so I remember it was March 12 where I was sitting in a movie theater with my
husband and I got the phone call from work that we were not going to be going
back for a week and then a week turned into two weeks three weeks and the next
thing you know it was an entire month and we had not returned back to work
because of the situation that we're going through it as a world so I knew
that I really had to make some changes in my routine because I really didn't
feel like I was being successful in being organized and getting tasks done
so I hope that this video will help you
so basically in this video I'm just gonna be sharing with you some of the
tips that I've used to keep saying I'm an extrovert at heart and I need to also
be completing tasks throughout the day to feel successful so I'm just gonna
share with you little bits and pieces of my day and how I feel like I've been
trying to keep organized and keeping a set routine so basically every morning
I'll wake up at 6:30 I try to keep to the same schedule that I did when I was
actually going into work in person and then I'll come downstairs while
everybody's still sleeping I'll have some coffee and then oh while I'm
drinking my coffee I'll have some kind of devotional time prayer reading the
Bible and this just sets my brain in the right path but I try to be quiet go
upstairs and this is a time where I change into some clothes that are
slightly uncomfortable not too uncomfortable just so that I feel more
productive versus just wearing my own clothes like if I were watching Netflix
or something like that
oh my gosh that was that was my dog I wasn't expecting him he usually stays
with my daughter so that freaked me out a little bit anyway we're good so I
don't go overboard with makeup I just put enough just to be presentable
because I am gonna be teaching online everyday so students are gonna see me up
and close so I try to put something you know some blush and powder and this is
usually how I look and then after I finished getting dressed is I'm ready to
start teaching and I teach online between I get I have the hours 7 through
9 blocks out to teach children in China through the VIP kid program and it's
wonderful it's I'm learning about a new culture they're learning about my
culture and it just keeps me into that routine of teaching which I miss so much
so this has been a wonderful opportunity once I'm finished teaching then I switch
over into office mode I put my materials away and this is where I realize okay in
order for me to successful to be successful I really need to clean up the
clutter I noticed in the beginning of quarantine my place was a mess
everything was all over the place because I was always go go go with work
and YouTube and everything so I really really highly suggest that you organize
and declutter your area and I also rec suggest doing that on your computer as
well because it really helps make your brain productive I don't know what that
thing is you know if you have a clean space then you're more productive so
once I do that during the beginning of quarantine I made a to-do list of every
single thing that I want to accomplish and then what I did is I took a couple
of those things and I would put them insert them certain for certain days in
the calendar and I would also make monthly goals whether it's with exercise
and just different things that I want to do but then I noticed like I would say
okay I'm going to work on a video but then I wouldn't feel successful because
I didn't get to finish every aspect of making a video so what I instead of just
right right a video then I make each task that
I want to do I break that into smaller tasks so for a YouTube video I have
scripted video film love video and as I finished them I will cross them off and
that way I feel more successful and this may sound like I'm going a little
overboard but I also have an electronic version of my calendar but it's not with
all the specific it's it's more blocks of time and what is what is the task the
general task so my days divided by the meals exercising VIP kid teaching my
students online and those types of activities so they're not as specific as
the ones that are on my physical calendar and this one is linked with
with my husband's phone so that way he knows what I'm doing for the day then
it's time for me to teach my actual students that I've been teaching
throughout the academic year and I touch base with them throughout the week and
I'm I have office hours so that I'm available to support them and help them
as they meet their language goals once I'm finished with that then it's time
for lunch and I had usually I haven't seen my my daughter or my husband all
day so it's a nice way for me to connect with them my daughter is also going
through online school and it's been a challenge switching from being in school
in person and so forth and my husband he's with me most days but sometimes he
gets called to go into work but it's I have to admit it's been really nice
having each other together versus usually during the summers I'm usually
doing my own thing by myself while my husband's at work my advice to you is to
associate finishing lunch and then going outside I've been doing this and this
really does ensure that I do go outside because in the beginning of quarantine
after lunch I would go back into doing office work and I would never go outside
because I would get so into what I was doing so lunch was like that trend
position if you will and it really helps me because I feel like it clears my mind
and if it's a good day I definitely make sure I go outside and get some fresh air
and I'll go with my husband my daughter or by myself but I make sure I'm moving
and if it's a bad day I'll just do a workout on YouTube at my house but I
highly highly recommend this it makes such a difference after that I'll go in
take a quick shower and then it's off to going back into office work and this is
where I do either I edit a video or I work on other
aspects of my side business and for you that could be a myriad of things but
anything that requires mental energy that you're putting them may be is a
house project that you're working on but the second half of my days I'm focusing
on editing a video and this is a time to where I check in with my daughter to see
how she's doing with her schoolwork for the day and it just really helps just to
have this time where with no distractions I put my phone in a
separate room and that way I can I make sure I really get everything done
usually about 2:30 3 o'clock ish I'll hit a slump so I'll switch gears from
something mental to something productive but it gets me out out of the office and
so for you that could be different things so just think about how what's
something that you could do that's productive that but doesn't require a
lot of mental energy then I'm back to editing again and once I'm finished I
try to be really good about stopping at 4:30 I don't always get to do that but
I'll stop 30 so I can start prepping dinner and one of my hobbies during
quarantine has been to look up different insta
pot recipes on YouTube follow them and it has been such a time-saver for my
family myself and I feel like I'm happier because I'm not spending hours
cooking meals after we eat then we usually play some kind of gamers would
do some type of family activity which is really nice because it's just again it
gets us together again and just having fun and we usually check in with my
daughter to make sure she's gotten her work done for the day and the reason why
I really try to keep to the schedule is that I try to reward myself at the end
of the day and some days in the week I reconnect with my friends on mine which
has been so wonderful but wherever you are if you're alone or if you have to go
into work or if you've lost your job just know that it will get better it's
this is a really difficult season but whatever you do make sure that you keep
safe and these stay safe stay home and and just try to know that there's going
to be a better tomorrow and I'll see you next week