You know… I really can’t hate on Mondays. I mean, sure there’s the whole work/school thing to deal with, but it’s kind of nice to get back into a routine after the randomness of the weekend. I wouldn’t object to some better weather, though (temps are in Celsius)…
I also wouldn’t object to another slice of banana bread…
… butttttttt it seems to have just up and vanished. I swear I left it sitting on my kitchen counter, but now it’s nowhere to be found… Funny how that works. And now I’m left to deal with a broken heart and a green banana situation – it’s hard to tell which is worse. Excuse me while I go drown my sorrows [in a big bowl of oatmeal]…
Much better.
So I feel like I should apologize for bombarding you with a whole lot of randomness this morning. I was originally planning to write a post sharing my thoughts on constantly feeling like I have to be on guard with diet and exercise to make sure that people don’t think I’m falling back into old habits, but that just didn’t happen. Why? Three reasons.
First, I didn’t really find myself with a lot of downtime this weekend. You know those days that pass by way too quickly, yet you really have no idea what it is that you did? That was my weekend. It was Friday and now it’s Monday, and I couldn’t tell you what happened in between.
Second, I didn’t get to spend any time alone in Starbucks, which is where most of my blog writing happens.
I have this theory that the high concentration of caffeine in the air makes me 100x more productive, so no caffeine delighting my olfactory senses means I’m more than likely sitting there staring at a blank computer screen… I mean, I guess I could have sniffed some coffee beans or something, but that doesn’t really have the same effect, you know?
Third, I may or may not have spent far too much time on my newest addiction…
If you haven’t yet exposed yourself to the phenomenon that is Candy Crush, please do yourself a favor and stay.away. No jokes. It’s all fun and games at first, until you reach the higher levels and it transforms into an unhealthy obsession. Gotta crush the candy. Gotta pass level 29. What do you mean I have no moves left?!? Gah! Screw you, Candy Crush.
So I’m afraid that’s all I have for you this morning – a whole lot of randomness. I’ll do my best to have something a little more concrete for you tomorrow, but for now it’s off to brave the nasty weather and get myself to work. Happy Monday, friends!
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Do you play any games on your phone?
Coffee shops increasing productivity: fact or fiction?
What was breakfast this morning?
I’m definitely not minding your randomness today. In fact, I’m kinda feeling in a random mood myself. Not sure why!?!
Well anyway, I have not played Candy Crush yet, but now I’m afraid to after hearing your thoughts. I know I would be addicted to it (FYI…my long time addiction is to Pinterest…just in case you were wondering ;-)).
For breakfast this a.m., my newest addiction is cookie dough cereal…yummy!
Like I mentioned on IG, I had to delete Candy Crushers off my phone! You’re so right, the higher up you go in levels, the harder it is to quit. Vishnu found me under our covers playing before bed. I often find myself wanting to download it again…but I won’t! Ha!
😆 The only saving grace is the fact that you run out of lives and have to wait a while before you can play again. I have a feeling they put that in there because they knew how addicting it was going to be.
The weather here in lexington has been really crappy the last two days. It’s cold and rainy here today. A nice big bowl of warm oatmeal might have to be dinner if my workout doesn’t warm me up some. I’m always so cold and my office is freezing! How can people actually want to sit in an office that’s 62F?
I’m not a big game person… or coffee person… but i am sitting in panera working on blog stuff so maybe i’m energized by all the coffee in the air and don’t even know it 😉 breakfast this am = a couple almond crisp crackers, a spoonful of natural peanut butter and a cutie orange w/water 🙂
Ugh, fellow Edmontonian here and I am very thankful to be sitting in my office today and not braving the elements outside. I’m also addicted to Candy Crush and currently stuck on level 77. So. Hard. Hope you are having an awesome Monday! 🙂
I’m one of the rare few without a smart phone (I don’t need another distraction!) but I do have a game where you roll two dice by shaking the phone… Very simplistic, but potential for a game of snake eyes with friends 😛 today’s brekkie was two pieces toast with smashed avocado, black pepper, and cottage cheese on top, one of my favorites! 🙂
Hi Amanda!
I just wanted to say that I love your blog and all your posts, and your amazing pics! 🙂 I love how much process you’ve made with recovery. I’m trying to gain some weight back but it’s been quite difficult :/ Anyways, I hope you have a wonderful Monday and thank you for another great read!
Thanks Nausheen 🙂 And I know it’s hard, but a healthy life is definitely worth fighting for.
No excuses needed- I take days (ok, months!) off from blogging! #yolo. I got Candy Crush awhile ago, and coincidentally just started playing it yesterday. haha. Very timely. I understand the hype now!
Hmm I need to start doing work in coffee shops then! I used to study at Starbucks in college from time to time when I needed a break from the library. Come to think of it, I always did feel very productive there! Have a good Monday Amanda!
I had to stop CandyCrush. I’m on level 65 and invested so much time on it and just couldn’t pass the level until I didn’t care anymore. I just put it down one day and stopped playing. You will see what I’m talking about when you see the chocolates for the first time! I can’t believe some people are level 200~.
