Happy Friday!
Happy May! Happy one month closer to summer!
(cue Pharrell’s Happy
song that I’m already sick of)
While sitting at my desk
yesterday morning, I realized I have kind of a weird morning routine upon
arrival to work. I know you’re exploding with curiosity to know what that is,
so I’ll share.
1. Get to work right around 7 AM. Power up computer,
throw whatever my breakfast is in the microwave, start coffee maker (it’s my
job for our floor, and it’s an important one). Tape my toe if I forgot to prior
to leaving home.
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| this guy lives in my purse. |
2. Fill up coffee mug and water cup. Slowly eat
breakfast while checking emails and sitting on a ball (see below), positioned
right under my feisty right hamstring. It’s been bothering me in the mornings.
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| second best friend. |
3. 8 AM: Switch to sitting on my big red yoga ball.
Startup Spotify if the work I’m doing doesn’t involve deep intense
concentration AKA can I sing along while I work, or do I need silence?
4. 8:30 AM: Fill empty mug halfway up again with coffee
and have a few more sips until about 9:30. Switch back and forth between
kneeling in front of laptop, bouncing on my ball, or sitting in my chair.
Really depends on what’s on the agenda work-wise.
5.10 AM: snack time. Yes.
Does anyone else have an
extremely odd ritualistic morning at work, or is this just me?
Any who. May things. I
will share my May goals via a simple picture, since I taped the list to my
planner as a constant reminder.
Try bullet proof coffee.
Once I get myself some grass fed butter, I’ll be all over that.
Lots of water. I’ve been
doing the mint/lemon/lime thing all week, it’s a beautiful thing.
Monday marked the start
of another little 3 week detox thing for me (read here about the last time I did one). Or a sugar strike, if you will.
My sis is joining me too,
which I love. We both tweaked our goals to what we think is reasonable for our
lifestyle/impending schedules. She isn’t completely cutting the dairy, and I’m
allowing some occasional fruit because honestly that’s just something I’m not
going to sweat over.
What I will sweat over the Strong like Susan YouTube ab workouts through the month of May. I
did it about two years ago and loved it, then completely forgot about it. Bring
on the bikini.
Study = study for that
personal trainer certification I said I was going to do like… six months ago.
Sigh. It would just be a great thing to have, I have the resources, I just need
to commit to studying a few evenings per week.
I’m a lazy slob when it
comes to studying. Can somebody just inject the needed info. into my brain and
we can call it a day?
That’s my May agenda. I
feel really great about it as far as getting prepped for the summer. I also
feel good about this weekend – some crafting, brunching, and possible hiking is
on the agenda. Maybe some batting cages to prepare for our upcoming coed
softball season.
Tell me any May goals or
aspirations you have? Paleo recipes to get me through this cleanse? Something
funny?
Cheers –
K8
OH yeah, I forgot about strong like susan, she's a beast! I mainly forgot because I wasn't strong enough to do the challenge so I lasted maybe a week. Let's see if I'm better now!
ReplyDeleteAnd you get way more done before 8:30 than I even aspire to do. I'm impressed.
I forgot how much I loved strong like susan annnnnd our mornings sound very similar. especially the rotating from knees, to ball to chair....
ReplyDeletemy morning ritual is sacred. i get in, get my bfast ready, head downstairs to get my coffee, eat my bfast while surfing/blog reading/commenting and sip coffee throughout. i relish each and every quiet moment i have in the office while other lazy coworkers are still in bed. on the odd time that a bitch comes up to me to discuss work before 9am, they are told to GFTO of my face and come back at 9 because ain't nobody got time for work before 9am during my sacred morning routine. the end.
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Vodka and Soda
mint, lemon, lime water?! Tell me more!! That sounds yummy! Happy weekending, friend :)
ReplyDeleteI want to try out the Bulletproof coffee too, but I'm waiting until I can get the good stuff back in the US. Speaking of the US, I would totally try the sugar strike, but let's be honest, I'm headed straight to Cheesecake Factory for 4 slices of cheesecake as soon as I get off the plane. Oh and pecan pie. Because, c'mon, it's Texas.
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