getting my life BACK TOGETHER 🎧 organizing my life + getting back on track

Good morning you guys. I am just getting ready for my run. We are getting our lives back together in this freaking video because I have been so out of my routine. It's actually crazy and diabolical, but that's okay. I've been enjoying the summer. I've been having fun. You fall off of your routine once in a while. It's no big deal. I never put pressure on myself, especially when I'm just at like the points in my life where I am having fun. I'm not going to put pressure on myself. I'm not going to make myself feel guilty or bad for not working out, not being in my routine. Anyways, this video, the purpose of it is I'm going to take you guys along my week and we are going to get my habits back on track, get my life organized again, and actually just like stick to a freaking consistent routine again, which you guys know I feel my best when I am in a consistent routine. Otherwise, I feel a little bit disheveled. So, it's always like a double-edged sword when I'm out of my routine cuz I am having fun, but then part of me just feels so like I just don't feel my best, obviously. But that is literally part of life to have the es and the flows. So you got to embrace every stage. But anyways, going for a run. I'm going to aim to do I'm going to aim for 7.5 or 8 km run today. I'm not going to do a full 10 km run today because I'm easing myself back into working out cuz I haven't worked out in what feels like a million years. So I don't want to burn myself out and like get too sore. So I'm going to ease myself back in. I was like, we got to start the week off with a bang and go on a run for my first workout this week. And I'm planning my workouts every day this week to actually hold myself accountable cuz I feel like if I don't plan what I'm going to do the day before, I don't do it. So, I just need to actually like set a plan in stone like the night before be like, I'm going to do this tomorrow. I'm going to book this class or whatever and actually just follow through with it. And that's what makes it just easier for me. Running has slowly become one of my hobbies, honestly. And I have just been really enjoying it. Honestly, running outside, it's a lot more enjoyable when the weather's nice. Like, I don't think I would be one to go out on a run in the rain, if I'm honest, unless like I had signed up for something and I needed to do it. But I do really like running when it's nice outside. It's nice to get some fresh air and be outside just in general. And yeah, I've just been really loving running. So, really started being more consistent with it this year, like in the spring. Getting a good pair of running shoes really helps. Shorts are from Halara. I actually have a haul from them that I'm going to show you guys in a bit because I've been wearing their stuff so often for my runs that they've been so good. Super cute running fits. I love my little pink Hoka runners cuz they just make any outfit so cute. And then I have this running vest that I got from Amazon that I've been wearing just to like hold my phone and then I bring like my little camera with me um to record running outfit. Let's go do this. Save me. Baby. Hey. Heat. Heat. N. I have a huge Halara haul to show you guys. You guys know they're one of my favorite activewear brands. Let's just get into the haul cuz I got such cute pieces. This is their Softly Zero plush backless active dress in the color nose gate. I wore this dress golfing the other day ago. It is so comfortable and butter soft. The comfiest active wear dress I've ever put on. It has shorts underneath with a pocket. Literally, this is the biggest phone you could get. And then that fits right in. And voila, I was golfing handsree. The built-in shorts are so good for coverage and obviously extra support. The easy peasy back design just makes it so easy for like bathroom breaks to slip it off. It's so easy to put on and off. This is the exact same dress but in black. Every girl needs a little black dress. I always feel so confident in black cuz it's just so staple and I never get bored of the color. So this one is their softly zero airy backless twisted cool touch dance active dress in the color afterglow. This one is also just as comfortable. Fabric is just as amazing and butter soft. We have the built-in shorts once again. So you feel so comfortable in the dress. This one is their Softly Zero Airy Unck 2-in-1 pocket mini cool touch dance active dress in the color white. This is actually just like the perfect little fitting dress on me. Materials butter soft, such good quality. The back is just so adorable. And I also love how there's not only the built-in shorts, but there's also the built-in cups. So, don't need to even worry about having to wear a bra with this. And it gives you so much support honestly in every single area. Okay, now moving on to all of the running shorts and skirts that I got from them. You guys know I'm becoming a runner. I'm becoming a track star. These are their softly zero quick dry high-waisted tummy control crossover hem 2in-1 running shorts in the 3in with pockets in the color sky blue. I never knew that I needed running shorts until I actually started wearing them and I'm like, "Wow, they