- (PD) Hi guys! - Hello!
I think for me, my body clock is all over the place.
Because our schedules are always very different.
I think the last time I actually slept at 10pm every day was in primary school.
Even if I have nothing to do & I have to wake up early the next day, I tend to go on Tiktok.
You know there's this thing called, "Revenge"... What ah?
- "Revenge"... - "Sleep procrastination"
Yes, something like that.
Okay, so I stream right?
By the time I turn off my computer, it's like 2am.
And you know that "Revenge Bedtime Procrastination" thing?
Yeah, so I spend another hour plus on my phone, scrolling.
By the time I sleep, it's like 3:30am or 4am.
Oh, for me it's like, me time. It gives me happiness.
Or when I see aeroplanes.
I'd get very emotional.
I will actually like, cry when I see aeroplanes.
Sis, you fly every day! You're crying every day?
She go on the flight she cry?!
"Er welcome to the flight, this is your seat."
To me, self-care is literally nowhere to run to.
No commitments to be anywhere at any point in time.
The things I do for me because I love myself.
Self-care is me in the kitchen with nobody disturbing me, and the door closed.
I listen to the chopping of my board.
*Chopping ASMR*
Like ASMR!
- Oh, every day ah? Definitely no. - Definitely no.
I really admire people who can actually allocate time to do self-care.
As we grow older, we have added responsibilities & commitments.
You know that triangle? Work, social life & self.
You can never choose all 3.
So self-care & putting time for ourselves, kind of just take a step back.
It's more of like, "Okay, when I have the time then I'll do it".
It's very hard to find time to create a routine, because of a schedule that's not 9 to 5.
So I try really hard, to at least do it once a week.
(PD) So in this episode of Singaporeans Try,
(PD) You guys will be attempting to wake up at 6am for a week & do a form of self-care each day.
Aww, so sweet!
Really not feeling the 6am vibes, I'm so sorry.
I can stay up until 6am.
That's not the point, sis!
Time check. It is 6:07am now.
Morning...
It is 6:14am.
Good morning you guys. It's about 6 o'clock.
And erm, my sister is getting ready for school.
I'm going to send her for school.
And once that is done, I'm going to go take a walk.
First order of the day is to make the bed.
This is what successful people do, they make their beds.
Done.
Time to go for a run!
I just finished my morning run.
Look at this morning view.
You can still see the mist.
I'm actually really happy.
That this is how I kickstart my 6am challenge because,
It is so amazing!
Okay, slightly more awake now.
It's time to feed the cats!
Hoshi, this is yours.
Tsuki...
First part of the routine done.
(Next is to) wash face & go run.
Part 2 of self-care. I usually run around my house area.
There's like this huge loop thing.
So, it's run time!
I'm going to watch my favourite streamer!
His name is ShahZaM. He's a competitive Valorant player.
Usually he streams very early for my time.
So by the time I wake up he's already been streaming for 4-5 hours.
I'm going to turn on his stream,
And I'm going to journal because I haven't done this in a long time.
I tried to write in it every day at the start of the year but,
I think once it got to June, I gave up.
So let's do something now.
Okay, I'll play music (instead).
Oh my god, literally the sun is coming up right now.
And look at the sunlight on my cat, look at her.
Wow! She's sleeping.
This is so wholesome, I can't!
What is this video? It's making me feel wholesome things.
Oh my god y'all. I found a high-rise building.
I was staring into the vast nothingness.
I saw an aeroplane flying at a low altitude.
And it makes me so happy!
Oh my god, it's an aeroplane!
Okay, so guys, I'm planning to buy some stuff online.
Instead of doing nothing, maybe to fill up that time with something interesting so you guys can watch.
(Leah being uwu) I love you!
So I'm currently on the website, sorry for the distraction.
The good thing about it is that they have a variety of sections over here.
So I'm just going to click through a few.
I found this and I think I have to buy some of these (storage boxes).
'Cause my room is a mess as most of the Youtube team already knows.
I just got home from a full day of work.
I also intend to order some stuff online from Amazon.sg.
I've already sourced out for the items that I need.
