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hey friends welcome back having spent
the majority of the year feeling as if I
were drowning mostly under my
self-imposed expectations and
projections of a future that has not yet
arrived I'm happy to share that life has
been pretty good lately
although my workload has not lessened at
all I've learned to find rhythm and
stillness amidst the busyness rather
than finally drift along the tides of
necessity where ease and stress to quote
a book I'm currently reading stillness
is the key by Ryan holiday the gift
every will is that in this life we can
choose to be good or we can choose to be
bad we can choose with standards to hold
ourselves to and what we will regard as
important honorable and admirable the
choice we make in that regard determines
whether we will experience peace or not
and I've been making an active effort
putting in the work choosing wisely to
ensure what experience is more peaceful
than chaotic this was a little preview
of the current state of my apartment
after an incredibly hairy and hectic
week not too bad but there's definitely
work to be done so let's get to it
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here's what I'd like to do by the end of
the day it's gonna be quite ambitious I
know but shoot for the moon right cuz if
you miss you'll land among the stars and
alright right
alright so I'd like to vacuum overall
tidying of the apartment steamed wrinkly
clothes wash bedsheets bring out the
winter clothes organized my skincare
products that I've brought home from
work cook something for the first time
in months and do the dishes but before
we get started let's take some time to
be still someone recently asked what
kind of music I liked and I responded
the sound of silence and I was more
serious than I was joking another quote
from Ryan holiday stillness is what aims
the archers arrow it inspires new ideas
sharpens perspective and illuminates
connections in other words making time
for stillness equals making time for
creativity clarity and productivity so
here's to having a creative clear and
productive day over the past couple of
years vacuuming has quickly grown to
become one of my favorite pastimes I
realize how grandma I sound but have no
shame in my vacuuming game because it
just brings me so much joy I always
start by picking up everything from the
floor so I won't have to vacuum around
islands because I'm gonna clean I'm
gonna clean and my mother trained to me
well so thanks mom anyway vacuuming is
one of those things that's oddly
therapeutic for me I've grown to
associate it as the first step of my
cleaning and tidying routine and it's
just it's wonderful do you guys have
something like this a good trigger for
good habits
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so let's come back to this pile of
clothes it's a bit intimidating and I'm
getting really hungers morold the story
here it's your day to do what you want
to do if you want to check things off
your to-do list linearly do that if you
want to jump around surprise yourself
keep yourself on your toes to have some
fun because why not have fun on our day
off do you boo boo it is your day to
shine if you've been following my
journey for a while you know I'm almost
always at work from as early as 6 a.m.
till after midnight some nights
that's just my reality so suffice to say
I haven't had time to cook let alone
grocery shop all year so when blue apron
reached out to work together I jumped at
the opportunity because yo girl's gotta
eat I'm gonna be super honest here I've
worked myself to the point where I
forgot to eat and this is something I am
absolutely not proud of at all
when I was younger I would have secretly
enjoyed it because hey I'm losing weight
yeah I can be skinny but at this point
of my life I know I'm just being
incredibly reckless and you're
responsible and it is not okay so thank
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starve yourself I'm looking at myself
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blue apron look at that doesn't that
look bomb it tasted fantastic
just watch my reaction to this oh yes
butter lots of butter veggies
as we mentioned in last week's video
I've been making a point to be more
present in the day-to-day like savoring
this meal undisturbed free of any
kdramas podcasts or YouTube videos just
me myself and this work of art if you
constantly have something playing the
music or Netflix or an audiobook sitting
in silence may feel odd at first but I
assure you it will grow to become one of
the most precious minutes of your day
here's me taking my own advice for the
two-minute rule once again if you can do
something in two minutes like cleaning
up after yourself after eating do it for
future you future you with thank you
immensely
now that my belly is happy time to
tackle this pile of clothes the
objective of today is to go through and
physically touch every piece of clothing
that I own ask myself if I've worn it
within the past six months and if not
gracefully let it go and put it in the
donate / sale pile because I haven't
touched it in six months and I probably
