I Won't Quote

I am starting to write this post right now, on Monday morning, so it won't be that long I think.

Me, being pleased with my clothes.

Anyway, I thought I would write a little about how I deal with working out. And it is going well! I usually go to the gym like 2 times per week, mostly on the weekends, because on weekdays I get home quite late. I have gone a few times during the week as well, but then I have worked from home so going there takes no time at all. But in general it is good that I don't feel like I have to go every single day. I just take it easy, go when I want to and feel like it. I don't force myself to go at all.

Usually I jog a little and then use the equipment. Me! I have gotten used to using quite a few machines already, but there are still some I haven't checked out. I have my own certain routine of things I always do. I don't haby any muscles to show yet, but I don't work out that much. But at the same time after a workout I often get slightly sore muscles and I really like this feeling. :D And also it has never been too painful, just nice. And I think this is healthy.

In addition to using the equipment, I also do something with dumbbells and recently I have also started to pay attention to my abs. Even though I should probably do more for them, as I am so weak at my core. :D It will progress as time goes by, I am sure. Usually I stay at the gym for an hour or a little more.

On the weekend I used the running machine and jogged a little. Can't really call it proper running, as I am so slow, but it is at least something. Like last time I did FOUR AND A HALF km. I was super proud, as it has been a long time since I ran that much. I like running on the machine more, because it helps me to keep the pace. Outside I always start too fast and then get tired really soon. Also there aren't any crossroads and stuff at the gym. Or other people. There aren't many people who just run at the gym, mostly people walk. Most of the people still use the machines or dumbbells.

I am thinking that I should make a plan and write down how much weight I use on which machine etc, because it gets difficult to remember it all. And I would like to follow my progress more closely.

Something more general now as well... went to the beach on Friday and after that went to have food at Chakra, an Indian place. It was really nice, I highly recommend this place. On the beach there were quite a few people which was also a good change. :)

Then on Saturday I didn't really do anything, I was mainly at home... tried to study a bit, but wasn't successful. But I know I HAVE to do it as soon as possible, because I applied to uni on Friday and soon the exam takes place. I need to get at leasy 70 points, it is possible to get 50 from the test and 50 from the interview. I hope I am going to ace the interview, so I don't have to worry too much. I have hope. But even if I get 70 points, only first 30 will get a spot. :D And there are about 80 people registered...

Then in the evening I went to the gym and was there for a little less than an hour, because I simply was too tired. And it had a lot of people, considering it was Saturday, usually there aren't that many. Everyone are hungover from last night or out partying again usually, as weather is also super nice at the moment. Then I went home, ate a lot of course and then headed to bed. I had stayed up quite late on Friday so I was really sleepy.

On Sunday I had a proper rest, went to some stores. But I couldn't be bothered to try clothes on so I just went back home. Though one pair of pants is still in my mind, I think I have to go back at one point. I want mum jeans, because these are super popular at the moment and I love people wearing them. But I have tried them, and I don't like them on me. But I won't stop until I find a pair.

Then yesterday evening I also sorted through my clothes, even though I didn't manage to do it with everything. I was left with quite a bit I want to give away or sell. Also these are not only super small things, I have all the sizes. :D I feel kind of sad at the idea of throwing them away. I think in the end I will still bring them to the collection point and that will be done. I am just kind of sad that some of the things I haven't even worn.

I also thought about selling them at a second hand store, but I don't know how well it would go. Are there people actually buying stuff from there? Usually there are so few people in these kind of stores so I don't know. Also if any one my friends would like some new clothes - please drop by and see if you'd like something. :D I have pants, dresses, sweaters, jackets, blouses, a lot of things! Me and my friends used to do something like this: we went to someone's place with all the things we wanted to give away and then swich them. :D I would gladly do something like this again.

