WFH Productivity Checklist

Assalamualaikum and hello.

During the early stages of MCO and online learning just started, Cukup.Club posted this article: Can You Lulus This WFH Productivity Checklist? It was a checklist to test how well you are coping with working from home. 

Visuals from @cukup.club's Instagram. Full checklist on the blog link above. 

 

At that time, I felt like a failure while reading it and I can't believe there are people who would actually score well. I was in the 0-3 points - I wake up 5-10 minutes before Zoom classes, I do work and join classes on my bed almost all the time, I don't change out of my pajamas nor do I have a fixed schedule of my day-to-day life. My timing was all over the place and I was having sleeping problems. 

Fast forward now, Alhamdulillah I am doing so much better having a responsibility. Maybe I would score around 10 points or so now halfway in my internship/volunteering experience. Although maybe mentally and emotionally I'm still always filled with a lot of uncertainties and worry thinking about the future, I'm so glad to see myself making an effort to take care of myself. My morning routine consists of waking up for Subuh and going back to sleep lol until around 8AM to get ready and pray Dhuha prayers and read Surah Al-Waqiah asking from Allah to be granted with His sustenance and blessings. My mum is also very happy that I no longer dress up uglily but instead attempt to wear clothes I would wear if I were working outside even when I'm just working from home. And although I'm still lacking in the physical exercise department, I have gone brisk walking to the neighbourhood park after working hours with my brother a few times since I started interning and it's honestly so refreshing to just walk and clear the mind while having some songs playing through the earphones and looking at the trees. 

Yeah I totally am writing this post to make me feel better with myself and to distract myself from other stuff haha but I hope I get to look back to this and know that it is possible for me to attempt to get myself together. I finished reading three books - Norhafsah Hamid's Heaven Sent and Divine Blessings, as well as Mizi Wahid's You Are Loved. Wait, actually I'm not sure if I also read Jessica Jung's Shine and Kevin Kwan's Sex and Vanity during this period of me working or before that. Currently reading the famous Secrets of Divine Love by A. Helwa but I'm in no rush to finish it, like I think I can pace myself to read 6 pages a day and finish it before New Year's, as I think it's a really good book to properly reflect on to think about Allah's love for us. 

This is getting off-topic from the WFH Checklist haha. Maybe I also need to reflect why being able to check off lists gives me a sense of accomplishment and somehow adds on to my perception of my value and self worth. Maybe I need to question myself why my idea of someone who has their life together is this person who utilizes aesthetic bullet journals, eat healthy meals that are always delicious and Instagrammable, makes their own smoothie, practices mindfulness, works out every single day and listens to empowering podcasts by inspiring women. Probably watches a Ted Talk every morning too. To be frank, that really is actually someone who has their life together lol. Adakah ini pengaruh Youtubers and influencers. 

2021 is almost near, and I'm hoping things get so much better by then. Somehow right from the start of MCO up until now, KLCC is a place that I've been missing a lot. I guess I miss the overall relaxed mood of everyone being able to go out freely without masks and just hang out with their friends. I miss.. Sunway Pyramid? I miss.. waiting for my friends in Nu Sentral before we go off to eat somewhere. I miss.. going out with my mum to Midvalley or watch movies with my brothers there. 

Some more random updates and thoughts. I got to have a Twilight Saga marathon with my family haha. I forgot how obsessed I was with the series. 11 year old me read Twilight in one day and slept at 3AM to finish it. Back then I didn't realize why people liked Edward so much but now re-watching it I'm like okay I can understand now. Also, I'm still very much inclined to Jacob Black more #TeamJacob hahaha how do I find one like him in my real life please let me know lol. 

Yep, that's it for now. Thanks for reading. Hope the rest of 2020 goes well for anyone reading this.