 Good morning guys, so it is about what time is it? It's about 8.04 a.m. or she boom yeah there we go 8.04 and I've decided as you might have seen from the title of this video to go without my phone for 24 hours so so I actually went up an hour ago I had my alarm set because I usually don't like taking my phone downstairs me I find it just I don't sleep nearly as deeply as if I did without my phone in the room so I never sleep with my phone in the room so I set my alarm clock you guys won't be able to see down in the corner here it says 7 a.m. so I did actually get up at 7 but I just forgot to vlog and show you guys yeah so I thought I'd show you guys a day without my phone I have done in the past phone free days because I've heard it's so good for us to be able to separate ourselves from our phone because it has kind of become an extension of ourselves in our days we always check our phone always have a phone with us but sometimes I do cave in a snorkel good and I need and I thought this would be a great way to actually stick it out and make a commitment not to actually touch my phone at all sometimes I'll use my music or I'll do something like that so I've decided no social media today no phone if I do need to talk to people I'll talk to them on email now I didn't actually cheat a little bit before because I actually started my day with my phone so I'm going to do a full 24 hours from 8 4 a.m. but I'll show you guys I'll turn it off now power off still going there we go it's off so I'm going to go put upstairs and I'll show you guys I'll give it to my sister when she wakes up which probably won't be for another hour or so so what I'm going to start off with to by doing is my usual workout so because I do that on my laptop I thought that would be okay so what I do is my online workout with my gym crew because at the moment of course of quarantine we don't have our gym classes going at the moment um I don't know what's going with this yes I'm going to go and do my gym class with my laptop get my workout on so I'm going to go put my phone upstairs as you can see it's just me and my little friend over there she and I are the only ones up so I'm going to put my phone down just here among the nuts we just cleaned out our pantry everything is so easily accessible now and has class like I woke up this morning thinking oh it's strength today it'll be easy not it was like intense as anyway finished so I'm going to go and start making something up because I've been wanting to make some custard tarts for some time now ever since I got my little book that I'm sure you guys will know by now the global vegan that I talked about in my what I eat in a day video like the whole way through again shall link it down below if you guys want to check it out too I'm going to be making some custard tarts from that but tonight I was thinking because I'm making dinner I'm going to make this fish with a Y and chips dish with some tartar sauce I'm pretty sure the fish is just made with mushrooms and some breadcrumbs on top so I'm actually excited to try that out oh and I almost forgot to show you guys I've made up another batch of coffee and I'm just stirring it through for probably the last time because by 12 it should be ready to go so I'm so keen I absolutely love this this is like become a new favorite of mine if you guys want to check out the recipe for this cold brew coffee I share in my what I eat in a day video in the cards above or and I've also linked it in the description below for you guys it says we're riding my bike every day to the cafe to get a coffee but not gonna lie I probably will be riding my bike again today to the cafe because I absolutely love that bike ride and with the autumn leaves that are falling around that area it's so stunning oh such a scenic bike ride and I just love getting out and about because I have all this time because I'm on my phone today I might just do that feeling the time yes these are the custard tarts I will be attempting to make today so fingers crossed they look just as good to make the pastry sift the flour and salt into a large mixing bowl then pour in the water and mix with a wooden spoon the dough should be wet and sticky I actually had to add in a little bit more water when I was mixing the dough together just because there was a little bit dry and crumbly so just adjust the amount to how much you need for you transfer the dough to a clean and well floured work surface make sure it's really well floured because I found that my dough kept sticking to the table as I was rolling it out just make sure you use quite a bit of flour to dust the surface then dust a little flour over the top of the dough then knead and roll in circular motions for 10 seconds to form a ball dust with a little more flour then invert a bowl over the dough and allow it to rest for 15 minutes remove the bowl and ensure the surface is still well floured press out the dough to 10 centimetre square make sure it's quite thin then roll and stretch it out into a 3 to 5 millimetre thick square now I kept rolling mine out a little bit too thin so I had to re-roll it a few