make such a big difference in my runs. So adorable and they just fit so comfortably. They're such amazing quality and they're so stretchy." These ones are their Softly Zero Air Crossover high-waisted 2in-1 cool touch yoga shorts in the 3-in with pockets in the color chocolate martini. I'm obsessed with a good chocolate brown and I love the crossover detail on these. They really just hold everything in, still make my outfit so cute. This is their everyday softly zero airy crossover twoin- one side pocket cool touch mini tennis skirt in the color aster blue. This color is just so gorge. I really want to go out and play pickle ball in this. It is so comfortable, stretchy, but flowy, so flattering. And then these are their super high-waisted back pocket inside, hidden pocket, twoin- one yoga shorts, the 3-in in the color winter berry. These ones are not crossover. They're high-waisted, which I love on days where I feel like a little bit just bloated or I want to cover more of my stomach and just like feel snatched in. These shorts really do that. One thing that I think is super cool is all of these products have actually been improved over time through the Halara circle where their customers actually give Halara real feedback and Halara takes that and makes their products even better and better each time. That is a part of their made better philosophy and I love how they include their customers in the making of their products. So if you guys want to check it out and be a part of the Halara circle, I will leave a link to it down below. If you guys want to get 20% off full price items on Halara's website. You can use my code bento. I will have all the links in the description for all these pieces that I showed you guys. Thank you so much to Halara for sponsoring today's video. You guys know I love them. Wear them all the time. And I love a good haul of activewear. It just makes me so motivated and I especially love just all the cute colors that I got. I've actually had such a productive day today. I have been really making a point of filling out my planner. The problem with me is that like if I don't have structure, I am not doing anything. Like if I don't tell myself do this, do this and do that and have a plan for the next day. I am doing absolutely nothing. I thrive off of some sort of structure. And so that's why it's so important for me like if I want to have a productive day and actually get stuff done, I need to write it down and plan out my day. I've been like time blocking my day on my phone and then as well as having a running to-do list in my planner and it just makes me feel so much better. So, couple more things I need to do today. Yeah, I've just had a very productive day and I know it's all thanks to my planning, but I think I'm going to just cook dinner now cuz it's already almost 6:00. My internal clock right now has been shifted like so much later because I have been just in a routine of going to bed so much later and waking up so much later because of like vacation, just the summer, etc. I've just been having a lot of fun. So, I've been like going to bed late, waking up later, and I just want to get my body back on like a good time routine, a good schedule again. I'm going to start dinner now so that I can eat by latest 7, which is still even late for me. I wish I started the day a little bit earlier, but we're easing ourselves back into it. Okay, if you want to fix your sleep schedule, my best advice is just like ease yourself into it. Just do it by like half an hour. Like go to bed half an hour earlier, wake up half an hour earlier, and increase that by a little bit every day until you're at your goal time. But I did book a workout class for tomorrow. So, I'm very excited about that because that's going to get my booty up and moving out of the house, which is motivating and like I need to make it there on time. So, like I have no excuse. So, we'll cook dinner together, get our last tasks done for the day. But overall, I've had a very productive day. I also got to kind of clean the kitchen a bit. So, let's also do that. I'm also just trying to stay on top of the house in general. Like, if something needs to be cleaned, don't put it off. Just clean it in the moment it needs to be cleaned and everything will stay clean. Heat. Heat. Heat. Hey, hey, hey. Good morning you guys. I have a workout class, so I got to leave really soon. But I'm just making myself a little cottage cheese bowl. So, what I did was I just defrosted some frozen blueberries. And then I'm just adding some of this um baker's gourmet cottage cheese. It's really good. This is like my favorite cottage cheese cuz it's like very dry. It's not like wet, if that makes sense. I feel like the wet one's better for baking and like egg bites and stuff. But I like to just eat this one with like fruit and berries, mix it in with honey, and it's so good. such a little quick easy thing to to eat before I go work out just because I don't like having anything too heavy, but I definitely want to have something in my stomach. So, I did have some chia seed water this morning already, but I just thought since I have some extra time, I'll make a little cottage cheese blueberry bowl and then that way it also gives you a bit of fiber. I've