living a productive day in new york | finding work-life balance, managing stress

Alright, so this is kind of like my brunch for today. So this is halal guys from yesterday. I couldn't finish it. And then this is my smoothie. So banana, pineapple, and almond milk with nuts. And usually I have berries, like frozen blueberry strawberries, but today I didn't. So yeah, this is like the first time I'm trying this combination. And let's see how it tastes. Um, it's not bad. It's still drinkable. But I still wish there was that like sweet taste the berries give. But yeah, it's good. But I wish there was berries. So right now it's like the end of May and I got my blood test checked out recently for my annual physical exam. And they told me that I lack a little bit in vitamin D. So they prescribed me some vitamins, vitamin D3. And yeah, I'm taking this every day. Yeah, I hope my life gets better. And it's the end of May, which means that I need to farm some city bike points. So I think that's what I'm going to do today. I need to head to work really soon because I have a meeting coming up in person. And then I need to do my city bike point farming to get my membership extension. And I'm going to swim a little bit and then I'm going to work out with a friend of mine. Yeah, that's probably the highlight of my day. So a lot of physical activity today. But first, yeah, I need to finish my brunch and head off. So let's do that. All right, so the meeting went well. It was more like an informal meeting because it was just me and my co-worker just discussing about what to put in the manuscript, which we plan to submit pretty soon. Today, the office was pretty empty, which is not surprising because people in my company around this time of the year. So early June, late May, usually go on vacation. And when I usually come to the office, I can't really like, like, I can't really like study or work on my own desk. I need to find a room, peaceful and quiet. And then that's how I basically get my work done. I like to stay in like a really secluded place and just blast my own music and get some work done. So that is something that I'm going to do right now. So for the next three hours, I'm going to stay in this room and get some work done. All right, so I just finished. I did get some decent amount of work done, which is great. And right now I'm going to grab something to eat real quick and then do some sleep. All right, guys. So I just got back home. Unfortunately, I couldn't finish up farming the amount of points I wanted to. So what I'm going to do is after I hit the gym, I'm going to do a workout with a friend. That's why I'm kind of like late right now. I'm going to finish everything up. But after I finish the workout, I'm going to farm the remaining points. Let's go. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Six. Like a lot. Two, three, four, five. One more. Six. Let's go. It's just a warm up. It's just a beginner piece. OK. Let's get these points. All right. So today was pretty productive. It could have been better if I swam. But it is what it is. I just didn't have the time because I was busy city bike point farming, which I had to get it done today because tomorrow I have a feeling I'll be lazy. So my goal was to get 80 points because that's the amount of points I need to get my four week membership extension. And I successfully done that. It took me two rounds, but that's fine. I got it, which is the most important thing. Work wise, I've been pretty stressed lately because, you know, like I have this manuscript to submit pretty soon and I am expecting to probably deal with this stress for another two to three weeks. So I've been really focusing on establishing a really healthy work life balance. It's kind of hard, though, to be honest, to establish a really healthy work life balance. But I've been working hard towards that. Right now it's like the end of May. It's almost June, which is crazy. It's almost half of 2024. So I've been feeling that pretty like a lot lately. Time flies so fast. It's kind of crazy right now. Anyways, thank you guys so much for watching and I'll see y'all later.