times just be careful about that using a spatula or I prefer to use a knife because I found the spatula just wasn't evenly coating it too well spread 40 grams of the vegan butter over two thirds of the square leaving a 2.5 centimetre border around the edge grab the two corners of the unbuttered third and fold this third into the centre then fold the other side over the top like folding a letter kind of sprinkle more flour over your dough then flip it over and sprinkle flour on the other side roll and stretch the dough back out to a 3 to 5 millimetre thick square then repeat the buttering and folding process with another 40 grams of the butter transfer the dough to a tray lined with baking paper and place it in the fridge to chill for around 10 minutes place the dough back on the floured work surface and dust with more flour roll back out to a 3 to 5 millimetre thick square and spread the final 40 grams of the butter over the dough this time though spread it over the whole square and only leave a 2.5 centimetre border along the top edge then dip your fingers in some water and wet this unbuttered edge then starting with the end closest to you roll up the dough into a tight log sprinkle more flour over the dough log then cover with a plastic wrap I just used a reusable silicon wrap from a greener and place it in the fridge for at least two hours or preferably overnight when the dough is ready preheat the oven to the highest possible temperature remove the dough from the plastic wrap or the silicon wrap if you're using one too and cut the log into eight even sized pieces press the dough into the holes of a cupcake tin by placing a piece in the centre of a hole with the swell facing up wetting your thumb with cold water again you'll want to push the pastry into the hole to form a type of well and then do this with each remaining piece of dough now to make the vegan custard you're going to place the milk cinnamon turmeric maple syrup vanilla and vegan butter in a saucepan over medium heat and whisk constantly slowly sifting the corn flour into the mixture until it starts to thicken then still whisking constantly remove from heat as the custard can begin to thicken rapidly pour the mixture into your pastry shells until they are three quarters full then sprinkle with a little coconut sugar and a pinch of cinnamon I forgot to do this at the time so I sprinkled mine with coconut sugar and cinnamon at the end bake for 12 to 15 minutes or until the pastry is golden and the custard is starting to caramelize remove from the oven and allow to cool for 10 to 15 minutes before eating them these tarts are best eaten fresh but you can keep them in an airtight container in the fridge for up to five days what do you think? what's in the inside? it tastes like custard what's it taste like? can't tell if I like it or am I putting your video in there? oh my god it's so good look he's just had a bath oh she was having a bath while I was cooking it's your clean now as I was waiting for the dough to set my instinctual reaction was to reach for my scroll through social media, instagram and things like that it was just a way to pass the time and I caught myself I was like oh my gosh can't do that today so it's kind of weird not having that to go to whenever you have some downtime or when you're waiting for something but it's kind of nice in a way because it kind of gets you to stop and slow down and actually engage with the people so I started having conversations with my family I actually sat outside with my dog and just kind of enjoyed the sun on my skin like it's nice you just do other things I found that something I really enjoy about not having a phone just always go to so I'm going to go on a bike ride now like my favorite thing to do especially in quarantine because I've had all this time so I'm going to go on my favorite backing trail to my local cafe it's such a beautiful bike ride like I was saying before because some of the trees are starting to lose their leaves so the color of the leaves are changing it looks absolutely phenomenal like in certain areas there is like a bunch of those trees I'll show you along the way it just looks so pretty I usually take my phone with me on my bike ride so it's going to be interesting I like listening to my music so it's going to be different now I'm going to have the sounds around me to enjoy as I go along now so that's one thing that's a bit different safety first how do I look? I know if you guys can see on this tiny little screen in the distance just over there you can see the outline of the blue mountains so right over there and it's one of my favorite places to go hiking over there they have the most amazing amazing hikes oh definitely check it out if you guys are in Sydney the blue mountains hit it up so stunning there so I made it I'm at the cafe I probably won't get coffee today just because I'm going to make my coffee at home my cold brew at home and that will be ready by the time I get back I just had a huge drink of water so I'm so sweaty I totally overdress for the occasion like jump on that so I'm just taking a bit of a breather