Day In The Life of a Blogger & Work at Home Mom

It may be a surprise to some of you but I actually get a ton of work done every day from the comfort of my own home. A lot of people may also be shocked when they hear that I almost never leave the house, especially now during the coronavirus pandemic.

I'm not considered high risk or anything like that at all, it's just my full-time job is from home and so is my side gigs and also my business. So it's just a lot of things that I can do here and never actually leave other than to eat or do something with my family. Most of the time I eat here at home and it's much more preferable since I don't each much anyways because of my surgery, I had the VSG surgery back in 2018. Eating out is just a waste of money and currently, we are trying t get out of debt so it works out just great.

The reason for this is because I have learned how to effectively use my time in between calls to write which is not hard for me because I love to blog.

So here's how my day usually goes.

6:30 AM: Wake Up

7:00 AM: Roll out of bed and wash my face, comb my hair, brush my teeth

7:15 AM- 7:45 AM This is where I take a lot of extra time to myself just to enjoy being here and I get my day well prepared. I start logging into my emails and getting back to any important messages I may have. And I also get my daily stretch in here because I really love the way I feel after I have fully stretched and it really helps me prepare for the day.

7:55 AM: Log on to my work computer, my VPN, and I start booting up my systems and get ready for the day, this is usually when I am decided what I also want to eat or drink and I usually get that and bring it over to my desk.

8:00 Logged in to queue waiting for phone calls and eating/drinking my breakfast.

Between 8:00 AM - 9:45 AM, this is where I get a lot of my writing done, and when I also do my homework for the day. I start working on school work now that way I am caught up and there's not much to do after work, all though sometimes we are busy at work like on Mondays or after holidays so it really just depends.

Again, I am doing this in between customer calls so depending on how complex the call is I usually have 10-20 minutes in between calls, and then some calls only last a few minutes if that. Now on application calls, I could be working on a call for an hour but usually, those aren't until later on in the day. The reason those calls take a lot longer is because I am usually having to do a lot of tasks to get the customer to the end zone to get refinanced. I make outbound calls to lenders, and also obtain title and lien information. Seldom I will call employers and things of that nature to verify employment sources, or banks if they are self-employed. Any situation could arise so I don't rely on this downtime to always get everything done. That's why some days I am up till 11 or 12 still working on homework.

9:45 AM - 10:00 AM Break Time

This is where I take some time to myself or I usually sit through it and blog. You 'd be amazed at how much you can write in just less than 20 minutes. It's crazy. Today is one of those days where it's 10:20 AM and I am just now taking my first break. See I got on a long call and then I had a team. huddle that I barely made! Lol so now I am going on break and I am writing.

Today I am getting feedback on some of my homework assignments that I have been working on. I am having a hard time with it because it is math and accounting which are things I happen to struggle in.

Love accounting sheets I am amazing at those, but some of the concepts I am just not getting. But like with everything something will eventually click and I know I'll be able to get through it. I just gotta keep on moving forward and writing more and more posts for either my school or my blog.

I am trying to post daily to my blog so I have been getting used to writing more and more each day.

Side note who else is waiting for this next stimulus check? Well I know I most definitely am because who doesn't love free money, lols. I realize it's probably not free but it's coming from somewhere. I wouldn't be surprised if we start having to pay more and more taxes each check, urgh. The unknown is causing me some anxiety clearly!

10:00 AM - 10:15 AM Meeting/Huddle Time

This is daily for us at my job, we meet on skype once a day and we usually have our webcams on and we discuss a quick RECAP of what's new as of today. Most of the time these are more like huddles were we pump each other up for the day.

10:15 AM - 12:00 PM This is the time when I am taking calls and actively working our chat at my job. So typically this is the busier part of the day but today per se it's super slow, it's Thursday the day before a holiday weekend so no one is calling so we have A LOT of time in between calls.

12:00 PM -1:00 PM My scheduled lunch break I usually always cook me something fresh and somewhat healthy for lunch. We have definitely been trying to cook more at home and that's allowed us to be able to afford additional and fun activities like going to the zoo with the kids. So usually right around lunch is when all the calls will pick up so I am lucky if I get to go to lunch break on time but I'll be honest most of the time it does not work out. I either go a few minutes early just to be sure not to miss or I go a few minutes later or as soon as I am able to go.

Today I found out that my shift is actually changing to 9:00 AM - 6:00 PM so look for a newly updated schedule coming soon!

On my lunch break today I have to go to FedEx and pick up a package and get me some lunch. We haven't been able to grocery shopping this week so eating out is our only option today. But we've been good the rest of the week so it's okay to splurge. Wow $17.89 for two people at Sonic, that's crazy talk! I can buy a nice big juicy steak for that and get two meals out of $20 at the grocery store. Just remembered why I hate eating out.

Once I come back from lunch I immediately start taking calls again.

1:00 PM - 2:45 PM This is typically the busiest part of my day and I don't get much done in-between these times. I had roughly 5 minutes in between up until my break and I again missed my break by just a few minutes. Probably messed up my numbers today, but the good news if I am off tomorrow. So Monday is a brand new day and a restart of my weekly numbers I am going to try to pay close attention to my lunches and breaks next week because I am on a goal of self-development right now so I am really trying to just do better overall.

