Life during the coronavirus quarantine can sometimes feel like this...
But more often than not, it feels like this
Attention everybody. Okay. I'm clearly losing my mind. Day 40 of the quarantine is getting to me.
In this video, I'm going to show you what my life was like before the pandemic and
what it's been like after - oh s*t - hectic. It's a miracle
You'll get a behind-the-scenes look at my life while working from home in Miami, Florida
including how I make money online how I've been spending my time and the best
place to grocery shop during the shutdown you might be surprised. OMG!
this turtle! Oh no... hi I'm Kristin and I've been working online and traveling as a
full-time did you don't know Matt for more than 10 years many years
a typical day in my life has looked a little something like this
however like most of you watching this right now I'm quarantined but by making
the most of it I think who really knows anyway let me
know in the comments where are you or were you quarantined and how is it all
going I'm super curious and would love to hear your stories I really wish I was
more of a morning person and specifically part of the 4 a.m. club but
I'm not I usually wake up between 7 or 8 a.m. which I'm counting as a win because
before the quarantine I was usually too jet-lagged to know or care what day or
time it was my morning routine is solid though folks even though sometimes it
starts in the afternoon first I wake up brush my teeth and then immediately make
my bed and chug 10 to 12 ounces of water before thoroughly caffeinated myself
then it's time to meditate for anywhere from 20 minutes to an hour I've been
meditating consistently for 3 years now with about a thousand days logged in my
meditation app it's called insight timer if you want to check it out and in
January of 2020 I completed my first ever ten day Vipassana silent meditation
course in the mountains of beautiful British Columbia Canada you can hear all
about it in a recent episode of my podcast badass digital nomads which I'll
link to in this video's description after I meditate it's time to wake up
and work out I used to go to barre or boot camp class but since the quarantine I've
been doing at home work out obvious let's work out specifically pure barre and
the Tracy Anderson method because I have a major girl crush on Tracy Anderson
and then it's time for a shower always cold though we are in Florida after all
speaking of which it's Sunday morning and my neighbors are going out on the
boat or the paddleboard so I'm gonna join them
then since I'm quarantined on the water here in Miami for a few months my
neighbors and I will usually go out for a morning stand-up paddle while social
distancing calm down it's really nice though and I really legit can't believe
I lived without a paddle board before it's amazing I feel really lucky to be
able to do this and sometimes I bring my coffee with me on the paddleboard
sometimes music and sometimes we just chill but we usually always see
some wildlife like a shark or a manatee or some fish or an iguana or
something like that. That's an iguana on the branch like right at the
very top
it's a jungle out there then it's time to come back home and make breakfast
I've been eating super clean lately and I just did two rounds of Whole30 which
is no processed food no sugar no gluten no dairy none of that so breakfast is
usually eggs and some kind of veggies and a side of fruit and coffee of course
and I always eat outside while listening to an inspiring podcast or one of my
podcasts or a YouTube video and sometimes I also read or journal before
officially it's starting my day you can see why I like the mornings the most
it's so fun and now it's time to start working so if I workout in the morning I
usually don't start working until 11:00 a.m. which is kind of late but if I
workout in the evening I start working at 9:00 a.m. and my workday pretty much
consists of me standing at my desk all day
It's not that interesting when I'm working at home at least. so what types of
things do I do at work? well before the quarantine
I owned a relocation company so I would help people plan their relocations and
moves to foreign countries that meant a lot of property searches project
management research and phone calls then my side hustle which I guess is my main
hustle now that no one can travel is content creation so before I would be
out filming travel videos but now I'm focusing on editing my library of stuff
and writing and recording more podcasts I write on medium for extra income and
practice and also ghost write for different clients I also create videos
for different people and businesses and for my youtube channels this one
Traveling with Kristin and youtube.com/digitalnomad and I publish two
weekly podcasts plus articles for my blog and website it's a lot of work I
also spend a lot of time working on digital products and courses like my new
Make Money Mentorship program which you can check out in this video's description
and then I eat lunch which I also eat outside and after that it's time for my
second work block this is usually about the same time when I'll run out of
energy motivation and my good mood from the morning I really despise the time of
day between lunch and dinner like from 3 to 5 p.m. but it's a necessary evil so I
do what I have to do so during that time I'll batch all of my shallow work into
this time of day when my brain is less creative and less happy
so administrative stuff and email usually
I spend a lot of time answering messages and emails every day and also engaging
with my Facebook group which you can join it's called Badass Digital Nomads
a work from home tip that I share with everyone is to try to figure out when
your peak hours of the day are for productivity so that way when your
energy dips you can use that time to do things like run errands or go to the
grocery store or something like that. Okay I'm gonna run some errands
everything that I need in life is within walking distance or biking distance so
it's really convenient you knew this was coming guys we're going to the grocery
store get ready it had to happen sometime the good news is there's no one
outside so I don't look that ridiculous like holding my camera riding my bike
I just realized I forgot my mask so here's my grocery store strategy today
is April 20th and I've been pretty much at home since I think March 11th was the
last time that I saw my friends I've been to all the grocery stores I've been
to Whole Foods target, Publix, Walmart and Costco during this time my favorite
store to go to right now is target of all stores because I'm trying to avoid
