Hey guys! Welcome to the first official week of my new Passion blog (because the last one was just an intro). I hope you all have had a great week so far. This week I will be talking about what I’ve been doing in the last couple days to de-stress and keep on track with productivity. Admittedly, I have been pretty overwhelmed this week since I’ve been packing to move on campus, and I’ve had to do homework and other things on top of that.
Today I’m going to go into a bit more depth on my specific workout schedule, and then I will highlight some things I do to make sure I’m set to take care of all my responsibilities for the week.
I worked out 5 times this week. Normally I do a 3 days on/1 day off schedule to allow me to have a manageable workout schedule and not get burnt out; however, this week I did 4 days in a row since I’m moving on campus tomorrow and won’t have much time to get a workout in. On weekdays on, I get up to work out at 6:45 a.m. and then I have my 8 a.m. classes. On weekends on, I normally get up around 9 or so to work out. On days off, I always unwind and make sure to give my muscles a break before the next cycle of workouts. I make sure to maintain the healthy diet that I do on my workout days, and I also ensure that I eat a lot of protein to repair my muscles. This workout/rest schedule allows me to keep my productivity up and feel motivated on days that I do it. In addition, exercising is a great way to start my day and get myself in a good headspace for efficiency in the day. The hardest part, honestly, is just getting out of bed early in the morning to complete the workout.
Exercising is the main thing that I do every week to keep a solid structure, improve myself, and remain efficient. However, when I have a ton of responsibilities at a given time (like this week), I also like to make lists to make sure I get everything done. It just feels great to be able to check things off a list as I get them done (but that might just be me and my Type A personality). This week, I listed out all of my homework and wrote down all of the things I needed to pack. Doing this actually made me more productive because I felt motivated to check everything off. Therefore, I got most of my packing done early and have almost finished my homework for the weekend.
For the next passion blog I will likely talk more about the things I do for fun, just to make the blog more interesting as a whole. Thanks for reading, and have a good rest of your week!
I too am a list type of person. I literally check my calendar on canvas and other homework websites. I know this one website I think its called Notion and you can put all your assignments in one space and see what due for the week and make it to your aesthetic! But kudos to you for working out, at the beginning of this week I was slacking to do my workouts but seeing your posts makes me motivated!
I adore daily lists of everything that has to get done too! I actually asked for a big nice one for my birthday last year, and I would definitely agree that I have gotten much more productive since I have started. I really admire how you get up that early every day to work out, as I just do not have the willpower to roll out of bed before my hour-long scroll through social media.
I really liked your post because I literally change workout schedules ten time a month because I find that when I do it myself I keep thinking of ways to change it. I also relate to liking to workout before class, I really enjoy accomplishing something early in the morning!