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I’m lifehacking!

I am here for self-isolation, social distancing and quarantining. But what I am not here for is house chores every 20 minutes but I am definitely not here for cooking every 5 minutes. As a result, I have been lifehacking.

Timeline

Last month I bought a mini all in one vacuum cleaner. This new addition to my sole immediate family unit is one of the best additions I have ever made. I deep clean only once a week now and the vacuum helps me with the in-between management. My house isn’t as dirty as normal because I don’t leave my house and I do more regular in-between cleans than normal. Rule of thumb, if I use it, spill it or mess it up, I have to deal with it right there and then. This way I deal with anthills at a time instead of one big mountain at the end of the week.

This month I have been working on and practicing my meal prepping. Fun fact about me I hate cooking. But this does not mean I don’t know how to cook, I just don’t like it! Last week I made a Thai, vegetable coconut curry and this week I made Chana masala, aka chickpea masala curry. Those were my big cooking fetes. My smaller fetes were beyond meat burgers and this week pizza and dumplings.

When you respect who you are, you’ll know what you can or can’t do!

Ingredients

For those who don’t know, I’ve been vegan for 6-7 years now. So my shopping list always has fresh fruits and veggies, plant-based milk for smoothies and granola. Then for variety, I’ll experiment with a plant-based meat alternative. I love seitan and the beyond meat mince was ok. It didn’t look too appetizing when I first defrosted it but a lot of spice and liquid smoke made me a believer.

How should be in your plan, it cuts out all the BS!

Plan

The plan is to enjoy my time at home and to listen to myself. One of my 2020 goals was to enjoy the best parts of me, which is all of me. And coronavirus has just made easier for me. And I don’t want house chores and taking care of myself (because cooking and cleaning are ways of taking care of ourselves too) make me hate the different essential processes of taking care of myself.

And to make sure that I continue to take care of myself and enjoy the best parts of me I meal prep, vacuum clean in between the week and deep clean once a week. How are you enjoying this lockdown time?

Boundaries start with yourself!
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Is Adulting a scam?

I’m on coronavirus quarantine, in deep REM sleep, sweating my past off and now I know that it’s because I’m hypothermic. This means that my body loses heat quickly and my body temperature is below 35 degrees celsius or at least most days. How do I know this? Well ever since we were enlighted about coronavirus, checking my temperature is my latest obsession. And no doctor is yet to confirm this but google and her homies let me know that I’m slowly dying.

Yes, this is what adulting is all about. But today I am here to share with you one of the most adulting things I have ever bought. But let me finish my story first. I’m fast asleep and my door starts banging, an unnecessary rude awakening. So, of course, I start screaming back and I hear my phone going off, cause DND is long over. I look at my phone and it finally arrived.

Not all heroes…

I run downstairs, put on my N95 mask, wash my hands, put on my surgical gloves, open the door and there she is. Sanitize the box, cut it open and instinctively put it together without even looking at the manual. I hadn’t even had my morning pee or warm water. But I was already taking my favorite purchase around the house that I am renting.

I bought a vacuum cleaner and I feel like such a super adult! And nevermind the fact that my dishes are slowly pilling up or that I left my washing in the washing machine 3 days after the machine let me know that my load had completed a full, successful washing cycle.

Super Human

None of those things really matter. The point is that I got sick and tired of always breaking out into a full spring clean anytime I see dust, sneeze, allergies take over or all of the above. I took matters into my own hands and I can now spring clean once a week and vacuum in between.

And do you know what I found after my first vacuum around my house? Is that I’m not crazy and there is a lot of dust/ dirt around us all the time and nobody says anything about it! But the real question of the day is: ‘Is Adulting a scam?’

What are your thoughts on adulting? Is it a scam? What is the most adulting thing you have done or purchased?