hey everyone it's morgan yates and for today's video we're doing something a little more vlog
style we're going to be following a week of me attempting to follow the resolutions i set for
myself for the new year seeing if i checked off all the boxes that i set out to you've not seen
my last video which was a q a um kind of heavily focusing on everything pertaining to my goals for
the new year the categories i made resolutions in are finances health and fitness work home
fun and then a miscellaneous category i'll talk about i didn't talk about it in that video but
i just set out with a lot of ambitious goals for the year i know introducing a lot of new like
changes you're wanting to make at one time can be very challenging so i broke everything down
in a very like trackable way i'm going to talk you through it all as we go through this video
and we're just going to go through all of my resolutions in the moment throughout the week so i
thought we'd switch it up something a little vlog style and i just hope that you enjoy this video
also thank you so much to fablex for sponsoring this video i'm going to be sharing some of their
new items here in a little bit but hopping into my week i'm running this from like a saturday
through a friday so that'll be my seven days that i'm kind of tracking here however basically we're
just gonna be following the weekdays because this past weekend i was actually in temecula
so traveling is of course a little atypical compared to a week in town and i always want
to have fun on my trip so not much to even discuss there we're just kind of going to
hop in to monday just realized i forgot to say this but my like overall goal was that
i want to establish like more of a routine so you'll see that throughout the video
especially with like trying to make my mornings the same blah blah blah let's get into it
one first workout of the new year actually yesterday i walked on the treadmill and did
my little 12 30 but i am heading off to a boxing class i'm super excited
i just want to say having the worst cramps right now and i have pretty high pain tolerance
i don't deal with this much so working out should actually help me feel better but normally i would
use this as an excuse to not go to my class but we are no longer doing that in 2022 so let's get it
just pulled in i'm going to an 11 a.m class something i want to do when i get home today
um is kind of figure out like my workout plan for the year just trying to like figure out there's
a lot of things i want to do a lot of things i like doing i've learned and i'm trying to just
like figure out how best to like split those up and figure that out later but here i am
another thing i need to do is mount a tripod on my windshield in my new car so that i can vlog better
um in my new car because there's not really a place to sit where we can see anything so
here's today's stats
and i am still wanting to mix in like my boxing workouts too
at least for this month still like same equipment at home
all right so for tonight's healthy dinner got going on something that is like a three
item type meal that i buy from trader joe's i used to make all the time i really love it it's
just their brussels sprout saute kit which has like some toasted hazelnuts and parmesan and
like a lemony vinaigrette salmon and jasmine rice and then i have kombucha in a wine glass
monday coming off of that travel is definitely more of like a reset day
before we get into tuesday i wanted to talk a little bit about fabletics who's sponsoring this
video you guys know how much i love fabletics they are the only place i get my activewear
the only place i have gotten my activewear for the past several years and something really exciting
about their january collection that they just came out with that they actually have a new active life
wear collection is what it's called um i'm wearing the dress from it you'll see trials
here in a minute but basically they launched a bunch of really comfy outfits that you can lounge
in at home or like their real outfit enough to like wear out wherever you're going they're like
a little more dressed up a little more unique than just loungewear pieces i'm a big fan of
these new items from them as well as of course all their activewear pieces so i feel like if you are
trying to get on your fitness game something that for me has always made getting back into
working out more fun is to have some cute workout outfits so i think it's the best time of the year
to hop on the fabletics vip membership which is how you get access to their best sales so right
now if you're interested you can join fabletics at the link in my description box and get two
pairs of bottoms for 24 and up to 80 off every other item oh we got a plane store in my life
every day another day another plane every five minutes this way you guys don't see when i film
is stopping every four to five minutes for a plane to come by so first up i've been
lounging constantly ever since i got this in this little pants and top set have kind of like a loose
ankle and then just a ribbed super comfy like crop top next for a workout fit i thought i would flat
lay these first up a good workout staple for year round is their power hold short so it's the same
fabric as their like most popular best-selling power hold legging that really just holds you in
