A Day In the Life of Earthlingorgeous – the Mom & the Beauty Blogger

This is a summary of how my regular day at home when I have no event to attend to and when its not a school day.

6:00AM
My alarm sounds off.   It is not the typical alarm clock but it could be either my cat Dongyi or my daughter Tasha making noises.  My cat , if she was locked out in the garage would yell out my window so loud she would intrude my dreams to wake me.   Sometimes it is annoying especially on days I didn’t wake on the right side of bed or if I am having my monthly (you know what).  Usually, I would beg for 10 minutes snooze and if I’m lucky get 30 minutes more sleep time.  If not, I get up and head to the toilet, then to the kitchen to make my coffee and breakfast for Tasha.

6:30Am
I go online and do boot up for “work”.  I check my emails, read news headline and my Facebook, Twitter and Instagram .  Approve comments in my blog or delete them if they’re spammy.

7:00AM
Check my “work” dashboard and see if there any waiting task for me to do.   Write, post and submit pending task.   I’m the type who hates “blog backlogs”.    If I attended an event the day before then I write my draft of it and after a few editing and uploading of photos from the event, I post it right away.  As much as possible, I don’t like having any pending or delayed post.   If an event happen yesterday, I want it posted today.  If I delay more than 3 days it is more likely that the event won’t be posted .  However my rules are different for advertorial, the client is “the boss” on when it should be posted.  So if the client wants the event yesterday to be posted 3 months from now, then so be it.

Quality and promptness matter to me as a blogger, not only for my blog posts but also with the services that allow me to do my job well. Recently though, my current internet provider disappointed me very badly. I had my first nervous breakdown of the year on the very first day of 2013, I yelled at the customer service agent who was giving me that SOP line “I apologize for the inconvenience we have caused you.” I told him “I don’t need your effing apology, I want a refund!”

Since then, I’ve been searching for an ISP that can provide me the service I need and deserve.  I chanced upon SKY Broadband website and found the packages they offer.  Because of my past experience, I simply just don’t want to sign-up to any service.  I’m glad they have this internet usage calculator on their site that allows me to compute my average internet usage and see which package suits my needs. According to that rough estimate , my average internet monthly consumption is about 14GB max.   Having learned that, now I know that the SkyBroadband 5Mpbs 15GB package for PHP 999.00 suits my needs which is perfect for my budget .    I’m gonna try them out by signing-in heir free trial period and hopefully their system works for me.  I might ask about mobile internet if too because when I’m not at home I use my phone and tablet for my Instagram!  Yes, I’m an Instagram addict!
8:00AM to 10:30AM
I start to take out my stash of new beauty products and choose which one to play first to review.  More likely, lipsticks will always come first.   They are the easiest to use and review compared to other beauty products like mascara or eye shadow or foundation.

I do my makeup review in the morning because the lighting is way much better.  I like natural lighting when I do makeup rather than have it fluorescent lit.  The makeup colors are enhanced in the photos especially on natural light.   I do most of my makeup reviews and even my 1st Makeup Tutorial Video on daylight.

After editing the photos (mostly just put some watermark or labels and or do photo collages) I upload the photos on Flickr where most of my photos are hosted and then write the review on my blog and post it immediately.   Answer the door for package deliveries in the morning (if any).

10:31AM – 12:30PM
I  do my house chores. Sweep floors, dust furnishing, clean room.  Give daughter her bath.  Take a bath. Eat lunch.

12:31 PM – 3PM
Sit again and browse on my social network. Interact with some of my friends who are online . Read and reply to emails, Twitter of Facebook Fab Page comments and blog.   Then take a look at my stash of cosmetics again and choose another product to  play with for review.

Btw, in the middle of the morning makeup review, my daughter would play tunes on my laptop and would play makeup with me too!  So she always look forward to my makeup playtime because she gets to play with them too (with my supervision of course or else!).  She loves lipsticks too!

Again edit photos, upload then post.

3:01PM – 5PM
Chill time. Snack time.  Lurk on the internet.  Do some light exercises with daughter (by exercises I mean play with the daughter by running around the house, dance around and be goofy with her,  make rounds on the stairs and sweat it out!)  I peek on my social network from time to time.   Sometimes I answer the door for package delivery they deliver around this time in the afternoon.

5:01PM – 6PM
Make dinner.

6:01PM
Dinner. Yeah very early dinner because daughter wants to eat early. This is also good for that before 6PM diet. This is probably why I stay slim! Haha!

7:30PM
By this time, Tasha already wants to go to sleep because she woke up early.  She can’t sleep without having anyone lay beside her so I go to bed with her no to sleep but just to put her to sleep or before bedtime play.  After 30 minutes or so if she’s not asleep it is more likely she will fall asleep at 9:30PM or later so I get up and watch TV (telenovelas or series).  Sometimes I fall asleep beside her and woke at 1AM!  If I did wake at 1AM I will be browsing around my social network.   Check email and my blog dashboards and see if there are pending tasks for posting and post immediately.

1:30AM to 6AM
BEAUTY SLEEP!    The best beauty ritual or tip I can give everyone is to have a restful sleep!

6AM
Go back to top!

If you can see,  my day is very simple and easy.  That’s how I like it to be.  My regular day as mom and beauty blogger is spent mostly at home and online.  So if my internet service provider fails me, it will be chaos for me and my blog/s!      I don’t need much from my ISP, all I want is that they have flawless uninterrupted service and  reliable speed (not turtle speed) for my photo uploads and if I made a video for my video uploads.  I have an average of 8 tabs open in my browser mostly my emails, my Twitter, Facebook and blog/s and ops dashboards, and photo uploads.

How about you, how is your regular day spent?   Do you know your average internet consumption a month? Care to share?

Stay gorgeous everyone!