been really trying to have more fiber. The ch seed water that I make every morning has a lot of fiber, so that's good. And then I also try to incorporate obviously some fruit for fiber cuz I feel like fiber is so underrated. A lot of people get enough fiber in a day. So, I've been trying to get like enough fiber in a day. So, this is my little blueberry cottage cheese bowl. This is also a very clean cottage cheese. Milk, partly skid milk, and bacterial culture. And that is literally it. Super easy. And I love it with blueberries. It's so good. I've been also trying to stay off of social media in the mornings. Obviously, you guys know I did my social media detox. I just posted a video about that. I've been really trying to keep up with it. And I've been being good at like not scrolling in bed in the morning, waking up, putting my phone away like I used to always do, but then I just got into a bad habit of like literally going on my phone every morning. So, I've been really trying to go back to my roots and I know it makes me feel good. So, I am not scrolling social media in the mornings anymore until like after my morning routine. And I'm honestly just trying to avoid it in general. Like every time I go on, I like allow myself to be on for like literally 2 minutes and I'm like, "Okay, done." Like that is it. And I'm really trying to be diligent about that. And then instead if I want some like entertainment in the morning, I'll just put on like a podcast in the background of like me being productive and like actually getting stuff done because whenever I put on like a YouTube video or something, it's a lot more distracting to look at the screen obviously. So podcasts are so nice for that reason. My podcast is actually on a break right now. We haven't posted for so long because we just got so busy. We're kind of taking like an unintentional break right now and we're going to take the opportunity to like rebrand our podcast and kind of probably launch it again in September, which is exciting. So, a little break to get reinspired since we don't really make a lot of money or any money at all from it. It like goes on the back burner in our life because it's not like our income. So, it's more of like a hobby we do. That's why it like takes the back seat sometimes when, you know, we have other priorities and work. I'm going to go ahead and take my supplements right now. I take an omega-3 every day, beta carotene, and then um a D3. And then I got a bunch of um Lemi supplements in PR like a few months ago. So, I've been slowly working my way through them. And I just opened the Lummy Glow Hair, Skin, and Nails gummies, and they're so good. I just started them like a couple days ago, so I don't know. Can't attest to them yet. They're so yummy. One thing about Lummy Lummy gummies is that they're literally the yummiest things ever. I'm going to take two of those. Let's get to our workout. I will update you guys when we're there. I just finished the class. It was actually a really good class, you guys. I have not done the degree in I think it's been exactly a month now. So, it's been so long since I've specifically done degree. And oh my gosh, I was shaking so much, like quivering. I had to lower the weight so much because I literally could not take it. Gleree works micro muscle movements and so I feel like if I don't keep consistent with it every time I go to a class I am absolutely destroyed which is a good thing because it was such a good workout but it was very very difficult. And the studio that I just went to only does 40minute classes but they're so intense like with lree and like even Pilates I think you don't really get a break. It's not like the instructor's like okay take a water break take a water break. It's like 40 minutes straight. Like you are transitioning into the different movements like one after the other. It's not like you get a break. So that's why the classes are shorter because you're not stopping. You're literally not stopping the whole time. For me, it's worth the investment cuz it workout classes nowadays, you guys, are so expensive. I feel like nobody talks about it. But literally for one degree class is like $40. And if you buy like a monthly membership or like a monthly package, it can be upwards to like 300 to$400 even to $500 a month depending on how often you go. Some class packages are like if you want to go eight times per month, so like twice a week that is upwards of like $300 per month, which is kind of insane just to go somewhere twice a week for a 40 45 minute class. Like that is pretty insane. But I do think like it is worth the investment and I love going to workout classes with friends. It's just like a fun thing to do. I love my day a week where I get to go to a workout class. So I haven't like bought a membership like since moving cuz like I had a membership that I was paying every month. It was like over $300 that I was paying when I lived in our house. um before we moved and I loved that. But then once we moved, I haven't gotten a membership yet just because there's a lot more variety of workout classes in Vancouver. So I feel like when I go to a workout class like I want to kind of try different ones and I don't go as often anymore. I do like my own workouts which