Now it's around 4:03 PM, I've come back from break and this is my last hour of work. Right now I am sitting at just over ten minutes in between calls which is perfect for me to be able to get some writing and school work done and past this last slow hour quickly.

I've been thinking a lot today about life post quarantine and how I miss being out and about with my friends and coworkers. Working from home just isn't the same anymore and it's starting to get lonely.

Also I think me and my boyfriend need some space apart because we are now together 24/7 since we both work from home lol. At least we know if we can make it through this we can make it through anything.

4:27 PM - It started thunder storming so I am anxious to get off here soon and relax, I have to go get my son from daycare around 6-6:30 PM so that'll be a lot of fun!

4:45 PM- We are inching closer and closer away to the finish line and the day is getting better because I am excited to see my son all weekend! He lives with his grandma during the week now because we decided to downsize our apartment to save money to buy a house. So for Jaxon to still have his own room and privacy he is living at his grandma's house, so it's nice to see him on the weekends!

Time is literally dissipating away and I am slowly needing to get my work down for school quicker. I don't know why I procrastinate so hard when it comes down to writing essays for school. Maybe it's the lack of interest in the subject matter? I'm not really sure but it's a self-paced course and so I need to really kick it into gear so that I am not struggling at the end of the semester.

Also, I want to try and get as many credits as I possibly can before this semester is up, really get my money's worth.

4:50 PM- Omg I keep looking at the clock I am rather obsessed with it, But I really feel like my days just zoom right on by especially when I am working.

Today was payday so I went ahead and paid all my bills on time, thankfully, And I also have plenty of money left over for additional spending. So what I am going to do is write myself a check and move the money from one bank account to another because I recently opened up a bank account with a credit union and I need to deposit money before the end of the day tomorrow for spending money throughout next week.

4:55 of course I get a call and it lasts a good ten-fifteen minutes so I clock out at 5:08 PM. Perfect! Now it's time to go get Jaxon.

It's kind of stormy right now I love how it feels nice and muggy outside, in a weird way I have forgotten what a lot of these things felt like because for the longest I was making my boyfriend do all the trips. But today I am taking a trip out to get Jaxon alone while Devon finishes up his work, he works from home with TMobile doing Technical Support for their employees. He works until 6:00 PM.

Once I picked up Jax it was about 5:30 PM: perfect timing because the storming stopped. We took a quick trip in and out of the dollar store. To get some new containers for the little Nik-nacks that I have that need homes. I have so many sticker pads that need newer homes. And I am also about to make a purchase from Erin Condren's site for some new stickers. I love stickers!

If you haven't been following me on Instagram or Facebook you are probably unaware of my fascination with planner stickers. But I love a good quality sticker. Mainly the stickers I use are for my homework or my vacation/staycation plans. Or my blog. I plan a lot for my blog.

6:08 PM- I am now at home and I am writing this blog post for you to enjoy reading at a later time. The awesomeness that is. Lol.

During this time I am typically cooking dinner, however, like I said earlier we are going to the grocery store so I just got me and Jaxon, some very quick tacos. They were pretty good, after my weight loss surgery, I can only eat like one maybe two small tacos if I am lucky. Sometimes I want to eat more but I definitely can't force myself to eat any more than I already am. 1) because I don't like being sick and 2) I hate having heartburn and feeling like I can't breathe. Weight loss surgery is a whole other topic I'd like to talk to yall about someday but not right now.

I used to be this big cute goofy person, who was always trying to make new friends to cover up my low self-esteem. I thought being popular was so important, so I ignored all the fakeness and all the stupid drama. But after I lost the weight I became different I started seeing people for who they really were. It was like this truthness cloud dissipated from over my head and now everything became much clearer.

Right now I am planning my day for tomorrow. I think I am going to rest tonight because I am going to have all day tomorrow and some of Saturday and all of Sunday to work on my blog and also my school work. I need to be a bit harder on myself with school but I do my best.

My 5-year-old is watching tv and playing games on his tablet so I am about to see if I can get a little school work done. I at least need to start on my corrections for my math assessment. What's stupid is that I missed 5 out of 40 questions and my teachers all of a sudden want me to do a whole new test but luckily it only has 30 questions. Meh. But I enjoyed writing about my day today, it was really nice.

6:59 PM I am now just handing out around the house about to eat some cookies and cream ice, and I have zoned into tik tok! Which if you have a tiktok and you want to see someone be stupid and try to dance, you should totally add me its @taylormicheal_blog.

For the rest of the night, I will probably get some more work done with my school homework assignments. And then I will most likely lay down and watch some TV. I need to look for my kid and new iPad because his aren't working and I'm tired of hearing him complain lol.

Have you ever thought about buying a monkey? Like a marmoset or something of the sort. I really have been thinking about how cool it would be to get one, but then the other part of me doesn't want to get one because in the past I haven't been the greatest with taking care of animals. In fact, I've given back one dog t the animal shelter because he was a whole mess and bit my child in the face. I really love the dog though it made me get super emotional.

It's crazy the things you remember when journaling.

#dailyjournal #journaling #freewriting

Comment below your morning routines! I need to establish one.