Peaceful Morning

Malaysia is finishing its 2nd week of MCO 2.0. Since the numbers are not improving, MCO has been extended. It has been a dull 2 weeks with intermittent drama at work. I spend a lot of time napping and playing mobile games. Pretty unproductive I might say.

Today, I feel like I am changing somehow. I woke up pretty early, not sure why coz I set my alarm at 5.30 but i woke up at 5am. Prayed tahajjud, which I have been neglecting for awhile and then workout early in the morning while listening to a lecture by Nouman Ali Khan.

I pray to Allah that He keeps me steadfast so that I can continue today's schedule and learn from all these scholars. There are so many lectures that we can watch which would increase our Deen and remember Allah and His prophet.

To Do List MCO 2.0

This is not the first time I had to work from home. This is the 2nd full lockdown in Malaysia yet I am having a hard time adjusting. Its not like I'm not used to just having a downtime, but somehow i feel like i'm struggling.

Perhaps a to-do list can inspire me to be more productive

1. Spend less money shopping online
The first lockdown was bearable because we have moratorium in place. I get to save some money and shop for a lot of stuff which i dont really need. Now that there are no incentive of being in lockdown this time around, I need to -frugal like super frugal. Its not like I dont have savings, I feel a bit apprehensive of the current economic condition. So, lets not waste money on things that we dont need

2. Lose more weight
Both of us loss quite a bit of weight before our anniversary weekend last year [which i forgot to update in this blog]. We were thrilled but we did a lot of eating during our anniversary break and now it feels a bit hard to get back on track. We've been craving sweet stuff and junk food and I've been too lazy to get my fat ass on the treadmill. Let's get back on track shall we? Let's try to hit the home gym everyday after asar for at least 1 hour.

3. Clean/tidy up a corner a week
I dream of decorating my house. I feel like I dont have the talent or the eye to redecorate but i can clean. I dont like cleaning but I can do it. I nook per week is not that hard (kan? but it is hard if you dont really enjoy it). Maybe I can do it every Saturday? I really really need to clean my kitchen and I 've been putting off for awhile. Now I have all these time on my hand and zero excuses to keep putting off. Several corners I that requires my attentions are:
- my wet kitchen
- my closet
- the store

4. Quran reading

Ramadhan will be around the corner soon so I want to get a head start so at least I could really try and finish reading the whole Quran this year, Read at least page after each prayer.

2020 taught me to be grateful for every single thing that happen and to not take anything for granted, I hope that I do not forget those lessons. Although currently I am feeling apprehensive, worried etc, I should be focusing on the positive, on being happy with whatever I have, my health, my family, my work.

2021

 Here we are. A new year hoping for a better one than 2020.

As for me, 2020 was just perfect. I get to do what I set up to do and more minus the lockdown and the virus bit.

This year I wish to accomplish a few things:

1. Get into healthier eating habits by incorporating more veg and fruits into our diet

2. save more money since international travel is a no go (yet), perhaps we get to save more for a good international holiday once the ban is lifted.

3. read more. try and finish at least 2 books this year

4. be grateful of every single day God gives. everything is temporary. If we remember that, we will cherish what we have even more. Our troubles and problems are all temporary. Our life is temporary so let's not waste time doing something that we don't like.

Work is starting to pick up again. I am grateful that i still have a job with steady salary even though there were no bonus or increment, which is totally understandable since business is very very bad for my company last year.

So Malaysia is on our 2nd total lockdown. Generally everyone is less panic now. They already know what to expect so no more panic buying. Just panic gathering at the eateries. Yesterday, more than 3000 new positive cases were recorded. The numbers seems so scary but they are all numbers to people who are not the frontliners.

Anyway, I have not been productive like at all. According to Eddy, this lockdown will last awhile. I cannot continue this habit. I need to come up with something constructive to spend my time on. If it could generate income, it would be awesome.