paired with that is this sports bra i love wearing these for any kind of like high impact workout
the cross in the back is a super cute detail and then it's like mid to high neck in the front with
this really supportive band at the bottom i would wear this to rumble wear it for like
the treadmill wear it on a walk and especially for like those chillier mornings outside i'm a
big fan of this like quarter zip or half zip um long sleeve little outerwear piece it's pretty
lightweight so this isn't like a cold weather item necessarily but if you just want that like extra
layer this is a great option you're not a shorts fan you also can't go wrong with just the power
hold long leggings these definitely the leggings i wear the most these in their sculpted knit
leggings um those are just my favorite fabrics in particular this is the outfit tried on this little
quarter zip is so comfy and then these are just the leggings and these are what the shorts look
like so this is one of their longer length shorts if you want something shorter they have a lot of
options all right now for the item i cannot rave enough about this little dress this gives me like
a skims vibe in the best way like it holds you in it is so comfortable it feels just like honestly
feels expensive if it's like a glove i would wear this like out and about honestly above like mini
dresses that i have from regular clothing stores a little slit is just so flattering and i just
can't get over it i'm obsessed with this piece i think if you get one thing uh hunt this down this
year i wanted to start at home trying to wear like just cuter outfits around the house i don't know
something about the mentality i feel like it makes me more productive or just like feel better about
like myself when i like do something to get ready in the morning just something i wanted to switch
up this year so this dress is another really comfy option as well as this midi skirt same fabric
going on it is so so comfy there's like some extra support in the waistband as well so imagine this
with like the matching gray top actually this looks black on screen it's like the exact same
cut as that dress i think it is so flattering they also just come out with in a few different colors
some like lounge underwear vibe just like super comfy i don't know like a bralette these little
like boy shorts called like the naked feel good short because these are so so thin i tried these
on it really feels like nothing's on so if you like doing those outfits there are those and
a lot more on the fabletics website again i'll have that linked and let's just hop into tuesday
morning i'm kicking off this morning actually morning's already been kicked off with something
i've been trying to do every day i've been doing this probably since like decemberish
and i've noticed a huge difference for like my bloating and digestion and things that
i've like kind of talked about here and there for a while now first thing in the
morning like as soon as i get up and out of bed i have been drinking this like athletic greens
little greens thing it's just like a greens powder and i put a scoop in some cold water every morning
shake it around and just drink it on an empty stomach and i don't know if it's the placebo
effect but i think it actually works i feel like ever since i've done this consistently i'm
like not bloated at all so i'm just gonna keep doing that every day because i think it works
um and then another thing i've been trying to work on is like consistently eating meals
at like you know consistent meal time so my body knows what's coming um i feel like i don't often
eat like first thing in the morning i kind of like get distracted with other things but i'm trying to
you know while i'm drinking this get my avocado toast going a good healthy balanced breakfast
and we got our protein our healthy fat a good carb source some sourdough bread i'm trying to just
like make sure i actually prioritize like three balanced meals a day especially prioritizing like
incorporating more protein into my diet after just setting off my fire alarm making an egg which is
the most sensitive one i've ever had ever anywhere i've lived this is my breakfast it is sourdough
bread avocado fried egg balsamic and chili flakes this is the balsamic you want from trader joe's
it's like sweeter so good another thing i am trying to do popping on the collagen trench i've
just been adding a little scoop into my coffee i'm doing like a shot of espresso from this thing
so it's hot and i feel like it'll like dissolve better swirling around my collagen then i add ice
and cold brew and creamer i can't even taste it pretty simple enough
that was a good workout this tuesday just got out of boxing feeling strong two days in a row
i almost didn't come i was in the middle of stuff but i'm glad i made it over and in an effort to
eat a complete breakfast or lunch i'm cooking up something that i made with some leftover
salmon the other day we'll call it for my fire alarm because it's like a sushi vibe i just use
seaweed from trader joe's put in some cold rice so i just actually microwaved frozen pack and stick
in the freezer so hopefully it's a little chilly salmon avocado and then put some like sriracha
sesame seeds on it it is so good here we have her also apparently cold rice for some reason is a
