Hello friends and welcome to my spring 2020 morning routine thank you to the
great courses plus for sponsoring today's video I know things feel really
uncertain right now and we are all trying to find a new normal so I really
hope this video inspires you to make the most of this season recently I have been
sleeping in a bit more if you've watched my routines or you watch my channel you
know that Brandon and I my husband we love to wake up early and we still do
but opposed to our 5:00 a.m. wake-up call I personally have been waking up
more around 6:00 or 6:30 sometimes even 7:00 a.m. and that's been
really nice just to get some extra rest so Brandon my husband usually always
wakes up before me and he hops in the shower so when I finally roll out of the
bed I immediately put my cozy fluffy robe on because that is just a necessity
and then I go to the kitchen to fix myself a nice cold glass of water this
really just helps me wake up because it's nice and chilly and it also helps
me get some water in my system which is really healthy and I've been trying to
drink more water before I drink my morning coffee then I walk over to the
restroom and rinse off my face again this is just helping me wake up and kind
of feel refreshed
and now it's time to get a koozie cup of coffee all brewed and ready and while
I'm doing this Brandon usually starts making his
breakfast today he's making some oatmeal and that's one of my favorite breakfasts
too but you'll see what I'm making later in the routine I really don't know how
he eats right after waking up I am not hungry at all until a couple hours after
I wake up especially since it's so early also Brandon used to drink morning
coffee with me too but recently he stopped drinking it just because he felt
like he there was no reason he was drinking it he didn't love it and he
didn't really need the caffeine so he kind of cut it out he'll still have some
afternoon coffee with me sometimes cuz I make like fun little iced coffees but
it's just me and my coffee now so that's been a little change but no biggie at
all just more coffee for me while my water is boiling for my coffee
I get my Jade roller out of our fridge this seriously feels so incredible in
the morning it really just helps reduce puffiness and honestly just feels so
satisfying to have something so cool and smooth rub your face in the morning as
strange as that sounds it really just feels so nice and now that my water's
boiling I can pour it over my coffee grounds and you'll see Brandon and I
kind of tag-team breakfast and coffee now that he is working from home so I'll
do something he'll do something and we'll just kind of help each other out
opposed to when he goes to the office for work I usually just try to do
everything so he can get out the door and come home earlier but but I think
he's working from home there's a lot more flexibility today I decided I
wanted some frothy half-and-half on top of my coffee for a little treat so I
just added some half-and-half sometimes I put some coconut milk in my little
frother and and I add some cinnamon and local honey
and it's so tasty and not overbearing ly sweet so I really love that how
satisfying was that frothed pouring into my coffee I absolutely loved seeing that
so I've been loving this glass mug lately and now I head over to this cozy
little blue chair in the corner of our living room and I get started on my
quiet time so this is just a time where I read my Bible I write on my journal I
sit on my coffee and just kind of wake up slowly I have a full quiet time
routine on my channel so you can watch that if you're interested in learning
more and at this time Brandon actually just dives straight into work for the
day cuz he does work longer days so it's great that he can kinda get started on
his work early in the morning and after my quiet time I like to open the windows
if the weather permits lately in Florida the mornings have been really nice in
the 60s and then later in the afternoon it'll get to the 90s but we like just
soak up the fresh air as long as possible before it gets too hot
and then I get started on making our bed we have so many different layers and
comforters so it's always quite the ordeal but making your bed is so worth
it especially since I've been working in our bedroom a lot more recently since
bring tonight we just live in a one-bedroom one-bath apartment so it's
definitely not too spacious it's definitely a great size but when we're
both working from home it's kind of tricky if you know we're both on calls
and in meetings so sometimes I like to sit on the bed and it's really nice to
have a put together in a Sun bold bed opposed to just like being tangled up in
a bunch of sheets while I'm trying to get work done and even though I'm
working from home I really do like to change and I don't always put on a
blazer and a dress sometimes I have been but usually I just put on a pair of
sweatpants and maybe a cozy sweater and that's what I'm doing today even if you
are working from home I think it's great to change your outfit even if you change
from your pajamas to different pajamas it just helps to kind of have a little
change of scenery and keep some kind of normalcy
and I've been trying to avoid using too much heat on my hair and I haven't been
wearing too much makeup but again I just like to kind of switch it up from my bed
head and kind of tame my hair a bit more and I've been loving wearing jock clips
to just get the hair out of my face especially since it's getting warmer in
Florida and then I just put on some tinted moisturizer I also love to put on
my jewelry that always makes me feel a little more put together even though
it's such a small little gesture so I put on my gold hoops my gold rings and
it just gives me a lot more confidence after that I head to the kitchen to heat
up my coffee I seriously take about three hours every morning to drink my
coffee I just drink it so slowly I like to savor it as much as possible and then
as it's heating up I like to get started on my breakfast and today I just made
one of my most simple and yummy breakfasts and that is a piece of toast
I actually made two on this particular day because I got quite hungry so I just
toasted those up and we freeze our zql bread I think you actually have to
freeze it but it's super tasty and healthy and then after it's all heat up
I add some peanut butter and banana and honey and it's gotten such a simple
little breakfast but really filling and tasty
as I eat my breakfast I check my phone and look at social media look at the
news and see what's going on around the world I try to avoid looking at my phone
right immediately after waking up just because it can kind of cause some
anxiousness and I don't necessarily think it's the most helpful thing as
soon as I get up so I try to do my quiet time first and make breakfast and coffee
and then once I'm more woken up and feel more at peace I check my phone
after breakfast of course I rush my teeth and then I head over to my desk
area to get started on my day grab my notebook and to-do list so I can kind of
map out everything I need to accomplish and at this time I also do my time
blocking so once I have my to-do list all right now I see you know when I want
to get everything done so I use Google Calendar to time block my day so I'll
even get really specific some days and I'll even put the exact times I want to
eat lunch and vacuum our apartments and of course if I have meetings those go on
my Google Calendar as well so it's just really helpful so my day has some sort
of structure even though it can feel that some days have it no structure at
all so sometimes you just have to create that for yourself once my days all
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from the computer and water my plants or do some kind of household thing like do
the dishes for breakfast or something like that but I've been having so much
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so I loved them so much and then after that I really just work on my laptop for
the rest of the day have meetings create videos edit videos and so on and I move
around so much in our apartment so I'm always in a different section just
trying to keep it fresh and just stay inspired so that's it for today's
morning routine video I really hope you all enjoyed it and again I am thinking
of you and wishing you the best through this season and I really hope and pray
you stay safe and healthy I love you guys so much I can't wait to see you
soon