and then I'm going to ride on back and go have my coffee when I get home this thing will sweat jumping off my face it's such a nice day as you saw that bike ride is absolutely beautiful guys I'm just going to sort of sift it out to get all the coffee grounds back just to see it out because it holds the coffee a bit better than normal sieve and then I just recycle the coffee grounds in my compost because it's so good for your garden they're rich in nitrogen and that's so good for plants I'm just going to pull the rest of my coffee that's left over into this glass jar and just keep it in the fridge because it lasts up to five days and it keeps it nice and fresh it's actually interesting not having my music to listen to on my bike ride today because it's got me more like present in my surroundings like I admired a lot of what's going on around me more than I would have before like noticing people riding next to me or walking like it was just so different it was nice experience so even after this I might actually still do that like not have my music going all the time like sometimes I ride with my music and then sometimes I'll just have me like listening to everything going on around me so it's 3 p.m and I'm finally getting around to having my lunch like I've said in my what I eat in a day video I do intermittent fasting so I don't eat until 12 p.m so I do that for 8 hours so I do 12 to 8 where I can eat something and then from 8 to 12 again the next day is my fasting time so it's about 16 hours so 8 hours eating 16 hours fasting Anywho I have actually made myself a keto bircher which is another recipe from the global vegan so it basically has chia seeds, flax seeds and hemp seeds so it's so rich in amiga fats and other healthy fats like that and I just topped it with some banana coconut yogurt and some raspberries so I'm going to be enjoying that and I've actually just started reading Annabra and Gables so I love the movies such a classic and I thought I'd start reading the actual books because I've heard good things some of my friends have read them and said they were really good so I'm actually going to give them a try I think the last novel series I read was the Harry Potter series the books were just like top notch so if you haven't read it good book to read or books to read it's my favorite favorite pastime I know I'm like such an old soul Anywho I'm going to be doing my meditation now so it's something new that I've recently started this is a new meditation that I've been doing and it's basically just sitting in a quiet place and just observing your thoughts so whatever thought comes into your mind you just observe it with no judgment like every single tiny little thought that may just pop up I'll observe it and then just let it go and that is what I do for about an hour I find that's really long and after that like you just gotta push through that extreme boredom and your mind's screaming at you to do something I've even found too that being off my phone today I feel so much more calm and less anxious than I usually do during the day I find like I'm not kind of have that anxiety of you know needing to check my social media needing to check my emails needing to check my texts it's just nice not being sort of controlled by my phone like with no vacations or the alerts with texts so that's one of the biggest things that I've noticed and it's really nice I actually want to continue doing this after this video like I'll make it like a regular part of my week where I just have one day of phone free-ness so it is 5 p.m. I was going to draw like the rest of this picture it's a blonde ice skate park so I walked past it I took a photo on my phone and this was the picture I've been copying I'll post it off on Instagram when it's finished for you guys to see but now I've just realized that my picture is on my phone and I'm not using my phone so I've got to draw and then I was going to do guitar before as well I was going to play some guitar because I'm practicing that at the moment I want to learn how to play a few songs then I realized that YouTube and my actual like guitar practicing things on my phone as well so I was like oh guess what we're doing that either so I think I would just get started on making dinner also I'm making that fish and chips recipe that you guys saw earlier I'm so excited to try that out so I think I might do that now instead it's so weird like you just don't realize how much you're on your phone like for me don't realize how much I go to actually use my phone until it's not there anymore and they're like ah so it makes you really appreciate it I'm just going to finish up and have my dinner for tonight this is amazing fish and chips it tastes absolutely phenomenal yeah so I'm going to have that for tonight I'll see you guys in the morning to finish up my 24 hours without my phone good morning guys so guess what time it is drumroll phone again yay I just made it through the whole thing my eyes still go to sleep in them I wish you all a wonderful day ahead I hope you enjoyed today's video and I hope to see you guys in future videos tomorrow bye