Mara reflects on a hectic week in Seoul marked by homesickness, junk food, and four videos filmed with friends. She celebrates her best friend's birthday at Din Tai Fung and admits her sleep schedule is all over the place. For next week, she's committing to an earlier bedtime, home-cooked meals, and regular workouts.
마라는 요가 일기. Today is Sunday, so I'm going to reflect on my week. I'm not gonna lie, I was feeling a bit homesick this week. That rarely happens, but I think it's because of the changing of the seasons. I love fall time back in Michigan, so as the weather is it's getting cooler here in Seoul, I'm thinking about home a lot. I love Halloween. I love going to pumpkin patches and seeing the leaves changing colors. I love watching football games. There are many things that I love about fall back at home. One thing I did that reminded me of home this week was drinking a pumpkin spice latte. Pumpkin spice lattes are super popular in the US this time of year. It doesn't seem to be a very common drink here in Seoul and it's only seasonal in the US so it's a bit hard to get. But Plant Cafe in Itaewon offers one. So I went there and it was so, so delicious. It's such a cozy drink. It literally tastes like fall. It's pumpkin, but there's a ton of spices in it as well, like cinnamon or nutmeg. So for me, it's kind of like a comfort drink. Even though I was missing home a little bit more than usual this week, Luckily, I had a lot of things to keep me busy and keep my mind off of missing home. We filmed 4 videos this week. I've been really busy with work, but I'm feeling very energized and passionate about my work lately because I love the creativity of it, and I filmed with some of my friends. It was also lots of fun. The one downside of working so much is that I've kind of been neglecting my health and my house. So I've been eating a lot of junk food. I've gotten a lot of takeout and have been eating out at restaurants. So I haven't been cooking healthy food at home too much unfortunately. And my house was very messy. I know right now it looks okay, but it's because I just did a reset today. So one of my goals this week is to work a bit more on work-life balance. Even though I'll still be working hard, I want to try my best to take care of my health as well. I do have to give myself a little bit of credit though. Even though I've been very inconsistent with my workouts this week, I did go for a lot of walks. I love this kind of weather since it's getting a little bit chilly outside, so I've spent a lot of time going for walks in my neighborhood. Walking is one of my favorite exercises because it's such a calming activity. I put on my headphones and I listen to music and just enjoy the moment. These days my playlist is mostly Mumford Sons. I actually went to their concert here in Seoul a few years ago and I'm such a big fan of their music., and it's perfect music this time of year. I really recommend checking them out if you don't already know them. My high this week was going to my best friend's birthday. 4 of us went out for dim sum. It was so delicious. We ate at Din Tai Fung and ordered way too much food. I think our eyes were bigger than our stomachs. After that, we grabbed a few drinks, sang Happy Birthday, had a bit of cake, and just spent some quality time together. So that was really nice. My low this week was definitely my lack of routines. Because I was busy with work, I really didn't stick to my routines this week. So my sleep schedule was a bit off. I stayed up late at night and then I slept in in the mornings and I hate doing that. I'm most productive in the morning. So when I sleep in, it tends to stress me out. So this upcoming week, I really want to focus on my routines. I want to go to bed early, wake up early, eat healthy home-cooked food, and be more consistent with my workouts. That means doing yoga and going to the gym 2 or 3 times this week. I'm going to be real here and say I'm already off to a bad start because I'm filming this late at night, so I'm already Failing one of my goals, but I'll make up for it tomorrow. I hope you all have a wonderful week and accomplish all of the goals that you set for yourself. Comment below what goals you have this week. Please make sure to like it, subscribe to our channel. Good night everybody. Sweet dreams.