saves a lot of money in the grand scheme of things because that's kind of crazy spending $300 to $400 a month on literally two classes a week. So yeah, I've just been like going with friends and then this class I had left over because I bought a class pack with this place and they were going to expire this month and I'm like what the heck? They only lasted like 2 months so I needed to use it up so I just use the last one in the class pack. Yeah, I just love doing workout classes with friends. It's just such like a fun thing to do. So I'm not going to stop doing workout classes but like definitely less often than I used to. But it is worth the investment for me. I've just been like vibing with like different types of workouts like running and stuff. So I haven't been going as often but I do love me some lree. Like I love it way better than Pilates, as you guys know. Can't shut up about lree. So, I think I'm going to head home now. I don't know. I'm just debating if I want to stop at the grocery store right now before I go home. I'm going to be sore tomorrow. I already know. I was sore from my run yesterday. Like this morning when I woke up, I was like, "Oh my gosh, why am I sore from this run?" Because I haven't run in so long. And I know now I'm going to be extra sore tomorrow. Maybe I'll take a restate tomorrow or just do like 10k step walk or something lighter. Anyways, let's head out and start driving. Heat. Heat. Today's breakfast I Got a little thin rice cake with two boiled eggs mixed with mayo, salt, pepper, Sriracha, and then I felt like a matcha today. So, I made a matcha with protein milk. That is my breakfast. I just got home from my workout class and I just hopped off a meeting with my manager, Julia. So, now I have to film a little Tik Tok collaboration that I'm doing for a sponsored post. So, I'm going to kind of just like lock in and film that, get that done. But anyways, I was just in my bathroom and I just kind of wanted to show you guys a few products that I've been loving recently, specifically affordable products, a couple that I picked up recently that I've just been loving. So, I got this E.L.F. blush tint in the shade cherry cola. It has been my favorite. I actually had the benitint. Like, I had been using the benitin for years. And obviously, this E.L.F. one is new. I lost my Benitin. Like I bought a brand new one not that long ago, like literally a month ago, and I lost it. I don't know what happened to it. I think it rolled over the edge of the earth because when I say I have no idea what happened to my Benitant, it poofed out of existence. Like I've cleaned my bathroom. I've looked through all my stuff. I don't know what happened to it. And I am like for sure like I know that I brought it home cuz I had it in my purse at one point and then I used it at home and then poof, it was literally it's literally gone. So I'm sure it like might show up one day in a random ass spot. But in the meantime, I'm like, I don't want to repurchase the Benitin because it is like on the pricier side. So, I'm like, why don't I just try this ELF one? And it has been doing me really good. I just put a little glob on and then I blend it out with like a little brush or even just like use my fingers like on my cheeks. It's my favorite blush. Like, I have just been using this as blush recently. It just gives such a natural color and a natural finish and it's so lightweight on the skin. Highly, highly recommend this E.L.F. blush tint. I have been obsessed with this Garnier vitamin C brightening daily UV fluid. It's 50 plus SPF. Like that is such a sle and it's very affordable cuz it's like obviously Garnier. I actually got this sent to me in PR and I needed a new sunscreen to try out like for the summer for daily under my makeup. I love the feeling of it on my face. It sits so well. So I would highly recommend this one if you guys are looking for like an everyday affordable sunscreen. I've been getting a lot of PR packages from L'Oreal recently. As you could see, I have been through this brow product, but this has been my go-to brow product. I don't have any in my brows right now cuz I haven't done like my actual makeup yet today. I need to order a new one cuz I actually got this for free in PR, but I literally need to go buy a new one because this has been my favorite brow product in the world. Like, I've tried so many brow products by now. But this one, I feel like there's just nothing that compares at the price. And then for my Canadian girlies, there's this brand called Sona that I have been using recently. And I also have their lip liner, but they sent me like a package of stuff and I have been honestly reaching for it. This This is their new lip glaze and they have it like in a bunch of shades. Pretty sure it's only sold in Canada, but it is like a road dupe and such an affordable price. Like literally, you don't need to be spending 30 bucks on a lip product. This is like $5 or something. Yeah, they sell it at Ardan and I'm pretty sure you can get it online, too. So, definitely check out Sona cuz they have like such good quality affordable makeup products. I have been like lathering my lips in this. So, highly recommend. Anyways, those are just some random affordable products I've been using