prebiotic so when it comes to leftovers when this is actually cold that'll be even better i suppose
these are what the little bites look like when i eat it um i wouldn't say it's the cutest but it
tastes amazing for an important flavor step which is just some lemon next available representative
on hold with progressive i can't imagine why i've put this off for so long
fresh out of the shower but another area of like resolutions i guess you could call it that i would
call the not fun category is getting to all these like random adult tasks that i have pushed back
procrastinated for so long things like let me even see here i have a list getting assigned to a new
primary care provider updating my address with my insurance making a doctor's appointment my camera
finally died but the little annoying things like renewing my passport i think if i just do like
one of these a week that's great because these have been pushed back for like months and months
it's now wednesday going for my third day in a row of workouts today i'm at home
doing a co-pilot workout um so that like personal training app
learn more about that in a different video i'll have linked i'm gonna do this
like full body workout wearing a little fabletics fit a little mismatch number
i'm also exhausted so patting myself on the back we're actually sticking with goals this year
did it
running out the door to go to rumble trying to make the bed first
happy thursday thought i would do a little chatty segment while i multitask and paint my nails today
i think we're going with black unexpected right been lounging in this little fabletics fit the
like pants one i'm just so comfy i've just been thinking all day about how sore i am
so i am planning to take a rest day tomorrow so since tomorrow's a rest day and it is also
the seventh day of this like week of tracking my goals and or how i'm doing with all my resolutions
and stuff i wanted to do a little check-in on if i met my goals for the week in the fitness category
basically like in an ideal week i want to work out like strenuous hard workouts probably five days
a week either broken down into like three boxing classes to like at home workouts or the other way
around and then in addition to that i just want to like walk more in terms of how we came out with
our workout quantities as you've seen i've been to three rumble classes so far this week i did
one co-pilot workout on wednesday and then i'm gonna do my other one on saturday morning getting
some good walks in there as well overall i call that a win for the week especially
compared to like last year i think for me um it is super helpful for me to ah okay
for me to like write out all my goals in a really trackable way i'm pretty proud of myself i'm
actually gonna try to check off another thing on my like annoying tasks i've procrastinated on list
which is scheduling a doctor's appointment with just like a primary care provider please delay
from one of the following options i'm so mad at myself i should have done this so long ago because
as soon as i can get in for like a new patient appointment which i don't know if this is the
case everywhere but it is like mid-march so like two months away why did i put this off it's now
evening i had a really productive work day i have a lot to do tomorrow a lot a lot something i'm not
really focused on this week a ton is an important category i made resolutions for the fun category
basically i just made a list of things that like i feel like are very creatively fulfilling for
me so just different activities that sounded fun could be as simple as like i just got this like
recipe book that i want to like write down all my recipes in to like have for forever or making
a scrapbook of my year or reading even although everything i want to read at the moment so leave
your book recommendations below one thing that i feel like i really really love that i have not
hardly ever carved out time for i feel like most of my passive time like once i'm not working just
so often goes to like watching tv i love it it is relaxing but it doesn't always have to be like the
default thing that i reach for i suppose so today i thought i would pick up some drawing i'll put
the photo on screen before i was going for this but got all my colored pencils and everything and
just went for a little sketch of this photo of me and giselle the faces were not working out i
am no professional i do not draw people so this is a faceless portrait but it was very fun so
that's just something i want to continue to do is like actually prioritize time for like those fun
creatively fulfilling tasks now i'm super excited i'm about to watch the new season of cheer i have
not been this excited to watch anything in the past like two years i've been waiting for this so
collagen coffee coming up it's now friday i'm ready for some footage to import so
i'm taking this down time to do something that again is just like so long overdue
something i really enjoy and again just have not like prioritized and it's something i wanted to
change this year and that is engaging more with you guys directly so whether it be replying to
as many comments as i can on videos or on tick tock i feel like i replied to a lot of comments
but but specifically like instagram i feel like that's a very like personal platform like i can
