On Fridays I’m always listening to music and thinking what I’ll be ordering for dinner. I usually don’t cook on Friday night, specially now, during quarantine, since we cannot go out to eat or hang out with friends, I’ve figured out a way to have a good time at home.
Below is a list of songs that I have saved on a playlist for Fridays night at home and that put me in a good mood.
I have only chosen these 5 because they were under the “most played” on my Spotify. So I guess I listen to them even when is not Friday!
I could keep adding more, but I will do more of these posts in the future for sure.
How hard can it be to create a playlist when you are stuck at home? Not that hard – I thought to myself. Which is why I decided to do it.
But guess what? It is not as easy as it seems. I was in between conference calls, making lunch, you know, the usual. My mind was all over the place.
I was also listening to music and trying to figure out the “perfect” playlist for when working from home because I wanted to create one myself. There are thousands of playlists out there, it can’t be that hard to create one, can’t it?
And I did.. I did create a playlist on Spotify called WFH – Challenge mix. It is 1h 15min long. Not enough for a whole day at home, I know! Feel free to listen to it and let me know what you think. I need some sort of feedback if I want to keep working on it.
And hey, I’ll keep working on it .. We will be stuck at home for a while anyway.
Para mi este ha sido un lugar que he aprendido a querer y a disfrutar durante mi adultez.
A veces hay momentos en los que estoy perezosa y podría tener cualquier excusa para no ir, pero al final del día siempre me siento mal y siento remordimiento por no haber ido. Aquí me puedo sentir muy bien, pero cansada al mismo tiempo. Y, aun así, me gusta seguir yendo al gimnasio. Una vez que comienzo a ejercitarme y comienzo a enfocarme en cuanto estoy sudando en realidad, me olvido de lo que paso durante el día o de lo que esta por pasar.
Hace un par de días, estaba un poco estresada del trabajo y en lo que llego la hora, simplemente cerré mi computadora y me fui corriendo al gimnasio. Ya estando en el gym, me cambio de ropa y lo primero que hice fue abrir Spotify, la aplicación de música. Ya cuando me coloque los audífonos, me olvide de mi estrés del trabajo y me enfoque en los ejercicios del día. ¿Me tocaba hacer piernas? Eso no lo recuerdo. Pero de lo que si me acuerdo es que me olvidé del trabajo, comencé a escuchar música y a ejercitarme.
También me paso otro día, estaba aburrida en casa y un poco ocupada. Era domingo. En realidad, no estaba ocupada, pero sentía que tenía muchas cosas rondando en mi cabeza, y fue entonces cuando decidí ir al gym. ¿Quién iba a pensar que yo estaría en un gimnasio un domingo? Una de las razones por las cuales estaba preocupada ese día, era porque no tenía tema para mi blog. Pero una vez que terminé de ejercitarme, me di cuenta de que en realidad tenía era que escribir sobre mi disfrute por ir al gimnasio. Bueno, mis amigos también me animaron y me dijeron que debería escribir sobre mis idas al gimnasio. Así que pues, aquí estoy.
La selfie en el gym. No puede faltar.
¡No se preocupen! Que no soy un fitness workaholic. Simplemente me gusta, disfruto hacer ejercicio y es bueno para mi salud también. Además de todo eso, tiene un efecto positivo en mí, físico y psicológicamente.
Algunos de ustedes leerán esto y se reirán. Pero es que en realidad no los estoy mandando a que vayan al gym ¿o sí? Es que no soy de esas personas, y para los que me conocen, saben que es verdad. Si te gusta bien, puedes venir conmigo. Y si no, bueno, no importa. Hay personas que son más perezosas que otras o en realidad no les interesa ir a un gimnasio. Y es que en realidad hay muchas maneras de estar activo. Como, por ejemplo, montar en bicicleta, o sencillamente salir a caminar. Y eso está bien también. Con tal de que nos levantemos del sofa y nos alejemos de Netflix, no creo que pase nada malo.
Hablando de Netflix, ¿sabían que pueden descargar episodios individuales y mirarlos mientras están en el gym? No se necesita wifi porque ya estaría guardado en tu teléfono. No es que yo lo haga, pero si he visto gente haciéndolo.
¿y a ustedes? ¿les gusta ir al gimnasio o hacen otro tipo de actividad?
¿Miran Netflix durante su tiempo libre? O sencillamente ¿escuchan música? Como por ejemplo, J Balvin.
This is a place I have come to love and to enjoy every time I go there.
Yes, sometimes I am just lazy and make any excuse to not attend, but at the end of the day, I will feel bad and guilty because I didn’t go. Other than making me feel good and tired at the same time, I enjoy going to the gym. It is a place for me to think and to disconnect from reality, at least for a little bit. Once you are working out and focusing on your muscles or how much you are sweating, you tend to forget about what happened during your day or even what will happen later in your day.
A couple of days ago, I was very stressed at work. I shut down my computer and headed straight to the gym. I was so worried because I thought I screwed up. Once I reached the gym, changed into my work out clothes and opened Spotify, I completely forgot about the whole issue and started to wonder about my workout for the day. Was it leg day? That, I don’t remember. But what I do remember is that I completely forgot about work and started to think about which music I wanted to listen to.
On a different day, I was feeling bored at home and headed straight to the gym. It was a Sunday. I never thought I was going to go to the gym on a Sunday afternoon. I was not stressed about work, but I felt very busy in my head and needed a break. I was feeling overwhelmed for some reason. I remembered worrying about not having a topic to write about. Once I finished working out that Sunday, it came to me. I needed to write about working out. Also, some of my friends commented and told me, “you should write about the gym next time”. So here I am.
Gym selfie. Can’t miss it.
Don’t worry! I am not a fitness workaholic! I like working out, I enjoy it and it is good for my health. But other than that, I like the way it affects me psychologically and physically.
Probably some of you will read this and smile or even laugh out loud. But I am not trying to tell you or ask you to get your butt to the gym. [Maybe I am]. I am not one of those people. If you like it, cool – join me. If you don’t, then that’s fine too. Some people are lazier than others, or really don’t have any interest in attending a gym. There are also other activities that can be done instead of going to a physical gym. For example, riding a bike in the park or going for a walk. And that is ok too, as long as we stay active, and away from Netflix. At least for forty-five minutes during the day.
Speaking of Netflix, you can download the episode of whatever show you are watching and stream it while you are on the treadmill!! Did you know that?
What about you? Do you attend a gym or stay active in any other way?
Do you stream your favorite show while on the treadmill? [for those attending the gym]. Or just listen to your favourite musician, such as J. Balvin?