I am not really excited for the new week, because there is soooo much at work I need to do. One of my bosses has a holiday for a month and before this I really need to figure some things out. I try to take it easy and not stress too much. I also started to write a proper diary and I did write there that I worry way too much over stuff. Also I have another conflict - I always think and say I want to be more spontaneous, but I like knowing proper plans. It is kind of difficult to find the in-between...

But coming back to the gym, I think that yes, I need to plan out my workouts better. Like on what day I will do what etc. I really would need someone's help for that though, I am such a newbie. :D Of course I could learn stuff from YouTube, I am sure there is a lot of content (I even looked up how to use some of the equipment). But having someone with an experience would be beneficial.

With eating, things are going okay, but I feel like I still have some fearfoods, which I should take head on. :/ Because like... every day I keep thinking that I eat the same kind of stuff. I need to make something else. But I am so used to this. But then I keep thinking that there is so much other good food, I need to try it all... but I never get around to it.

Like at the moment it is difficult to eat rice, noodles (it used to be that pasta was no go and noodles were okay, now it is the opposite :D), beans and lentils (I don't even know, why, it used to be okay), some fruit (like mango, banana - even though I add banana to my porridge evert day), some vegetables (like avocado) etc. Yesterday I did make noodles with eggs and veggies for dinner and it was amazing. I don't know why I am scared. It just is like that. Also at the moment it is summer and I only want to eat fresh stuff. Ugh, this is just so irritating.

Anyway, here are some general plans for this week:

1. Finish some critical things at work.

2. Think and plan gym workouts.

3. Try and run more, both indoors and outdoors.

4. Study, study, study.

5. Try to be more spontaneous.

6. Eat different foods.

7. Spend more time in the sun.

8. Read more books.

9. Stress less.

10. Think of a GOOD challenge and execute it.

Here you go, ten things, I can be happy now. :D I will now try to get int work, as last week was a bit half-arsed. It is difficult to get back into rhytm.

I thought about a lot of challenges to do... what would be an interesting read, what would be an actual challenge that I can stick to for 5 days. I had some ideas so I combined them all together.

At first I wanted to talk about moving and working out. Then I wanted to tell you about studying and reading. Then I wanted to mention listening to a radio or a podcast. I also wanted to do something in the kitchen. 

And then I thought about being a little productive every single day. Lately things have not been going too well and most of my time I just do nothing. To make the most of my time, I needed to make a change and DO something every single day.

I think I will try to and write down at least three things that I have done and would have usually skipped.

Sunday

Half of my fay I was kind of confused, because I couldn't figure out what I needed to do then. To be productive. In the end I came to some sort of realisation and started to put it into practice. All in all:

- I studied for 30-45 minutes

- I loved myself: went for a long walk and worked out for 15 minutes

- I cleaned and did some laundry. I still have some organizing to do at home, I need to take old furniture into the basement for example, because I have no idea about what to do with them pieces...

- I prepared some dinner that I haven't made before

- I read a book

I couldn't come up with more things at the moment, but I want to put emphasis on studying, which I haven't done in a while, and moving myself, which is also kind og meh. In the evening when I went to sleep, I felt really accomplished and it was nice.

Monday

I had so much motivation when I woke up in the morning. But at work I didn't feel like doing anything, but I looked through some stuff and planned things in advance. Though I could have done more - as always. But this weekend just went by so fast and I feel like I didn't get any rest at all. I will try and mark down as many things as I did yesterday. And do similar stuff.

Monday productivity list was as follows:

- I listend to an audiobook

- Translated a blog post into English finally

- Took an extra task at work

- Started a new law book I want to go through

- Did some exercises at home

- Made proper dinner (Japanese curry)

- Walked quite a bit after work while listening to an audiobook

Tuesday

Today morning I also felt motivated, but I almost missed my bus and couldn't listen to my audiobook in the morning. So I feel like I wasted this time I could have invested into it.