never will or you can ask yourself does
it spark joy as I'm decluttering I'm
making use of found time to watch beauty
with ins new video with a very dear
friend of mine
Lea you our editors have gotten so
creative with their edits I'm very proud
but I digress back to hiding clothes
after sorting through what to and not to
keep I separated dresses and very
summery spring clothes we put away in
garment bags for the winter coz
definitely cannot be wearing these when
it's below zero out and also making
space in my closet for chunky sweaters
after finishing Beauty within this video
I popped on an audiobook which is the
book I've been quoting throughout this
video still misses the key I've entered
a season in my life where I'm listening
more than I'm reading and I'm totally
okay with that so long as I'm consuming
content that's helping me be more at
peace with myself in the world around me
I'm not gonna
I'm consuming because that's going my
head by their way all right we're slowly
but very surely making our way down the
to-do list
apart from my personal channel the
channel you're currently watching this
video on I'm also a host on a skincare
channel called beauty within my co-host
Felicia and I make it a point to
carefully vet through which Browns we
decide to work with and which brands we
accept gifted products from but even
then we get some more products that we
can humanely use I mean we only have one
face right this is a total first world
problem I know but it's just something
that's been on my mind and something
I've been trying to be a lot more
conscientious of that fine balance
between doing something as a part of my
job and doing something as a custodian
of this planet in our video with Leo we
talked a lot about simplifying to
amplify be it in skincare or in our
daily lives because skincare really is
self-care and our approach to skincare
can be a mirror reflection to our
lifestyle are we following trends are we
buying all the new hot trendy products
and ingredients and doing what everyone
else is doing we're always being more
mindful and intentional with what we
consume putting in the time to get to
know ourselves including our skin it's
worth noting here that consuming
encompasses what we buy what we eat will
be listened to in theory but we watch
and even the people we surround
ourselves with since all of our lives
our lifestyles and our preferences are
so beautifully unique and different
there really is no black or white answer
to how to be a superstar mindful human I
really believe that the best we can do
is to learn about ourselves listen to
our body and feed ourselves only what we
need regardless if it's our skincare
routine or a self-care routine it's
important to always be mindful of the
things we put into our bodies be it
emotionally physically and spiritually
thank you for coming my TED talk now
we're approaching the tail end of our to
do list I've been meaning to steam my
clothes for I can't even tell you half a
year for a year I think I've had this
steamer for it's just been sitting in my
closet for the longest time and I've
just been coming up with excuses I don't
have a rack I don't have time I don't
want to unbox I don't want to do
these things but you know what today I'm
putting all my excuses aside using my
camera's tripod as a rack steaming to my
heart's content and if you guys haven't
experienced this in a long time doing
something you've been putting off for
that long and accomplishing it and
feeling yourself accomplishing it is one
of the best feelings in the world so if
there's something that you've been
putting off for a long time I encourage
you to do it now especially if it's
something that just takes 5-10 minutes
and I'm sure it'll help kick-start your
very productive day if it's not already
productive already alrighty now we're
really at the very very tail end of the
to-do list so I went out for dinner with
a friend because she very kindly and
gracefully dragged me out of the house
if she didn't I would have stayed home
and worked well into midnight and I've
been filming since like very early in
the morning so here I'm taking out all
my fall and winter mostly sweaters I'm
going to take it all out put it all on
my bed go through every single one of
them and it decide what I want to keep
what I want to give away what I want to
sell and swap the container for my
spring and summer clothes so that I can
put it away into my closet out of sight
out of mind until next year ah 2020
already Wow
I can't believe it's October end of
October
almost November Wow time just this
you're just this you're just completely
fly fly flew by one question for you
guys how are you guys doing
are you guys getting your life together
is it already together would you like it
to be more together please let me know I
hope this video was helpful as always
and we're done
is a very very productive and long day
very very happy little camper so thank
you guys so much for joining me for this
video and thank you so much to blue
apron for sponsoring this video I hope
you guys enjoy the rest of your day
here's the biggest white hug appreciate
you guys ie