First of all, sorry for a lengthy article.
Everyday we do things that has became our routine. Our habit of grabbing our phone the moment we wake up is already a part of our daily routine. I am happy that I have changed that already when 2021 started. I now start and end my day by praying. It was actually challenging because when I joined read.cash in December 2020, I used to always check the price of bitcoin cash (BCH) and my earnings here. It has been a routine for the whole month of December that I slowly tried to change. Do you have a daily routine?
When I was reading @Firenze's article, a typical daily routine in my life, I told myself that I would also publish an article about my typical day. I told her that I would do it after a week because it was only yesterday when I tried to be productive but I could not wait for next week. LOL. Months ago I have already published articles about a day in my life. The first one was when I had to do some errands. I used to do all things in 1 day like buying groceries, my parents' maintenance medicines and paying bills. Then the other one was sort of my a day in my life with migraine. So basically I still have not yet published what I usually do in a normal day though I also published articles before on what keeps me busy 1 and 2. I think I would have to make an updated article on what keeps me busy these days because I am not active in some of the platforms that I listed there.
This July I told myself that I needed to be more productive. I have already said this a lot of times already that the past few weeks all I did was eat-sleep-draft-publish-repeat. I am not even noisy on noise.cash. I felt so drained that I did not have any energy in my body to interact and do other things. Probably because of lack of sleep due to NBA (National Basketball Association). As if I was an NBA player to not have that energy. LOL. Since the playoffs started, I would have little to no sleep because there were games from 130AM up to 10AM. Yes, I would catch some sleep when the game has started but there were games that I also enjoy watching. Good thing that finals will start tomorrow and it will be at 9AM. Who is it going to be? Phoenix Suns or Milwaukee Bucks? My dad, my brother and I would be on the Phoenix Suns.
Going back, yesterday was the first Monday of July so I have already started being slightly productive. Since yesterday, I woke up around 10AM. Too late? LOL. I slept at 2AM so 8 hours of sleep was still applied. I needed to have that 7-8 hours of sleep so that it would not trigger my migraine. Upon waking up, I prayed. And that is where I would grab my phone next.
The apps/sites that I would open in order are Bitcoin.com, Shopee (for my Shopee coins. LOL. I would check my Shopee Farm and Shopee Candy and my daily log in). After that would be either FREE Bitcoin or Pirate Cash and then last would be read.cash. Months ago it was Bitcoin.com, read.cash, noise.cash, Pirate Cash or FREE Bitcoin and then Shopee.
Anyhow, after checking all of the platforms, it's time for brunch or lunch. Sometimes we eat at 10AM and sometimes we eat at 12PM. It depends on everybody's mood. LOL. However my dad usually eats at around 9-10AM. So if my mom and I cannot join him during those times, he would eat all by himself.
After I had my brunch, I would fix food for my dogs. After they have eaten their meal, me and my dogs would go to the garden for their after meals routine. And it is only after they have done their thing will I also be able to do my own thing. Call of nature, wash my face, brush my teeth and proceed with my morning (or should I say afternoon) skin care routine.
Then these past few days, my godson has been video calling me and my mom around lunch time. So while we are on video call, it is my time to reply to people who messaged me on Instagram and Facebook. After the call, it is time for me to start with my money earning apps/sites.
Yesterday I tried doing 1 hour per platform. I stayed in the dining room so that I would not be tempted to sleep. My mom also sat with me but after an hour she said that her butt hurts. LOL. I stayed there for hours yesterday and today. I would only have my break if I and our dogs would pee and then I would go back to what I am doing. I know I have read a lot of articles yesterday but I think it was only with 2 users. Today I only read a few but with 3 users. I had to charge my phone at 5PM today because I was using my mobile data that made my battery drain fast. We had an intermittent wifi connection this afternoon probably because of the heavy rain and a lot of thunderstorms. When I charged my phone in my room, that is when I laid down and boom, I slept for 2 hours. Not so good. LOL.
It was dinner time when I woke up. After I had my dinner, I usually take our dogs again to the garden for them to pee then it is time for me to prepare either our green tea or calamansi juice. Our after dinner drink that we usually take when we are watching FPJ's Ang Probinsyano (a Filipino drama series) or any movie in HBO or Fox Movies.
Then before I would brush my teeth and wash my face, I would then take out our dogs to pee again. It has been our routine that they would go out from time to time so that they would not pee inside. Though there were still times that they would but I was the one to blame because of my afternoon naps. They would only go out when I will accompany them outside.
After washing my face, it's time for my evening skin care routine and that is the time where I would draft an article. I have been drafting my articles every night but there were times that my brain has a lot of thoughts that I would draft during mid day. But lately, my mind has also been drained that I cannot think of what to share that it is sometimes the reason why I stay up late. I hope that I can go back to the old me wherein I can publish my article around 7-9PM.
My TV is already turned on during the evening news followed by FPJ's Ang Probinsyano then next would be a movie. If there aren't any good movie on HBO or Fox Movies, I would turn it off and open it again by 10PM. It is time for a new Filipino drama series, La Vida Lena, starring Erich Gonzales. Around those times my godson would video call us again but this time I am more focused on the drama. I just love how clear and smooth Erich's skin is. Then I would turn the TV off again then open it by 11PM for a Korean drama series, Two Cops; which is aired on ABS-CBN. After the Korean drama, I am back to drafting or starting my article. After I have published my article, that is the time I can go to sleep. Of course before I would go to sleep, I end my day by praying.
I do not know whether I can manage to keep this kind of routine for weeks. The routine of setting 1 hour per platform. I am only using my phone and yesterday I started to feel that strain on my right wrist. I downloaded a new money earning app the other day and trying my luck. I just hope that it is legit and is worth my time.
I sometimes feel that my life is boring even before when I had my job. Do you also feel the same? How do you manage to make it fun and lively? I get to unwind when my workmates and I would get to drink even once a month and a monthly get together with my high school friends before. However, now that we are experiencing a pandemic, my life has been even more boring. There's no way I can regularly meet my friends because of the fear of contacting the virus. Maybe because I am too focus on being debt free that I forget how to enjoy life. Whatever the reason, all I know that life must go on.
P.S. lead image is a screenshot of a video call with my godson when I was at the salon.
It was fun reading about your daily routine. I like that you have groomed yourself with the habit of starting your day with prayers and ending it with same. It's a very beneficial habit. I'm also trying to set a goal of one hour per platform everyday for myself but I've just been terribly lazy these days. Perhaps, your post is the motivation I needed