click anyone's profile and like see their life as well for the longest time my dm requested folder
has overwhelmed me but something i want to do more this year is just go through my dms reply more
like engage with you guys more shoot me a dm reply to my story or something on instagram and i'll do
my best that was the resolution i made for myself still under my like work category so i thought
since it's friday end of the work week we do a little check in on if i reached my work goals for
the week for youtube i want to post main channel videos every sunday check that off for this past
week i had that q a this one's going up on sunday so so far 100 straight for january for my vlog
channel i want to have my week in my life vlogs going up every wednesday i just posted mine for
this past week it was like a big catch-up vlog that went up actually on thursday but whenever
we got it up and here in a little bit today i'm actually going to kick off my next vlog since
this was a more like vlog style video i didn't want to like overlap that with a vlog on my vlog
channel so we're starting next week's vlog right now for instagram a goal i set for myself is three
in-feed posts a week so i want to do just like two static posts whatever one reel at least this week
i got one in feed post and now the like people i spend a lot of my time with are not youtubers so
it just doesn't even occur to me to like stop and take a photo somewhere anymore so i've had one in
feed post go up and then here shortly i think i'm gonna have a real go up so two out of three
not awful my stories for this week i set a goal as well of every day i want to post at least three
stories just because again i feel like that's where i engage with you guys like day to day
i think i did that one day over the weekend when i was in temecula tuesday i posted two
yesterday i posted three really dropped the ball there i feel like i've trained myself
to take clips of things like for tick tock um which for the tic tac tic tac for the tick tock
for the tick tock category i want to post three times a week at least um and this week i posted
once we did not reach our work goals for the week so that's okay you know i made a lot of
progress in some categories this week like the fitness category next week you know that could
be when the work category thrives so bringing us to the end of the week it is currently fridays i'm
filming this and i wanted to do my finance round up i've got my documents right here i don't know
what i'm going to be spending my money on tonight if anything have not figured out my plans if it's
going to be a night in might be going to a concert might be going to dinner i don't know just be
added money and my like dinner out or whatever category but going through my finances basically
i have this handy-dandy document that i have color-coded broken down my expenses for the
month so those are the unavoidable things all my bills all my insurance things basically everything
that is a recurring expense i have written out here i also have my savings category so i have
different categories that every single week i put money into a separate account that is then like
off the table like completely separate savings so things like house payment and travel i put my
designated amount into that account then we have my budget category that's the trickiest because
something i've been wanting to do this year that i have not done in years past is actually like
in detail tracking my spending and categorizing it so doing a roundup of this week's spending
i've allocated a certain amount of money each week to my boxing classes this week i actually didn't
spend any of that because i had credits left that i'd paid for like back in 2021 so we're good there
but that won't be typical for groceries i spent like 30 less for the week than i had uh budgeted
kind of also because i had some items left over from last week again that'll just kind of always
fluctuate and even out meals out this category i'm over by a good amount couple hundred bucks
and that's really only because of my past weekend when i was in temecula i was out of town and
therefore eating like every single meal out so anytime i travel i of course expect that to be
a little bit higher i have a budgeted category for uber or parking pretty much everything was
free parking except for one thing this past week didn't spend a lot there overall when i added up
somehow i was actually under my spending allotment for the week i'm still just like again learning
about like my own spending and going from there one area that i feel like i still haven't fully
fleshed out and i've been like since i was gone this past weekend and normally like weekends are
when i like catch up on like cleaning and house tasks i'm on my little goal tracker document i
have a home tab i still haven't even thought through like all the things i actually want to
do every week my laundry deep cleaning bathrooms this and that that's not something i've completed
flushing out so that's definitely the area of my resolutions that we didn't really touch this week
but that's okay but that is it for this video thank you guys so much for watching let me know
if you enjoyed a more vlog style video on this channel again i will have fabulous linked below if
you guys want to shop their new january collection and i'll see all of you guys in my next video