Everything nice, Everything spice....

Do you ever wake up and start thinking how you would like the day to be? If you don't give it a try, it is really fun and you get to add some twists of excitement to the day.

What most of us do, is , we wake up and start off the day with the usual routine without giving much thought and how we would like to picture the day. Well I guess, it is because all of us has gotten accustomed to a set routine and don't see anything changing much except the weekends...but that is where we can be very wrong. Yes, we have work, the usual transport chaos, brekkie, lunch & dinner and finally sleep. But we can spice it up , with a bit of imagination. Don't get irritated when you start waiting for the overly late train/bus ride. Bring along your camera and click at what's going on around you, constructions, little kids playing around, the train tracks, beautiful sky, the sunshine, flowers and stuff like that. That will take your mind away from the frustrations and at the end of the day, you would have a beautiful album of what not that can really beautiful. Of cos if you are not a photography enthusiasts like me, than this suggestion may become a tat boring for some. Bring along a magazine than and catch up on hollywood gossips.Grab different falovoured coffee on the way each day. It will sweetly brighten up your days.

While at office, I would like to tidy up my desk a bit at the beginning of each day, and lay out the urgent to the non-urgent files. I love to have colourful post its to brighten up my tasks. Being a lecturer, this helps to elevate my mood for the day. I also have a sense of which tasks need to be completed urgently and so on. I always like to colour my desk calender according the important days of meeting, student consults, period of grading papers, seminars, conferences and so on. Yeah...boring stuff but when you have the passion and liking to something, you kind of look forward to that particular day to attend a seminar or conference or something....I like to add smiley faces in between, these are to remind me of having to catch up with friends for coffee. What happens is I have a few friends in other faculty. Due to the busy schedules, we hardly meet up. So I pen in some coffee dates with them. It will be a short one, probably 20 to 30 mins. Not much can be discussed so we end up just updating each other. But it still turns out well, you just had met a friend who you have not heard from or seen for some time. On days I have to have lunch on my own, I would take some time to check out some bakeries/cafes or eateries near my workplace and have a look at the menus. If there is something interesting, I will just head to that place and enjoy the food. It may be good or at times can be a disappointment, but I perk myself up by have bubble tea or grab a coffee of my choice back to work. At times, I will have  a back up place, a place that sells cupcakes, desserts or something small but has had good reviews. I will just pick it up. Being in Singapore, Taxi fares are not too expensive as in Sydney. So I will indulge in a small adventure and head out to places that I would have no time to on other days and still get back in time for my teaching.

Being a Psych reserach student/management lecturer, I have a weird habbit that is to observe people, even when I am having lunch. So I enjoy some quiet time, sitting at a cafe and observing people, the signals that they give to one another, the waiter/waitress, cashier and so on. I get happy and excited especially if I can associate with the behaviours!!!! This is what I do, but there are so many other things that you can do and link it back to what you like. Some like books, so bring along one and have a read of a chapter or a few pages.

I always keep grocery shopping and window shopping out of my work days. Why? Well, grocery shopping are chores and when you tend to squeeze in this in between dinner or coffee breaks, it only stresses you out and drains your emotion and energy level. So, unless it is urgent I keep it for the weekends. Studies have proven that all are extremely positive and have excellent mood for the weekend. So no matter what, even grocery shopping will become a fun chores. As for window, shopping, it is a great way for girls to relieve some stress, but we run out of time and end up back in the office only thinking about what we could have bought or seen. This actually stops us from being productive and makes us even more frustrated when things do not go our way...

When heading back home, I would like to look out the window and watch the scenes go by, shut off my brain cells and let it wander off...lol...When I reach home, a simple dinner is always the best unless I have the energy to cook myself a storm. .

Of course, all my days are not a wonderful and candied coloured...but I would say most of my days are lovely, cos I make it that way.

So go ahead and make your day a good one, add some spice to and everything will be nice =)

xoxo,
M