Hey everyone, how are you doing?
It’s so good to be back.
So I just went to Australia for the first time and it was amazing!
We went to Sydney, Melbourne, and swam at the Great Barrier Reef at Cairns.
I got to swim with a sea turtle which was the most exciting experience ever.
This was a dream bucket list item of mine and I cannot believe that it happened.
I also got to meetup with some Aussie friends, some of whom you might recognize!
- Hi guys!
I'm with Jasmine in Melbourne.
How do you say "Melbourne"?
- Mel-bun.
- Mel-bun, without the R.
This is Kimberley!
She's buying me vegemite because apparently I must try it.
- Exactly.
- I've never tried this.
- You're going to taste a little bit, and then you're going to eat it on your toast at home.
- I'm here at Google.
I have two friends here, I'm so excited.
Jasmine, and then Erin who's talking.
And I spent an awesome day with my Australian cousin Sylvia and my brother Elvis.
It was so much fun to hang out, I love my family so much.
But all good things must come to an end,
and now I’m so ready to get my life back together with a post-travel reset routine.
Our flight landed at 7am early in the morning.
Once we got home, we immediately started to unpack.
I was in the mood to be productive right away
so I could get a head start on getting my life back together.
In the past, I’ve procrastinated on unpacking for weeks
and it just makes me feel lazy and sluggish.
So here, I’m just unpacking everything and trying to sort it into categories to put away:
gifts, toiletries, tech gear, clothes, and more.
Then we did our laundry together because quite frankly,
we’d have no clothes to wear if we didn’t.
By the way, I’ve been using these eco-friendly detergent pods by Dropps.
It comes in all cardboard, recyclable packaging which I think is pretty cool.
I have the lavender scent because, obviously.
And now we wait..
Question: Do you guys fold your clothes immediately after washing
or do you let your laundry sit for a while?
Personally, we have a bad habit of letting it sit too long before folding & putting it away.
Let me know what you do in the comments down below!
Now I’m zipping up my suitcase and wiping it down.
Each time I travel with this, I get new scratches, which is just what happens.
I’m trying to clean it but there are definitely some new battle scars from this trip.
I still don’t regret getting this color.
I really like it and I love that it’s always easy to spot my suitcase at the baggage claim.
Next I’m tackling the rest of the unpacked items:
organizing them and putting them away in their place.
Can’t forget about my backpack too.
I just like to empty everything out first, and then organize from there.
It's almost 3:00 PM on Friday.
I got back at 7:00 AM yesterday, Thursday.
What happened was: After doing laundry and unpacking,
we took a nap from 11:00 AM until 11:00 PM.
So I slept almost 12 hours basically.
So I basically woke up at night, and I worked through the night
because I couldn't immediately go back to sleep after sleeping 12 hours.
And I had a brand call today at 11:00 AM, so I stayed up until now.
And I'm SO tired.
I was planning to shoot videos today.
I mean, I'm awake, I'm just trying to power through
and wait until like 6:00 PM so I can sleep, because I'm tired.
But I think I'm going to shower
and I'm going to see if I have the energy to make a video today.
Why did I not try to go back to sleep, you ask?
I did.
I literally was like this with my eye mask
and I laid like this from 6:00 AM to 10:30 AM – that's when my alarm rang.
And I didn't get any sleep, so I was like, "I can't sleep now, I have a call."
So here I am!
I'm going to shower and see if I feel better.
Okay I feel a little more refreshed and ready to film, so let's do this.
Update: Finished shooting my video.
It's like 7:00 PM.
I survived.
I have so much energy now because I was just working,
so yeah, I feel like normal now.
Wow, I'm proud of myself.
Can't believe it.
The next day, we went grocery shopping to stock up on healthy food
so we could get our health back on track.
We love to eat when we travel, but it definitely takes a toll on your body.
Coming back, my body was craving a lot of fruits & veggies.
Here I'm cooking veggies for our meal prep.
This is only our third time trying meal prepping,
so I’d love any tips you guys have for switching up your recipes and not getting bored!
So we’re prepping stir fry veggies with rotisserie chicken.
I cooked the veggies and Wilson handled the chicken.
And here I’m just prepping salads that Wilson can take to work.
Alright, meals prepped!
The following day I signed up for a yoga class,
which is super essential for my reset process.
And then I took the time to journal and do morning pages.
Journaling is a MUST for me to feel like I have my life together.
It’s not until I journal that I realize
what I’ve been thinking and feeling and truly understand myself.
If I go too long without journaling, I’m lost and my mind is scattered.
Journaling centers me and brings me back to what’s real and what's important.
I’m actually planning a new video on journaling prompts
to help you recenter yourself and refresh your life,
so be on the lookout for that one!
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Just finished yoga.
It was challenging, but good for me because I really needed that.
Something so coincidental was: During our yoga class,
they played the same song that I used in my most recent video, the Canon one.
And I've never heard a song used in my video in a yoga class.
Whenever I use a song in my videos, I *know* the song because it's so repetitive.
I've heard it so many times after rewatching that video,
but I don't know, it was like a synchronistic moment.
And it's just a little reminder that I'm on the right path,
and although I don't feel like my life's completely reset –
I still have a few things left to do and to try to get back on track.
But I do feel like I am on the right track and I'm feeling good.
I hope you liked this reset routine.
Let me know how you guys are doing down below.
Love you so much!
Bye!