Elizabeth Hoang | ’20-’21 Historian/Tech Editor
I don’t know about you but my daily routines during quarantine have been so different than my usual routines. I've been sleeping at 6am and waking up at 3pm and just eating junk food, watching Netflix, and sleeping late. When school was still going on, I worked on my assignments and deadlines for other activities besides schoolwork and took so many naps. To be honest, I haven’t been that productive during the past week and a half since school ended. Since I’m going through this and improving myself I thought I should share how I’m choosing to do that. SLEEP SCHEDULE: I’ve been getting 9 hours of sleep but I don’t sleep until I see the sun come up which is usually at 6am when the whole house is already asleep and I want to change that. I think the first step I should take is waking up at a reasonable time before 11am and starting my day out early in the morning so I can make the most of it. Staying up late watching Netflix isn’t exactly how I wanted to spend summer and waking up at an earlier time to do more things before the sun sets is the next best thing since the corona virus is keeping us all inside. EXERCISE: I haven’t been doing anything involving fitness and exercise since summer started and I have been eating so much junk food during quarantine so I want to start going on walks around the neighborhood when I wake up in the morning and clear my head and get some fresh air at the same time. I’m going to try to do 10 minute yoga sessions each day and just try to relax. I also want to start changing what I eat and drink a lot more water. I want to try to drink a gallon of water each day for a week and see results. I will definitely refrain from eating too much junk food and start eating a healthy breakfast with fruits in the morning and eat dinner before 8. AT-HOME ACTIVITIES: All I’ve been doing really is binging a lot of shows on Netflix like Criminal Minds, Gossip Girl, Grey’s Anatomy, and the Vampire Diaries. I finished all 3 seasons of Avatar: The Last Airbender in a day and a half with almost no sleep hahaha. Besides watching Netflix, I’m going to start spending my days doing more activities since coronavirus isn't over and we should all still try to stay inside as much as possible. I’m going to work on bullet-journaling and painting more. I also want to build a blanket fort and have a movie night with my siblings. I want to try to do more baking at home and learn new recipes. I think an at-home spa day with my mom would be fun too. I especially want to start to redecorate my room and paint it. Lastly, I want to start a positivity jar where I write one thing that makes me happy each day and start to fill it up!
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