I just downloaded Candy Crush two weeks ago and then about an hour later (when I thought it was about five minutes) I believe “Screw you, Candy Crush” really did come out of my mouth. Lol. I get wayyyy too invested in video games which is why I refuse to buy them anymore. Counterstrike did me in at an early age so it would just be bad to start again.
Coffee shops are where I got most of my work accomplished in college. I would try sitting in the library but got MORE done in the Starbucks out front. I guess I like being able to people watch as “breaks” from my work. Plus, the coffee is about two feet away at all times. 😉
I’m way to content with people-watching to concentrate in a coffee shop! There are just so many things that move and make noise to ever seriously study there 😉
I about freaked out when I saw 6 degrees! I’m glad you said celsius! lol I’m trying to use this Monday to get back into the swing of things from our vacation. I have never heard of Candy Crush, but after I get caught back up, I might have to check it out!
Well even in Celsius, it’s still only 6 degrees away from freezing, which is kind of unacceptable considering summer is only a week and a half away 😡
Im trying to stay away from candy crush. I have enough problem with pinterest, facebook and blogs…I cant handle another screen obsession!
I think coffeshops are hit or miss for productivity. Sometimes I go and can get in the groove. Other times they have blaring musing or loud people and I just cant think straight. But Im lucky to have an office where I can close my door if I need to get serious!
I am not a big game player although I see everything is playing this Candy Crush. The little candies look cute but I will stay away like you say lol. I do have the easy bake oven app. Sometimes I create a cake or cupcake or two….
I haven’t gotten into Candy Crush. I prefer candy munch. Mmmm.
I agree I like weekends but I also enjoy the routine of the weekdays! Sounds like a fun weekend! Get some caffeine soon or I don’t know if you have the energy to beat level 29…
Hehe… I actually beat it last night, but it was the first one that gave me some serious trouble. Drat having to wait on new lives…
I spent an embarrassing amount of time on Candy Crush last weekend.
I used to scoff at the idea that people would PAY MONEY for more lives etc..
BUT.
Now I can understand. I do not condone it, nor will I ever do it…
but it’s addictive.
Addiction drives people to great lengths.
I’m definitely with you about coffee shops boosting brain power….as do hair salons! Some of my best posts were written while getting my hair done – maybe I ought to get my hair done more often ;)! Your breakfast bowl of oats looks rather delicious! I stuck with my current favorite: Plain yogurt with raw oats, applesauce, roasted almonds and peanut butter! It was so good that I had the same or lunch…in a near empty jar :)!
I had Kashi Cinnamon Harvest mixed with Honey nut Cheerios. You seriously changed my life completely with the mixing of the cereals. I think I’ve said this before.
I dream of being able to go to a coffee shop to blog. We have a Panera down the street but it’s a matter of finding time without children to go. Which is never. One day… One day… Now a days I blog while Subliminally listening to Dora the Explorer in the back round. I find myself knowing Spanish words out of the blue sometimes.
Well, I wouldn’t necessarily consider that a bad thing 😉
I’ve been avoiding Candy Crush for that very reason…I keep hearing how addictive it is! I was hooked on Family Feud and Scrabble on my phone for a while, but thankfully seem to have moved past that. And boo weather! At least you won’t spend too long at today’s temperature though…11 degrees in June? Unacceptable.
I’m starting my juice cleanse today so I think I’m going to have a hard time with all these food pictures! I want that banana bread right now. 🙁
i hear you about bread disappearing – it is happening to me as I type 😛 I have no idea what candy crush is about but I keep getting invite on fb and it drives me crazy. I love randomness on Monday – have a great day 🙂
Ugh, don’t get me started on that weather. I’m about to go outside and brave it now 🙁 I just started playing Candy Crush – I’m not addicted yet, but I’m only on about level two, haha! And I love the randomness, keeps everything interesting 🙂
You wouldn’t happen to live near my neck of the woods, would you?
Yep, born and raised in Edmonton! I love your comments about our weather here, makes me feel less alone 🙂
Sometimes I forget that you are in Canada, so when I saw those temperatures I almost freaked out!! 😉
I have been avoiding candy crush because I heard how addictive it is lol! I will definitely keep away now.
Mmm banana bread sounds good. And have you heard of myoatmeal.com? Shipping might be pricey for you but I bought some oatmeal off there, yum! White chocolate? Totally got me back into eating oatmeal again!