So these are the items that I have on my cart.
These are the 2 things that I'm going to order to help me fall asleep.
Because I foresee myself having trouble falling asleep.
So this the cute tea infuser that I saw, it's a little submarine.
And look at this!
Free delivery right? And it will arrive within literally 4 days.
Or tomorrow!
I think I"m going to opt for that, because they do have Amazon Prime right over here.
Let me try Amazon Prime.
The plan for today... There's a nearby cafe that opened.
And I think I'm going to go there & grab coffee.
As part of my self-care right, I like to dress up.
To wear nice things, when I head out.
The sky is so nice!
I have genuinely never done this before, a.k.a, leave my house to get coffee?!
Before work?!
Alright! Day 2, I'm up.
And, I just fed the babies, they're over here.
Today's self-care is just going to be me having a good cup of coffee,
That I haven't had in a very long time.
I've got my own Bacha here.
And my cute little gooseneck (kettle).
You know there's like, something super meditative about waiting for the coffee to drip.
While maintaining the flow of the water.
As the world is starting to wake up right?
It's about taking things slow first.
Then slowly but surely, you'll be reaching that peak that you'll be working towards.
Good morning! So it's 6:30am in the morning.
I just sent my sister off to school.
I told myself I will do a run & then I'm going to go grab coffee later on.
Got an iced latte to start off the day!
It's my happy drink.
Day 2. Meditating at 6:15am in the morning.
Put a pillow here, make myself comfortable & grab onto my crystal.
(Voice from meditation video)
I'm so sorry!
- Good morning! - Hello!
So we're going to send her off to school, again!
- Bye, have a nice day. - Bye!
Alright, good morning. So I just sent my sister off to school.
And today is the 3rd day of me waking up at 6 right?
It has gotten progressively easier.
I felt that, okay you know what? I should just relax & reward myself.
I'm going to be trying this out today.
I can really feel that it's heating up.
Okay, oh my god!
So you just put it here.
Alright, it is done.
Wow, that was an experience. I honestly really am so happy that I got this.
And it's not hot, it's just warm.
So one of the things I've always wanted to do for myself is to clean my room.
So I'm going to take the time thing morning to go & pack.
The plan is that I'm going to bring all the hangers here & y'all are going to watch me fold clothes.
Wah, the dust. Oh, I'm gonna-
Oh, I feel the sneezing. I feel it.
♪ I feel it coming. ♪
Let me show you the progress okay.
I have 2 big bags of clothes here that I'm going to sell.
The other things behind me (are going to be donated).
And this is not even clearing my entire room yet.
This is clearing like maybe half of the things I have.
This has been the most progress I've ever made in 2021 and I feel good about it.
I really wanted to show you guys.
A part of my self-care routine is actually coming to the airport to see aeroplanes.
It just gives me a form of happiness to see all these planes.
I know it's so dramatic but let me show you guys.
So usually the planes are all parked over here.
You can see there are a lot of planes here.
You can see the planes moving up and down.
People loading up the plane. It's actually quite entertaining to watch.
It is 6 o'clock-ish for Day 3.
And while waiting for my rice to be ready, I'm going to stir fry some mixed vegetables.
And I'll just see what else is there in my fridge to make the perfect bento today.
There we go. That's my tamagoyaki.
Okay, I'm done with all the cooking.
And this is how the bento looks like.
Ta-da!
Hello guys. For today's self-care routine, I'm going to be making keychains!
I thought it'd be quite therapeutic to do like beading or jewellery making.
♪ Counting stars ♪, you know that song guys?
(Singing in Korean)
Shut up Leah!
I swear I'm not going to finish this.
Estee, can you cut-
Ahhhhh!
Estee, can you cut-
Ahhhhh!
Should I kiap (hold) one side, is that how it works?
I did it!
Ta-da!
This was actually quite fast to do. It's just that I'm quite a noob.
Good job Leah! 1 down & maybe 10 more to go.
I'm in their playroom now. I'll just have to call them & they'll be here.
Hoshi! Where's your brother?
Tsuki!
Hoshi, come!
So that's literally a teaser of what I do with them every other day.
