a Korean mart and then watched Pacific Rim Uprising with another friend couple. Food was good and the movie was good :) Then had a chill night. Also cleaned the house :D

Sunday - Today we watched the last episode of Riverdale (I think it's the last ep of the season???), had breakfast and some leftovers for lunch. I went to the market and got some more tortilla chips and some cookies to fuel my week haha. I am currently eating homemade guac and some salsa with tortilla chips. Not sure what I want to do for dinner... I do have some leftovers but I kind of want to order in or pick up something... I dunno, I really like eating out during weekends/days offs now because I usually eat whatever is at home while I am working. I also want to save my leftovers for lunch tomorrow. Doing some laundry right now.

I've also been thinking of ways to gain side income... hence the title of this post. Hmm...

Other things I need to do today are: wash the dishes, finish drying the laundry, watch some videos my colleague made, chillax... and probably clean my office again.

I haven't journaled in so long either ahhh....