Hello, guys. Welcome back to my channel. This video will be my first video for 2020.
For a quick backtrack since my last upload, I've been so very busy for my
last quarter last year, 2019. I did train beautiful people of Tandag about
e-commerce and digital marketing, two of my best friends already got married, our
birthdays, unexpected happenings that really broke me into pieces which I
don't want to talk about it anymore, reunion and of course, Christmas and New Year.
2019 is not really for me. I've been in my rock bottom moments and my energy is
so low. I can even tell that I am not me anymore.
To leave those low energy behind, and create 2020 my year, I made a new daily routine that will help
myself recover, be productive and happy again.
As what the saying goes,
"It's not your fault to be f***ed up but it's your responsibility to help yourself recover and get back up again."
So, welcome to my day in a life as a freelancer and a business owner.
Usually, I wake up around 7:00 to 7:30 AM.
But if I slept at 12:00 AM, for sure, I'll be up at 8:00 AM.
Right after I woke up, I always open all the windows and doors. Natural air and sunlight will
help you start your day not feeling sleepy. I'll turn off my Himalayan salt lamp
because I'm using it every night for a better sleep. And also, I'll fix our
bed. Since we experience big earthquakes here in Davao del Sur,
we sleep in our living room so that we can immediately exit if ever bigger quakes will
happen again. Yeah, that's not comfortable but when I
imagine those people in the evacuation center or even those in the tents,
they're more uncomfortable so I don't have the right to complain because there haven't much
cracks here, just threadlike cracks in our house.
But the fear is always there so we prefer to just sleep in the living room.
Last thing, I'll fix myself. I'm making sure that there hasn't any hair on my shoulder so that it feels fresh
and very on-the-go on the things I have to do. And unfortunately,
I'm not feeling well today so I decided to gargle hot water with salt as per
advised of my therapist. I also make sure to drink water with
two shots of apple cider before I eat or drink tea or coffee.
Meditation and breathing exercise are the two things that I also want to
incorporate to my morning habits. I just want to start a new year right. If you
are one of my Instagram friends, you'll know that I'm really a big fan of
journaling. So for 2020, I decided to track my routine to form a better daily
habits. I also track my expenses as well. Tracking your
expenses are so important if you're a freelancer since your salary every
month is not fixed. So, your salary is just based on how many projects you are
going to accept on that month. After that, I'm going to write my to-do list,
three things I'm grateful for, and three things I prioritize for today. After I
eat my breakfast and have my coffee, I have to take these medicines as
what I have said earlier that I'm not feeling well. Before I start my work, I
prefer to shower first to help my body get moving. And after that, the real
combat begins. For this morning, my priorities are to work with my first
client, and make an acknowledgment letter that I already received the check from
the ICD. I'm the project manager for this client so most of my responsibilities
are making sure that all scheduled posts are being posted, website and lead pages
are working well, all podcast interviews and guests are all set up ahead of time,
and other small tasks as well like making slide presentations for his
guesting and speaking events. It took me a while in creating an acknowledgment letter
since they want to see specific details. So, I just updated
some details and that's it. During this time also, I received a
message from my cousin to have dinner outside with the family. So, I need to maximize
my time to fit in everything I need to do from 1:00 PM to 7:00 PM so I
decided to have a working lunch. For my next client, I'm a Social Media Manager.
I'm making sure all the Zendesk tickets are cleaned up before the day ends. As a
perk of a freelancer, the work differs each day.
You're wearing different hats in just one day.
It helps in having a not-so-boring day, right? After working
for two hours with my client, I made a project proposal for another
entrepreneur. I thought it would take so much time but it didn't because
I already have a template. So, it's nice. I can do my household chores earlier
than usual. So after that, my cousin arrived with her kids but she left
Ate Pia with me because she has somewhere to go to first.
While waiting for them, I used the time to fix my website because there's an error in one of my forms
to download a free resource about
"Where you can apply for work-from-home jobs?"
If you want the resource, just comment down below or message me on my Instagram account and
I'll send you the link. And also, I used the time to pay our postpaid bills on
internet connection online so that it's less hassle. And also, I messaged one of my
BossedUp clients to follow up the new contract that we agreed for 2020.
At 5:00 PM, I usually work outside to see the surroundings and other people. I love
seeing greens while working. While chit-chatting with my niece, I'm
trying to respond to all the DMs and PMs. But unfortunately,
I just got to respond to Instagram messages because they already arrived.
And we need to go to the venue earlier so that it won't be too crowded.
We ate a very sumptuous dinner and had a quick chitchat.
After that, we head home and as usual,
my friends, back to work again. So, this time, my work is not for my clients but
for my team. I did update all the contracts for 2020 and journal again
because why not? I love writing down everything. I like to
work every night with my diffused essential oils and my favorite scent is
lavender. That helps me think clearer and relax my mind. After all that, it's
prayer time. Me and my mom always pray together at night before she sleeps.
As for me, I have beauty rituals before I sleep.
Before, I really don't have this kind of thing.
Just some wipe and toothbrush, and I'm good to sleep.
My super pretty friend introduced her skincare to me and I used it too because why not? She's so pretty.
After doing my skincare routine, it's time to sleep with my Himalayan salt
lamp. If I weren't able to meditate in the morning, I do it before sleeping
instead. But today, it's sleep time.
Technically, if you are a full-time freelancer, you are just always at home
dating with your computer or laptop.
Nothing is really special. If my cousin didn't invite me for a dinner,
I'll just be home for the whole week. And that's how boring freelancing life is.
But if you are also #teambahay, then you'll love this kind of work.
Of course guys, my routine would sometimes change if I have other errands to do.
But more likely, this is the structure of my everyday life.
So, yeah. I hope you like my day in life as a freelance and a business owner.
If you have any questions about work from home or remote job, just DM me on my
Instagram account and see you on my next one. Bye!