Okay so I just got out of the shower, I just washed my hair.
Moving on to my skincare.
I'm not very particular about how I do my skincare.
Yeah, I realised that I need to really put in effort & care for my skin.
This is the Gua Sha tool that I'm using for my face now.
And this is the old one that I used to have.
This has been in my family for years. Since I was a kid I've seen this.
I don't know if I'm doing it right by the way.
Doing this once in a while is good, or every day.
'Cause it helps the blood circulation in the face.
Okay! So that's pretty much done for my skincare routine.
And I feel very awake, fresh, nice & I'm ready to conquer my day.
So today is going to be painting. I'm ready to start my process.
Okay, I am done with my painting. It looks like this.
And I really love how it turned out.
This feels very appropriate because it is like sunrise.
It is like waking up at 6am and this is what it feels like.
It's the last day of the challenge.
For today, I think a slow & relaxing day to end off the entire challenge feels good.
Good morning guys, it's another day.
I'm whispering because everybody is asleep at home.
I'm going to do a little bit of a reflection.
My head has been a bit messy the past few days, despite doing this challenge.
Because I'm on annual leave for the past 2 weeks, I haven't been flying.
I think it has affected my mood & affected my mental health a lot.
My dad used to buy this for me when I was a kid. Let's see if I manage to build it.
Am I doing it wrong?
Ah, hands are fine.
You don't need tools.
Say hi!
The plan is that I'm going to go (for a) walk.
I thought why not like pack something to eat as well.
So I wanted to make tuna mayo onigiri.
But I didn't have the Kewpie mayo and I didn't have tuna.
Wow.
I went onto Amazon.sg like yesterday or something.
Then I ordered it off Amazon Fresh.
Ta-da! Now I have the Kewpie mayo and the tuna.
It's so fast, it delivers in one day, oh my god.
The good thing about it is that they have a lot of variety of products on their website.
So it was really not that hard to find this.
I'm dumb.
I have a strong feeling it's not going to squish properly but...
Okay, you know what? We go with it okay?
Insert lo-fi music here.
Oh my god, it's a chicken!
Oh! Woah, calm down.
Oh my god, my onigiriiiiiiiii.
It's okay... I'll still eat you.
I'm headed to the cardio pilates workout.
And this is pilates by the sea, so I'm pretty excited to be trying it out.
(Pilates instructor speaking)
I'm feeling super lethargic already.
But I think it's because in the morning itself I actually went for pilates.
That took up a lot of my energy.
So I'm just going to get myself coffee.
It's the final day. Tomorrow I can wake up at 8am again.
Honestly, I find it okay lah. It's not the worst thing to go through.
Getting up at 6 o'clock in the first 2 days was a bit tough for me.
But somehow after that, it started getting better.
Like I didn't feel as tired as compared to the first day.
I thought I was going to be the only one running at the park.
But got so many aunties and uncles. I'm just like, "Wow!"
- Wow, good morning everybody. - That's right!
I guess the most enjoyable thing is something very basic for me which is like,
- The weather is cool. - Oh yeah.
It's like a very simple kind of enjoyable moment.
The day I enjoyed the most was the day that I did it on a public holiday.
Normally on public holidays, I take it as a time to just sleep in & not wake up so early.
Which is okay, but I think from time to time what I can do is like, some weekends I can schedule things that are in the morning.
On days where you don't have work. I think when I have work it's a bit difficult.
Don't make self-care like a part of your to-do list.
If not you'll feel pressured to do & it won't be fun anymore. It'll lose its meaning.
But I don't think my definition of self-care has changed. I think it has just amplified.
- Er, no. I don't think every day. - No, not every day.
I don't mind waking up at 6am to send my sister to school, because I love to spend time with her.
But I don't think I can stay awake after that.
I'll just go back to sleep then wake up again & spend time with myself.
I think for me there's a high chance it might.
Because right, I'm always late ah.
This whole week I early you know?
Correct.
Aiya, it's okay lah.
I'll just say, "Aiya, sorry guys, I'm late" lah.
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Bye!
She haven't wake up yet.