One of the main reasons I find it difficult to survive RMO is because I sleep late and I sleep A LOT. I am having trouble fixing my sleeping pattern. I can only hit the sack at 3 a.m. and the next morning, I either wake up early and spent the rest of the afternoon sleeping, or wake up super late that I have anxiety of going downstairs because I don't help in the kitchen. Haha. But for real guys. For real.
I tried to make some plans for my day every night before I go to bed. I am not restricting myself to time, but there are "things" that I must do every single day i.e. I have to read, work out, and do my assignment (yup, I have three assignments already T_T). Nevertheless, it's hard to keep up with your routine when you do not start your morning right. Sometimes I feel sluggish and demotivated that it's easy for me to just abandon my plans and just binge watching Brooklyn 99 on Netflix or sleep again. I resorted to these two options because 1) it doesn't require a lot of thinking; 2) it's the laziest thing we could do as of now.
BUT I don't want to do that ALL THE TIME. Sure, it's fun not having commitments (slap me as I said this because I have tons of them, I'm just living in denial) but there are times when I feel so overwhelmed. I have been doing a lot of thinking these days especially about my future. I was so worried whether or not I can graduate this year. People have been saying things like we should just postpone this semester and to be very honest with you, I don't think I can do that. Then, I started thinking about my Chambering. I'm worried if it's possible for me to score a decent place to chamber at after all this ends. With my CGPA and the current situation of our economy-- can I? It's scary to know that our country is going through a serious recession and it's affecting a lot of companies in Malaysia.
Tell you what my friend, the more I spend time lazying around, the more overwhelmed and useless I feel. So I decided to plan for my days and stalked some influencers online to get some inspiration to design my day (I did this because I think at this point of time, influencers are very helpful especially those who come out with practical & positive contents). That's when I met @soimjenn's instagram. I adore her because she shared with her viewers her fair share of struggles during this RMO and some tips to overcome it.
During one of her instagram's live session, she shared tips on "how to design your day" and I want to share it here:
1) Something I don't want to do
- Help mom in the kitchen/cooking
2) Something I love to do
- at this point, being online???
- or reading/writing
3) Something to learn
- new skills such as cooking perhaps.
- need to brush up my knitting skills or I could probably start learning crochet!!
4) Something that makes me laugh
- Brooklyn 99 ftw! (often we forget that laughing is the best medicine)
5) Something inevitable
- assignments
- eat, take a shower, skincare routines, keeping my room clean and organized.
- eat, take a shower, skincare routines, keeping my room clean and organized.
There you go. I know it's not easy to keep up with routine, so I decided not to restrict myself to the schedule. Sometimes I would just scribble down the things I want to do tomorrow and do it whenever I feel like doing it. The key here is consistency. You just do it, every single day. Until it becomes a part of you.
Here's to many more days of RMO and surviving it!
Cheers,
Nurzafira Sabrina.
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