Otherways at work it has been a nice day, I have had several meetings already and I have been talking about things at work a lot. Also I have done quite a bit of work today. But yeah, I needed to get it done anyway. Also even during the moments I am taking a rest, my brain is still working on my cases, so I have some things almost solved, though I haven't written them out yet. It is good to be prepared though.

I would really love to go for a run today, but it is raining outside so it is not that inviting. I guess I will walk back home and listen to some music or my audiobook and do some exercises indoors. I found a workout video yesterday what I would like to try at home. I should clean at home also, especially because mum is coming over on the weekend, but I hope I will have some time to do it tomorrow or something. I sould go and check out my basement thingy. :D

- Participated two meetings

- Did this home workout

- Studied a little

- Listened to an audiobook

Wednesday

I feel like my productivity has gone down, I haven't done as much stuff as I would have liked. But I have made genuine effort and done things. So I guess at least I am more productive than I was last week.

- Had a meeting

- Studied for about half an hour

- Ran 3,5 km, which is the longest run I have done this year and I could have kept going, but it was quite late already and I didn't want to overtrain as we are going hiking tomorrow

- Cleaned at home, because my cat is shedding a loooot, I vacuumed everything at took the trash and empty bottles out.

Thursday

Today I won't be doing much, because we have a bog hike planned. I got up super early, but no wonder, as I went to bed quite early as well. I had to get up at 9 but opened my eyes at 7 already.

A few weeks ago I had this really stressful and depressed time and I am back there right now, I feel so disgusting and awful. Today is a bit better though. I guess it plays a role that my weight has gone up quite a bit yet again and this upset me.

Every cell in my body was against having breakfast today, because I know today brings a lot of snacking and drinking. But I made proper porridge for myself. Then there were these discussions about should I also add a banana, do I add regular amount of oats, do I add less strawberries, but I just override these thoughts and made my normal porridge. I feel better and not a guilty today, but I guess these feelings will eventually come, as I am sure I am going to overeat. I try to think that this is normal and I still need to gain some weight, but it is not helping. Everything is okay. I just need to repeat this to myself often enough.

At least I get to share these things with a friend and she understands me, this makes everything better. I have no idea if today will be any productive at all, but at least I can write down that I do something with other people, I am moving my body and I am participating in things. Will jot them down tomorrow.

All in all I do feel like I have been more productive. At first I don't want to do anything, but once I get going, it gets easier. And I can complete what I need to do.

One of the biggest changes is definitely that I am not on my phone as much anymore, I have been actually living. And I have been doing things I kind of skipped on for a while.

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And there is not list today, because I was not productive at all. Well, I could add that I did something different at least - went to a bog. And swam in a pond! It was nice. There was a lot of eating and I calculated... well, I don't even want to write it out. Today I feel quite disgusting, but I am sure I will get over it. It happens. I have gotten over it other times, why should today be different.

My head is actually full of thoughts and there are so many ideas I want to do and write. Which is good. Sometimes I feel like I don't even know what to blog about anymore, but I have a plan for next 2 posts already. I haven't written anything down yet, but I have good ideas. So should be interesting. Even though I don't know, things may change with the challenges.

I want to get over my food addiction, because I am quite sure I have it. All the time when I am awake I need to eat something. :D It is difficult like this. Sitting at home and eating. Or going out with people and eating. Everything is about food and eating.

It is also difficult to see people who are thinner than I am, like yesterday I needed to tell myself all the time that different bodies, different paths, different prople and everything is different. I guess it did help.

I really didn't want to talk about eating in this post, but I kind of got stuck here, sorry. :D Also I am sorry for being behind with translating my posts. :D 

I will try and continue with this productivity thing, I want to start making lists and completing them. It feels so good when you actually finish stuff. And it becomes easier and easier the more you do it. But at the same time you can't forget REST and doing nothing, because they are equally as important. So I took it very easy over the weekend.

I picked Garmin Vivomove 3S watch. I looked at so many, tead about them, did research and so on, but I was still super confused. Then in the end I thought that they are pretty much the same thesedays, I will pick according to what looks best.