recently that I have been loving. So, I'm going to get my filming done that I need to get done and then I'm going to shower cuz I'm going out tonight. We're having a girls night. We have a reszo booked at a restaurant in Vancouver. So, I'm going to get my filming done and then actually like just shower, wash my hair, and then go out tonight. So, I will update you guys in a bit. Mie wanted to say hi though before we go. Say hi. Oh my god, guys. I'm obsessed. Like getting cats was the best thing we ever we ever did. ever. It's definitely right now. my eyes. Please wrap it up here. No. Oh my gosh, the gaps are killing me. I almost forgot to do one of my favorite parts of my makeup. And what is that? Just my little highlighter. That was not worthy of an act. >> That was not worthy of dramatic. Somebody give me a flash his piano. Hey Give a drink to her. Two out of 10. >> I got a martini. Extra dirt. Dirt. Dirt. You're looking at her. Naomi thinks it's worse than >> It is worse than gross. It tastes like an olive. >> I love a dirty martini. I've had some dirty martinis. This is so good. It's only It's absolute. to like not scared off but for whatever reason chef's kiss. Hi guys. Satie and I are currently in a cafe. We're both editing and I'm just working on a video locking in cuz I have lots of editing to do. We started yapping for the first like 3 hours we were here. But now we're going to lock in and do some editing. Sad is editing her first YouTube videos, which is so exciting. So, I'm helping her kind of look through that and do that. We just have a little bit of an editing date going on. So, we're going to lock in, get some editing done. It's fun to just come out to a cafe once in a while to like switch up the scenery cuz I feel like I'm always just editing at home on my computer. So, it's fun to be out and about on our laptops. It like makes it funner. Especially with noise cancelling headphones. I feel locked in but still like in a fun environment with people around. So, love the vibe. We're just going to lock in and do some editing now. So, let's get editing. I just finished editing. I'm on the way home. Had a semi productive editing day. It's just so fun to like get out of the house and like switch up my environment for work since I'm always just like doing it by myself in my room. I love a good cafe moment with a friend. It just like romanticizes things more and makes it more fun. Especially cuz it's the summer so I want like every opportunity to leave the house cuz I'm always at home. So that's the thing is like I feel like I always have to make opportunities to leave the house for myself. Otherwise like I'm not leaving the house. Like I don't have a solid opportunity to really leave the house. So anyways, on the way home right now and then I'm going to continue editing because obviously like the only thing is working with the friend is it could get quite distracting because we just started yapping on about anything else but doing work. So we were definitely yapping but that's like half the fun of it. Like I didn't go there expecting to get like the most amount of work done. I knew this was going to happen and we were going to yap. Yeah. I just feel like the winter is more like of a lock in season for me where I just like put my head down and I'm like, "Okay, I could still do fun things in the winter, but like there's not as many fun things to do in the winter." So, if you're going to lock in, I feel like the winter is a good time to do that because it also gives you something else to focus on rather than like the seasonal depression and the weather being horrible. So, like in the summer, it's just I find it so much harder to actually like lock myself in. It's just too fun. Like the sun doesn't set until 9 10. There's just so many opportunities to do fun things like vacationing and whatever. Then in the winter, the sunset's at 4:00. Like there's nothing much to do. So, I'm going to make um some chicken wraps for dinner tonight. It's going to be so good with peanut sauce. I love a good peanut sauce. Okay. I love Vietnamese food. And I feel like they use peanut sauce a lot. Love a good peanut sauce. So, I'm going to make that homemade tonight. It is a Friday today, but I'm still going to make a home-cooked meal cuz usually like sometimes we'll eat out Fridays, but today I'm like, "No, I have the groceries. I bought the ingredients. It's like we're going to lock in and make a home-cooked meal tonight because I am trying to be better at cooking. So, just to get myself keep myself in like that good routine. Anyways, it's a beautiful day out. Got out of the house, which I'm happy about. And now going to log in, edit more, and then cook a nice dinner. I made the wraps that I was talking about. I will link the video that I have that actually like shows you guys this recipe. I made this peanut sauce just kind of by eye. I just did peanut sauce, um, rice vinegar, soy sauce, some chili oil, lime juice, water, and then I have the wraps assembled. They're so messy cuz like I don't know how to wrap properly, but they're so yummy and healthy. So yeah, there's just chicken, veggies, or arugula in here and dipped in the peanut sauce is so so so good. So this is my Friday night dinner. Heat. Heat. Heat. Yeah.