the crowds and targets open later they're open till 9:00 p.m. and there's
just less people so my least favorite store and the closest one to me is
Publix but it's the most crowded and the people and there are just not the people
who work there but the people shopping in there they seem very on edge and like
stressed out and it's just a very aggressive ambiance so I try to avoid
Publix sorry Publix I still like your subs though so I'm headed to Target I
bring with me my mask gloves and Clorox wipes and it's been working out pretty
well now some of you may be wondering why am i riding my bike what is a grown
woman doing riding her bike to target? and there's a few reasons for that we'll
take the scenic route the first reason is because I'm living in Miami
temporarily because I travel full-time so I don't have a car right now but even
when I did have a car I never used it because I just rode my bike everywhere
because I liked it and since I've been traveling for so many years one of the
places that I've spent a lot of time is Amsterdam and then Amsterdam everybody
rides bikes everywhere and I think I've just adopted that as my lifestyle and
I'm not giving it up so it is what it is and I love it and it's also
environmentally friendly
also it's really close it's like less than a mile away for me to UM to get to
target attention everybody okay I'm clearly losing my mind day 40
of the quarantine is getting to me let's go inside
I've been using kitchen gloves when I shop because I don't want to take away
the PP&E is that what it is? from the medical professionals so I haven't
ordered any extra gloves because I already had some at home
What's with the camera? I'm making a YouTube video
For who for who? YouTube. YouTube? yeah. I'd love to do I'd
love to do my dance for that go for it yeah I can't do I'm not gonna do it in
the store though why not? I'm vlogging in the store
see it's just better vibes and Target than other places it's pretty well stocked -
except for the toilet paper up I guess I'll just get some tissues just in case
where have you guys been grocery shopping? let me know in the comments well my
camera battery just died but the hardest thing for me to find so far during the
pandemic has been eggs but I'm happy to report that they have them at Target
after picking up a few other necessities I was ready to hit the road
so I could go out for my daily walk before sunset it's a miracle
and since the quarantine I've also been getting in between five and ten thousand
steps a day I'll usually walk around the neighborhood around my house at night or
go for a run for an hour or an hour and a half and at the same time I'll listen
to podcast music or FaceTime my friends and family
#QuarantineLife in Miami - no cars - good day for a walk l
plus the Miami sunsets are pretty magical
then in the evening it's time for my other favorite part of the day dinner
and relaxation my routine lately has been to cook
something whole30 compliant so protein and veggies sometimes some potatoes and
then kick back and watch The Daily Show a closer look with Seth Meyers or last
week tonight with John Oliver while I eat and laugh slash cry at the state of
our world today.
this video is getting long I hope you're not bored yet it wasn't
until I made this vlog that I realized how many things I do every day it's
taking me like a week to film a vlog about one day okay another thing I do
before or after I eat dinner or sometimes while I eat dinner which if
you follow me on instagram @TravelingwithKristin you will know this - I feed
the fish! we have the canal in the backyard and this lake in the front
there are a lot of fish in here that somebody put them in here banned out of
the fish there's tarpon there snapper there's grouper there's some other fish
that are small and really fast you're gonna see right now and they're big they
love cod they like turkey hot dogs they don't really like the beef hot dogs but
today I have basil chicken sausages that went bad because I forgot about them so
I'm gonna see if they like basil chicken sausages you know beggars can't be
choosers okay let's do this hey guys there's one
one thing I've learned about these fish is that they can see up so if I throw
the sausage in the air they know where it's gonna land and they all rush over
to get it these are things you learn during quarantine
it's fun and they're cute oh my god this turtle he's like I want some the turtle
was too slow it's survival of the fittest bye guys see you later at this
point after I clean up and wash the dishes it's usually 8 or 9 p.m. and time
to start winding down for bed I used squeezin 1/3 work block at this time but
I try not to do that anymore because otherwise I'll be up until 2:00 a.m. but
I have taken on a new hobby during the quarantine of learning how to
DJ and mix music and that's super fun and something that I couldn't do while
traveling at least it was harder to find the time and also to travel with a DJ
controller is not the best so every night for about an hour I'll stand at my
turntables and mix until my laptop battery dies and that's when I know it's
time to go to bed I don't have cable and I try not to watch Netflix at night
because otherwise I'll stay up too late binge watching Tiger King or something
that's not good for my mental health so instead I'll turn on what I've learned
is PBS or Create TV on the local TV channels with my antenna I guess it'll
watch a cooking show or bob ross paint until i fall asleep it's quite soothing
I recommend it then it's literally Groundhog Day because we're quarantine
and it's time to start over and do the same thing again tomorrow but you'll
notice that there's very little device time in my day and that's because I
broke up with my cell phone a while we have an off-and-on relationship but i
deleted instagram and twitter from my phone so i can only look at it on a web
browser while standing up and that's a lot less appealing compared to
collapsing onto the couch with my iPhone so I have no idea when any of us will be
able to travel again but do you want to see a video of a day in the life as a
digital nomad while traveling it's so comment below because I have plenty of
footage for my travels still to edit and this is probably a good time to do it
and if you want to find work from home jobs or become a digital nomad after
this whole shebang is over you can download my free remote jobs cheat sheet
and Digital Nomad starter guide in the links in this video's description that's
my day in the life as a quarantined digital nomad stay safe out there like
this video if you liked it and subscribe to my channel if you want to learn how
to work online and travel the world peace
bienvenidos a Miami!