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Ways To Beat Monday Blues

MONDAY BLUES!

As usual! I noticed how my Monday mornings are usually the least productive. It always feels like I have so many online stuff to do but as soon as I sit in front of my computer, my mind goes blank. This has been going on for months now. Mondays are my lost days.

Just today.. it’s already past lunch and I still haven’t started a thing. I spent the whole morning looking for bedding.. I have a hangover from yesterday’s window shopping at Megamall. Having your own house is hard pala. It’s very challenging, specially when you start to shop for home essentials. Nakakabaliw the choices. And while browsing for bed essentials, my brain started to function. I think of articles I can write that’s home related. I started to list some topics only to realize that it’s not on my to do list for this week.

Ayayay! I always deviate from my to do list! Kahit sampung to do list ang gawin ko, pagdating ng lunes, nabubura lahat!

Anyone, experiencing the same? Got any Monday Blues Beater? SHARE YOUR SECRET!

I found one from Forbes: 11 Ways to Beat the Monday Blues

Out of the 11 ways listed on the article, I’ll be aplpying 5 to beat my Monday Blues:

Make a list of the things you’re excited about

EXCITED. One word that makes my Monday more stressful. I always wake up feeling excited, there’s this overwhelming feeling and too much adrenaline every Monday. The problem with me, I am having a hard time pin pointing where to put that much energy. I end up doing so many things and not finishing a thing. Or sometimes, I put the excitement on the wrong place aka Pinterest and Facebook, so I end up being unproductive.

I think, I can solve this problem by listing the things that I need to do and should be excited about be before Monday comes. Like a pending blog post or a post event write up. I should divide my excitement and make sure that things that needs to be done ASAP are given more excitement dust.

Get enough sleep and wake up early.

I always sleep early on Sunday nights but I always forgot to wake up early on Monday mornings. I better psyche myself into waking up an hour early during Mondays.

Dress for success.

I am still working on the dress up part.. the summer weather is killing me! BUT!! I discovered last week that I work best when I’m wearing make up..not to mention, my selfies with my Zenfone2 is a real confidence booster! Lalo ako gumaganda with Zenfone2’s camera (hindi pa beautification mode iyon ha!)

ALSO! I discovered that I write well when I have curly hair! LOL

Make someone else happy.

I’m usually out of reach during weekends. Weekends are for my husband and our travels. You won’t see me online that much, aside from Instagram where I upload our travel photos. Monday is like my “catching up with friends” time.. sometimes, I spend half the day chatting with my friends! I can’t live without that.. so I will try to limit it by including it on my calendar. Maybe after a blog post or two, I can catch up with my friends for an hour or two.

Be positive.

I used to have a Thankful post series on this blog. I post it every Friday, much like a closing remark for a week well done.. but reading the article on Forbes, made me realized, a gratitude post will be better on Mondays. It will serve as an inspiration and fuel to keep me going and finish my to do list.

Sooo to start this week right, here are some of the things that I am thankful for:

Boys who love Sati as much as I do

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Product deliveries: bought the ABSCBN TV Plus from Lazada, Remington Pro Spiral Curl from a dear blogger friend and Daylong from my new PR friends.

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Achieving my dream curly hair with the use of Remington Pro Spiral Curl

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School shoes shopping at Liliw Laguna.. a pair of black shoe sis only 450 PhP!!! I bought 12 pairs of shoes and only paid PhP5000!

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Sunday afternoon with high school friends. Old friends are the best! They keep you grounded and makes you feel happy, a certain kind of happiness that only them can induce.

Now I am ready to face my Monday deadlines!

Have you tried listing some ways to beat Monday Blues? Share your blog post in the comment section, I would love to read your entries!

One Day Without Shoes

With all the “without shoes” photos I posted on Instagram, one would think I love walking barefooted.

Truth of the matter is, I do not like walking barefooted. Even when I sleep, I wear socks. In fact, I have a dozen gray socks on my closet. I wear socks almost 20 hours a day.. I really do not like when my feet are exposed.

I joined the #withoutshoes campaign because I believe the cause TOMS are trying to promote.

“ONE DAY WITHOUT SHOES” is an annual global event that aims to spread awareness on the impact a pair of shoes can have on a child’s life.

And that’s also the reason why, even though I do not like being barefooted, I joined TOMS One Day Without Shoes event and walked without shoes around BGC.

Bloggers join hand in hand (or feet in feet) to promote TOMS “One Without Shoes” campaign.

My walking buddy, Mommy Glaiza of Moomy Musings.

It was a fun event and a very meaningful one. An eye opener for most, we walked around 6 PM and the pavement was still hot, imagine the life of kids walking barefooted all day long. I hope TOMS were able to reach their 1 Million goal shoes for this year.

Next year, I want you to walk with me #withoutshoes! See you!

When Sore Throat Strikes..

Anything but sore throat.

And colds.. but really, sore throat is my least favorite illness. I can’t eat, I can’t speak and I can’t even drink! Paano ako gagaling when I’m having a hard time taking meds? It’s not easy, lalo pa siguro with people who uses their voice on their profession.

Well, I had the opportunity to know how people using their voice battles sore throat. I got the chance to interview someone who uses her voice in her chosen field. Meet teacher Rosalie Lazaro Evangelista:

Teacher Evangelista, as she is fondly called by her students, has been teaching for 12 years at a private school in Pasig City. She experienced teaching all grade levels, her first advisory class was Grade 1 and last school year, she was the adviser of Grade 3 class.

Her typical teaching days starts with a prayer. After praying, which she leads most of the time, comes the attendance. She would call the students one by one for the attendance. Homework checking comes next and then motivation activities for the kids. Usually, teacher Evangelista sings with the kids, sometimes, they play games. After motivating the kids, she starts with the lesson of the day. Every time they change subject, she would motivate the kids again then start with the new lesson.

Teacher Evangelista is inside the classroom from 7 AM to 3 PM with an hour break for lunch and meryenda. And she’s talking/ using her voice 80% of the time. She said she really loves teaching. She feels proud when her students show they understand the lesson for the day. Of course there is something that she does not like with being a teacher. Well, aside from students quarreling inside the classroom, getting a sore throat is what she hates the most.

The worst situation she had to deal with is getting a sore throat twice in a month! And though there are remedies for sore throat, it becomes a hindrance on her profession. Explaining a simple theory becomes more challenging when she have sore throat. It makes her feel uncomfortable too and she feels inadequate to teach because of it. Whenever Teacher Evangelista’s suffers from sore throat, she wants to brush and gargle salt and water more often to improve her throat. She can’t do that in front of the students. She has to take a break more often and she really doesn’t lie doing it as she feels she’s giving less to the students.

I asked her if she tried other remedies for sore throat or if she hear about Kamillosan. She said, she haven’t tried it but she knows about the product. Their pedia prescribed it to her kids when they were suffering from sore throat. She thought, the product was for kids only that’s why she never considered using it. Now that she knows Kamillosan is not just for kids, she’s more than willing to try it.

Teacher Evangelista knows that Kamillosan is safe because it was prescribed by their pedia. She knows that Kamillosan is effective because her kids have tried it already. She’s going to use Kamillosan because it’s the most convenient remedy for sore throat.

Kamillosan has clinically proven anti- inflammatory and antibacterial ingredients to effectively reduce symptoms caused by all stages of sore throat, pharyngitis, and tonsillitis. It alleviates irritation, supports wound healing and exerts an antiseptic as well as deodorizing effect.

Kamillosan main ingredients is chamomile, one of the medicinal herbs famous for its healing for many centuries in Europe. Chamomile has been declared as a medicinal plant of the year 1987 in Germany.