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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!

Vice Ganda Takes Off Makeup For A Fan

Hindi ako showbiz, alam nyo yan.. and I have no intention to turn this blog into a showbiz blog. But today, I’ll make an exception because this kind of things must be shared.

Sooo my mahiwagang black box came in today! Yippe! I managed to set it up in less than 10 minutes! Ang dali dali lang promise. The next thing to do is see if it can deliver and I’m impressed! My TV is sooo linaw! It’s Showtime is sooo linaw! And very timely, there was this fan complaining to Vice Ganda how people were bullying her and saying names to make her feel bad.

As expected, Vice made the girl feel better through words of wisdom.. Vice mentioned about loving one’s self and accepting who your are. Vice even goes as far as encouraging the girl to love herself by saying “Maitim ako” “Pango ako“.

But what surprised the audience and even me was when Vice asked for wet wipes and takes off his makeup. WHOA!

vice ganda no make up — **Vice Takes Off Make Up On TV**

How can you not respect someone doing that? On national TV?

Then Vice encourage the viewers to do the same and post it on Instagram with the #proudtobeme

In less than an hour, there’s an overwhelming response from his fans!

Clap! Clap! Clap! for Vice Ganda! You really win my heart (and obviously my blog) on this one!

If I remembered it right, Vice even mentioned on making yourself pretty/ beautiful or improving one’s appearance not for anyone else but for yourself. Sabi nga nya (nv) “Nagpapaganda ako dahil karapatan kong gumand.”