At the moment I have only used it for a few days, but I am happy with it so far. Vibrating that notifies me of calls and messages is quieter than I am used to, but I have already gotten good at noticing it. I like that it tracks a lot of things, like sleep, breathing etc. It is interesting to see in the evening or in the morning how my previous day went and how long I slept etc. At the moment I also haven't gotten addicted to like... walking up a certain amount of stairs or walking enough to standing for several hours or something. I do follow how much I walk, but I am hopeless there. And even if I didn't pay attention to it, I would still walk just as much. :D I really like walking.

Comparing this watch to my previous one that cost less than 30 euros, it also follows my steps taken indoors quite well. Also the menu is available in Estonian, notifications are in Estonian etc. My mum also would like a new watch and I have recommended the same one.

I especially like that it looks like a normal watch, a nice one. I am thinking of ordering some bands from Aliexpress to switch it up. The watch itself is rose gold, which I love.

It is also really comfortable to wear, it doesn't get stuck etc. The main thing is getting used to this vibrating stuff.

Mmm... what else. All the notifications are well shown and it is really simple to use. One of my friends also sent me a message saying she has used the exact one for a while and she is really happy with it. So at the moment I feel like I made a right choice.

I tried running with it, but I was so dumb and didn't start the training option, so I didn't get any feedback for it. :D I hope that before posting this I can do another round, if I feel like it, because I want to see how well it tracks it. I was really upset with myself after the run, because I really wanted to test it, but oh well. This is fine, because I discovered again how much I love it. It is just a bit difficult to motivate myself at the moment.

On Tuesday my dad is coming to Tallinn and he is finally setting up the stuff in my corridor. Like a mirror and shoe cupboard. I have lived in my flat for half a year already, but there are still things to be done. Next I think I want to work on the kitchen and get a new sink thingy and I want to get a new oven. I don't know if I want to stick to the gas or get an electric one, probably the latter. But yeah, it will take some time, because money and choices are big issues for me. And I don't know how this getting rid of gas works etc. I am quite pleased with the current situation and not bothered by it, because I don't really do much at home and everything works. :D

One of my friends is getting the extra bed for her daughter, so I will get rid of that soon and then I can finally get a dinner table, I have looked at many already. But I would rather go to the store to pick it. It is different when you order stuff online, I want to see the furniture in real life first.

Okay, I did another run on Sunday and set my watch to record it. :D It was cool to see all the information it gave me later. How much I ran etc. I didn't feel like running at all, but I was simply too curious and had to. And in the middle of the run I discovered that I didn't think about anything and it was such a good moment. Like, during the first kilometer I was thinking about how I want to stop, but when my phone vibrated at the start of second km, I was like... wow, already done one?

My time was a bit better than last time: 6:13 mins per km. Even though I felt like I was super slow on that day, hahha. :D Anyway, this was a nice discovery.

What is a minus is that it doesn't have GPS so you need your phone with it while running.

I even did some studying on Sunday. Not much, maybe for about 30 minutes, but considering I haven't done any recently, it was still progress. At the moment I could keep going, but I thought about writing this post and it is Sunday, it should be a rest day!

Sister is coming over soon, we are making this oven baked pasta (with the vegan cheese I got!) and I got us Nutella-brownie cake and raspberry filled donut. It has been a long time when I have been wanting to go to a store and just buy cake, I have been super scared. I didn't even buy this one at first, I was already walking away when I changed my mind and went back. I hope it will taste well.

I have been wanting a donut since I did this S-letter challenge (sõõrik in Estonian) and one of my friends said that this one is particularly good. So I decided we should try it today. Even though it is Sunday, I am also thinking about having a glass of wine. I am not looking forward to next work week, because I have so many difficult things in hand and I am just so tired. I would like to be alone, not worry about hosting someone at my place, especially since me and my dad don't get along that well most of the time... but yeah, I have to go through with it.

