 Hey everyone, so this is the third video of my woman to woman series. I do apologize that I was not able to crank these out sooner, but it was really busy last month of December and it's been really busy this month. So this particular video deals with me time. Young girl, I don't care who you are, whether you be a wife, mother, sister, brother, caregiver or maybe you don't even have any of those roles. I think that it's very important that you carve out me time in your week, your day, your month. Personally, I try to get me time every day. I have to have it and in my opinion, me time does not equal you going into the park. Your hair, face, makeup is perfect done. You have a picnic basket, you lay in that with a book, if you can do that girl, great. But me time does not have to be that extravagant I should say. It doesn't have to be this big production of that mix in. So what I wanted to do instead of just getting on cam and reading off a list of suggested me times, I wanted to show you guys demonstrate how I incorporate me time in my daily, weekly monthly life. Now just to give you a little bit of background about my personality, I am an introvert. I think the biggest misconception when it comes to introverts is that some people think that introverts are shy or sometimes they can come off as being rude, quiet, they don't like people. That's not what it is. Me personally, I get drained when I'm around a lot of people. I don't do parties, that doesn't mean that I won't go. You better invite me so I can decline or make an excuse why I can't come. We want to feel a part of whatever, you know, group the crowd, but respect our wishes to not stay the entire time to escape when we need to be because it can be draining to be around a lot of people. Even if it's just your family. So we crave that a long time. We re-energize by being by ourself and so me personally, as an introvert, I have to have time by myself. I do work from home. I do have a bubbly now six year old and a husband who works second shift. So a lot of the times for me there is always someone here. Thank God my husband is a fellow introvert. So he doesn't really get up in the morning and talk, talk, talk. Yeah, he's not like that. So one of the things that helps me is that I have a morning routine. I get up one hour early before anyone else gets up. It's very early and it's really early and it's a sacrifice. I have to go to bed between eight and nine so that I can get up between four and five. I still get enough sleep. Okay, I don't feel tired, at least not all the time. So you know, I go to bed early so I can wake up early so that I can have that hour to myself. I oftentimes hear a lot of moms that say, especially with small children, they have no time to themselves. You know, they're not getting enough sleep and that's unfortunate. So my main tip or biggest tip would be to adjust your schedule, adjust your kids schedule if you have to so that you can have some time to yourself either at night or in the morning. And as I said earlier, I have a morning routine and with that in that morning, I don't just sit around and be on social media. Now I do check my social media accounts but that's not all I do. I pray, I meditate, I read positive affirmation or listen to positive affirmations. I work on my planner, I see what needs to be done and that's my me time, that's my quiet time. I've been learning to sit in the stillness, which can be very uncomfortable for me. But I've been learning to do that, just sit in the stillness. So that would be my first way of how I get me time. It's rekindling some hobbies and just a couple of weeks ago, I had saw a post from a friend who was basically like, she read something like 130 books throughout the year and I was just thinking, how did she do that? How do you read 100, how do you find the time to do that? And so I was looking and I'm like, okay Vivian, you have to find the time. All the time I'm wasting spending on Instagram and YouTube, I could be picking up a book. So like I said, rekindle those hobbies that you used to do, whether it be reading, art, painting, journaling and find new hobbies, you know? So I'm going to show you guys examples. I purchased all of these books this month or I would say within the past two months or so. I'm currently reading a Stephen King book, Revival, I'm halfway through it. And then next up will be a Christopher Pike book. So yes, you guys, and I have books on my kindle of course that I have purchased. Another example for me or these coloring books that I started on last year, but you know, you can see here that I started and I stopped because I just didn't find the time to do it. But some of them I did complete. Yeah. So I think I'm going to start this back up in a couple more weeks maybe. A new hobby that I've started are planning with stickers. Now I've always used planners. I have to. I'm a type A personality. However, I recently discovered, not recently, it's been about three or four months now that you could use stickers with your planners. And so it allows me to be productive while also being creative. So I have the happy planner here. And this is just an example of my February month that I have used stickers. Now these stickers, I, it's a mixture of stickers that I purchased and that I printed out myself. And I'll show you an example of a week. This is this current week, actually. Yes. And then there are planner stickers that you can purchase either through Michaels, a craft shop. I'm pretty sure most of you know about this. And at first when I saw it, I was like, who the hell would do that girl? But I found that, like I said, I could be creative. It's actually something that I can use. And it's something that I do on a weekly basis. Okay. Another way for me time, at least what I like, and it's a little, I think it may be a little weird to some of you guys, window shopping. I love window shopping. Now a lot of the times I'm with my son, but sometimes I go off by myself. He doesn't have to be to the mall. I'll go to like an outdoor strip and I'll just walk, window shop, go throughout the stores. Now I sometimes don't like going into the stores because then people are going to be talking to me and it's me time. I don't need for you asking if I need help. You know, I'm just kidding. But just brought like literally window shopping. If you could get to a park, go to a local park. We have a park in our neighborhood. So that's very convenient for us. I don't do that a lot because that's just not my thing. And last but not least, pampering yourself. I so believe in pampering yourself. Whether that mean a spa treatment, a bubble bath at home, getting your nose done, getting your feet done, do it yourself. If you can afford it, do it yourself, you know. Look at some YouTube videos, figure out how to do it, do it yourself. Go out to dinner by yourself, which I've done before. Excuse me. So up next I'm going to show you how I'm actually going to pamper myself with a bubble bath. I love my bubble baths. I love to soak in some Epsom salt with essential oils. I make my own body scrubs, use a good lotion or oil. And then later on I'm going to go get my nails done. Now that was something you guys, I had stopped getting my nails done because I was worried about my budget. I'm like, OK, I need to start saving more money. And then it's a trade-off for me personally. It's an investment in yourself. That's how you have to look at it. And so every two weeks I go get my nails done. It's 2020. Earlier today, as you saw, look at my hair. But it was amazing. It was amazing. It was great. I just got back from the nail shop to get my nails done. That was great. Now I have about an hour and some change before I have to go pick up my little boy. I'm going to take that time to relax, eat a salad, and continue to read my book. So that is it, you guys. I hope you enjoyed this video. If you have any tips, comments, or suggestions below on how you have me time, drop it down below and let me know you guys. So that is it. Thank you so much for watching. Take care. Bye.