I’m on level 29 too!!! The worst is after I’ve lost all 5 lives and I have to wait a million years to start playing again. Seriously. The worst. I don’t hate mondays either. I never really have, but especially not in the summer because technically this week monday/tuesday is my weekend. Keeping track of the day of the week gets exhausting. I just show up where I’m supposed to be at any given time. Randoms are the best way to start out the week anyways. Get all the thoughts out so it’s a clean slate 🙂
I actually just beat level 29 last night, but it was the first one that gave me some serious grief – the lives thing is the worst! Currently working on level 34 and may just end up throwing my phone out the window 😡
I’m recently obsessed with candy crush too! I usually give up on those games quickly though once I get stuck. & I feel you on the rain, for 3 straight days it rained, we had 1 sunny day yesterday and now it’s storming again 🙁 This severely limits my hair and clothing options! haha
blehhh I hear you – our weather isn’t too fantastic either! Lots of rain and storms coming this week….oh well. Indoor time is okay I guess. I also have that same green banana situation! I don’t wanna have to wait another 3-4 days before making that bread gahh. And hey, get all the randomness outta your system (and get some sbux!) and then the words will just come flowing 😀
Oh no, that weather!! We had this in Switzerland for the past few months. Not acceptable.
I can concentrate so much better in coffeeshops than at home – probably because I can not always stand up and doing other stuff instead of working 🙂
And I am the hugest comp. game whimp. The only games I know and understand are Tetris and Car Races. My bro is a WOW champ and tried to get me into it – fail.
Tetris will always be a classic <3 And WoW... oi. Let's not even get into how many hours of my life that has sucked up. It's probably better not to be a gamer!
I don’t play any games at all….I think I’m lame but I just never got into games. I don’t drink coffee, but I don’t do well in areas of high traffic when trying to concentrate and be productive. When I was an undergrad, I could never do my homework in the library because I always got sucked into conversations or people watching.
Breakfast this morning was a Greek yogurt bowl topped with strawberries, raspberries, and my newest addiction, Trader Joe’s Ginger Cashew and Almond granola cereal. YUM!
I, like you, am trying to use up all of the random crap that I have bought in the past and right now it’s this random bag of wheat germ. I made some mini wheat germ corn muffins last night and that’s what I’m having for breakfast along with a banana and peach jam / apple butter. The thing with mini muffins is, there is really no limit haha. I’ve had six already and I’m not necessarily done. They’re mini! That’s allowed, right?! 😉
Soooo we have some incredibly ripe bananas in our banana bowl. I think they’re screaming at me to make them into bread. I’m sure you wouldn’t object to that, right? I’m with ya on the productivity with caffeine thing. I swear I can get 100x more work done just being in the presence of Starbucks.
No objections as long as you send some my way 😉
FACT coffee shops do increase productivity. I don’t think I would have graduated college or medical school without them!!
I’m sorely tempted to look up Candy Crush, but I also know that I waste too much of my time already and I really shouldn’t be finding more distractions for myself. 😛 I’ve taken to bringing my MCAT stuff to Starbucks because something about the atmosphere also kick starts my brain!…the downside of that is that my wallet doesn’t quite appreciate daily trips to Starbucks. 🙂 I’m convinced I need to start making my own iced coffee…it’s not the same though!…this was kind of rambling comment. I guess it suits your rambling post. 😉
And it suits me just fine 😀 I definitely know what you mean about homemade coffee not being the same. That’s why I’ve just given up and accepted the fact that I enjoy my daily Starbucks treat… I figure if something I enjoy and it’s not doing -too- much damage, then it’s all good. Happy Monday, girlie!
For some reason I’m not a game person. I just don’t play games on my phone. And I do think coffee shops increase productivity. I know that at college whenever I go somewhere rather than staying at home to write papers I am much more productive. I guess it’s because I went somewhere special to work so I have to work while I’m there. Breakfast this morning has yet to happen…I’m thinking a green monster smoothie or oatmeal. Hmmmm…I wish I could have a slice of your banana bread!
I keep hearing about Candy Crush, but I have yet to give it a shot. Everyone says it’s so addicting!
Lol, my boyfriend was just telling me about candy crush over the weekend! I’d never heard of it which apparently means I’ve been living under a rock seeing as how it’s been the #1 app for weeks! (months even?) i gotta try it. aside from words with friends, im not really a big game player on the phone- after the angry birds addiction of 2011, I had to go cold turkey. perhaps its time i get back into it 🙂 and i agree- caffeine in the air makes me more productive too. happy monday girlie!
Don’t do it! It’ll become the Candy Crush addiction of 2013! I’m pretty sure I’m going to have to end up deleting it from my phone… not only to save myself, but my poor phone as well. Holy battery drain, Batman.
Your banana bread looked delicious! I made banana cake this weekend and it was fail. Gluten free flours are so tricky! I’ve never played Candy Crush but I see it everywhere so it must be crazy addicting! I used to play Words with Friends but I stopped because it made me feel unproductive.
Ohhh, your weather is not looking too pretty.
Even though the weather’s not that great oh well, coffee makes things much better:)
I find my same relationship with coffee….it just makes me that much more productive.
I’m a major major sudoku fan. Like absurd amounts I play. I have this thing where I have to play it before bed too. I feel like I should be 83 saying that.
Breakfast is overnight oats! Hopefully I can stomach them, because they’re mighty delicious.
Awwr hope that you feel better soon, girlie! I love Sudoku, but I usually play it in some sort of book rather than on my phone. I don’t know why, but those sort of brain puzzles just feel more legit with pencil and paper 😆