My watch has been working for two and a half days in one go, but wants to be charged now. If I didn't use all of the functions all the time, it would last longer, but I kind of guessed it was gonna be like this. Most of my friends said they need to charge their ones daily and it does make sense, as it followes my breathing and heartbeat etc. And sometimes tells me to move and stretch etc. And it also gives me an update on my stress level, body battery etc. :D

I think I will do some stretching now before my sister is coming over, because I am quite sore from sitting and this run I did.

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The evening was really nice. I had two glasses of wine, pasta was supergood. Cake was nice as well and I do think that the donut was even better. :D I really enjoyed my evening. I thought about making a separate post with the vegan cheeses, when I have tried making more things. I am not saying I will definitely do it, but maybe. :D At the moment I have this plan.

Today I am doing a one day challenge, which I think is a good idea, but at the same time so random. xD I just came up with it and thought why not. Besides I haven't done one day challenges recently.

Today I would also like to go for a run, but I don't know if I will. It depends on how tired I am after work. I will probably also walk home, so I don't even know what time I get there.

I started listening an audiobook called Everything, Everything, as I have seen the movie and I really liked it. It has been really nice until now, I will listen to some more while I am going home. At the same time I played it for two hours last night and fell asleep while listening to it, so now I need to find where I left off. I just couldn't keep my eyes open and it seemed like a good idea at the time. :D

I have so many books I am reading at once, but I can't help it. :D I can't finish one, because I feel like reading another etc. Anyone else like this?

Anyway yeah... I haven't stayed up too long now again, even though on Saturday I think I was awake until midnight even. Didn't do anything, but time just passed very fast. And then I got to sleep a bit longer on Sunday (meaning I woke up only at 9!) and I had a really nice slow morning.

In general I am pleased with my watch and I recommend it to others. Easy to use, comfy, looks good and I like the app too. :)

I am so freaking upset that my weight has gone up so much. And then I decided to restrict a bit and for a few days ate less and omg, I lost 100 grams and then I couldn't do it anymore and started to eat normally again and at the moment I don't care about my weight but in 5 minutes I do and feel shit again. And then yesterday at work someone randomly asked me if I have gained weight and I just... YES I HAVE but who asks things like this?! I would never think about going up to someone and asking if they have gained weight. Aaaargh. Phew, finally got it out at least.

As it is new year and everything is closed in Tallinn, I decided to work out a little at home. I made this really basic list of exercises and I started with doing 10 pushups, 10 ab exercises, 10 squats and 10 seconds of blank. And like, not only one type of ab exercises, several. I just can't really show them in the blog here, haha. :D And then every day I add one. Like on the second of January I did 11 of everything etc. I don't know how long until I stop adding them, but we will see.

On the second day when my muscles hurt (!!! I couldn't believe it, I have to be super weak) I got kind of scared as sore muscles is a symptom of corona. :D Then I quickly tried if I can smell something and taste food before I remembered that oh yeah, I exercised.

Currently I have done it for... three days. xD What a dicipline, right! I am not expecting any big changes, but I just think that moving my body a little is a good thing.

I have tried doing some yoga as well, but I just am too unmotivated to follow along a YouTube video. :S This sucks. I wish I was in a yoga class, where there aren't any distractions and where I don't have other option than to follow along. At home, there have been many times where I have started a video, but in 5 minutes I pause it and turn it off, because I don't feel like it. So yeah, I don't really have much motivation, haha.

In general the motivation aspect kind of sucks, I don't see it increasing. I thought that maybe it helps if I go back to the office, but currently it has been the same. But it is the first official workday this year (I am writing this on 4th of January) and I don't know how things will go. I don't really feel this "new year new me" thing.

I got some really nice comments on my post complaining about having nothing to do. Regards this I think that I really need to pick up some hobbies again. But I am too lazyyyyyy. How can a person be this lazy?! Or I don't know. It is always easier to say that ah I will do it later, ah I will do it tomorrow etc. And then tomorrow never comes. It was the same with my eating disorder at first, I always thought about tomorrow. Finally I am here though. :D We shall see, maybe at one point I do end up picking up some hobbies again. A person can dream.

Haha, I started this post as a fitness influencer, but now it has become just some whining on my part. :D I will try to be better. Anyway with fitness, I will try to follow these exercises at least for a month. Then this is kind of an accomplishment, as it was with the stretching routine I did.

Right now it is sixth day and some other muscles have become sore now. :D I added some exercises, so that's why. Also recently I haven't really been walking outside, but I want to move. It is also nice to make a list of exercises on yoru own, because then you can mix them up etc.

It is kind of funny that my cat is super confused when I get down on all fours and start doing the pushups. He always comes and stares at me and sometimes lays down UNDER me. I don't know, he must like a roof made out of a person, haha. :D

Yesterday I was like, I am too lazy to do it, but then I remembered it is only 5th day and I am not about to give up. :D But regarding this - maybe I have reached my limit. But at the same time I want to reach at least 30 (currently it is 15). Then this would be of some use.

Anyway yes, moving yourself a little seems to be a good thing. And what is also nice - I don't have to do everything at once. Like on one day I warmed up some food in the microwave and during this time I added some exercises, right there in the kitchen. You have to be clever! :D

Ideally I would keep this habit up all year. It doesn't take much time, it is healthy and nice. And then every month I could see my progress. Like do the exercises get easier or do I see or feel a difference. This very mild sore muscle pain is actually nice as well! But I don't want to get obsessed with these exercises. I don't want to think that it is a catastrophe when I don't do them on one day. But I will try to last at least for January.

What I also wanted to write about is that me and my friend had a pizza night. And it was sooooo difficult. Weight played a huge role in it, because the number was a lot bigger on that day. And then I thought about skipping lunch or not having breakfast etc. But I made this yoghurt bowl thingy for breakfast and had some proper food during lunch. And I also had snacks. And after the pizza I had some sweets as well. So yeah, I kind of got over it. But on the next morning the weight was up even more and it is really bothering me. For some time I was okay with it, but this comment my coworker made is still on my mind and I just feel very negative in general.

But! Of course we ordered from this Mega Good Pizza place. Mexican pizza and Thai pizza, on which we changed sundried tomatoes into vöner (vegan kebab). I have never ordered from a place as much than I have from there. Also the pizzas tasted amazing. Honestly. I will never stop hyping them up. And then me and my friend thought that we should have a pizza night every month or something. And get pizzas from new places.

In general the night was really cool. We got to talk about things that connect us, have some pizza and drink Pepsi Max lime of course. Perfect combination. After that we went to walk around for a bit, also stopped at the store. I wanted to get Biscoff, but it wasn't in stock. At least I got those gingerbread butter cookies I am yet to ry.

Anyway, regarding the pizzas, I have ordered them many times with my other friend. And even if he says that he hasn't eaten all day, he never finishes one. I don't understand. Because honestly, as soon as I finish, I feel like I could have another one and also top it off with a kilo of ice cream. I just crave everything all the time. Also on yesterday evening I felt full, but I still wanted to have something. I just like the act of eating. Then I watched some TV and ate. A lot.

Oeh, I don't know. When will things normalize for me?

It was the first of September and I decided to go for a month long challenge. As I am not working out a lot due to my weight, I still thought a little movement would be good. Thus I decided to do 10 minutes of stretching and flexibility exercises for a month.

And honestly, ten minutes was such a long time during the first day. I was constantly thinking that okay, that is enough, I won't do it today and so on. :D Because I was just so lazy. I didn't like some of the exercises either, the ones on your knees to be precise.

Anyway, at one point I realised I should use a yoga mat and it got better after that. And when I got to a certain part of the video, it didn't feel as long anymore and it was okay. And I didn't want to stop anymore.

On the first two days I had this block, I didn't want to start. Then I thought I will follow this for a week - I could post about it on Monday and it would be done. But then I made a deal with myself for a month and I am glad I did it.

Ten minutes felt less and less each time. Also I really liked that these exercises are not difficult, I could even make them when wearing PJs before bed. And in general I would have had time to do them in the morning before going to work as well.

Some of the exercises I really liked, when there were some I despised. Some were just boring, whilst others helped with improving your balance. Like the third exercise - this was really hard at the beginning but it got much easier towards the end.

Day 5

I keep forgetting I need to do them. Until now I have still managed though, I haven't missed a day. :D It is a bit funny to do them when my sister is at home and moving around in the flat, she will find me in weird postitions. :D

Anyway, this is such a nice thing to add to your day and get warm - I am always cold - and it is nice to move a little after sitting in front of a computer all day. I really recommend doing something like this for your body. I am glad a lot of people have asked the video link already when I have mentioned this challenge.

Day 10

Today was the first day I really almost forgot it. At around 9pm I suddenly remembered that I hadn't done it. :D At the same time I had been to yoga class on the previous day and had already gotten some sore muscles. It was nice to stretch.

In general I do these exercises when I am home alone, but on some days my sister is there as well. I sometimes talk to her while doing them. :D Time passes quicker each day. I used to think that I don't want to do this second to last thing (with the hands), but now I just do it and it is fine. I could do the stretches without the video as well, but I can't be bothered to take the time. I really like this video. It is good that the trainer is not speaking and I like the sounds it makes when exercise is finished or it is starting. I don't have to stare at the screen constantly. But it is a good reminder if I miss something.

Day 15

Doing this feels completely normal now and now that I have a vacation, I usually do these exercises on the first half of the day. Like today I carried home a 7 kilo watermelon and I felt that I needed to stretch myself out after that as fast as possible. And it was super nice. Also yesterday I thought about doing these for the second time as well, but didn't in the end. Thinking the same about today. Also I have this painful nerve spot on my hip/butt and yoga helps, but these stretches also help.

Day 20

It is really weird to think that I have kept up this habit for 20 days already. And it has gotten so much easier. Like the third exercise! I used to never get my foot between my hands, but now I can! Also I think just attending yoga classes has helped. But anyway, this is a change I have noticed. :D

The time passes so fast. Also on one day I had a terrible headache, but after doing this routine, I felt a lot better. I didn't think ten minutes would make a difference, but it did. :D

What I also really like about this video is that when 45 seconds pass, she will finish the exercise and video won't cut off. I don't know, why, but I really like this. :D And at the same time you can see what the next thing is and all that.

Are there any other stretching routines to follow? YouTube is full of them, of course, but do you have any recommendations?

Day 25

Today is very busy, because I went to see my psychologist, then I came home and had to take a shower and get stuff together to go to my parents' place. I still found the ten minutes to do this routine. And it was really nice, it kind of calmed me down and helped to refocus, so in addition to physically helping me it also helped me mentally.

I guess it will be a bit strange to do this at my parents', but I don't want to miss a day. I haven't stuck to a challenge for so long as I am doing for this. :D I wonder if I want to continue with it once the 30 days are over. I can try. :D This is already a part of my everyday. Maybe I could look into more videos and follow those...

Day 30

And that's it. And I think it is about time. I have been following those for a while and also attended some yoga classes at the gym - these have become too easy for me. I thought about following a short vinyasa flow tutorial instead - it would be a bigger challenge.

In general I really liked this challenge. It was nice to take 10 minutes for your body and mind and do something different. At least it was great for beginners like me. And honestly, it passed so quickly. 10 minutes is not long.

What could my next challenge be?

I thought about doing something every day that I don't want to do. This would be a good step towards getting your life in check? :D