- [Amy] I try to be as open
and as honest as I can on here, so,
there's just been a lot
that's been going on
in my personal life,
that's been making me sad.
I've been working a lot too
and traveling, so I've just neglected
a lot of my physical and my emotional
and mental space.
So, I decided today, to share with you
what I do on a self-care Sunday
where I'm feeling sad but
also need to get productive.
♪ You think she knows
what you been through ♪
♪ Oh, oh ♪
- [Amy] Typically on these
days, I like to start my morning
with a healthy breakfast
because when I eat crappy,
I just feel crappier.
And normally, I would
love to cook myself it
but I had no groceries because
I just flew in last night.
I ended up Postmating an Acai bowl
and avocado toast.
I was really happy eating that.
I'm not gonna lie, on
days where I'm feeling sad
and it's slow, I allow
myself to just go back to bed
and I just laid there for a bit,
decompressing, relaxing and
I even cried a little bit
because it felt good to release it all.
Then eventually, I get myself out of bed
and I change into my yoga clothes.
I know working out is really good for you,
especially when you're sad.
But just because I've
feeling so physically tired,
I only had the energy to really
just do some yoga stretches
because my body is really, really tight,
full of tension from all the traveling.
(soft guitar music)
I grabbed a few of my
crystals and I medicated
and crystals just help
to balance the energy.
I'm a Pisces Moon, so
water is an incredibly
healing element for me
and I find that submersing myself in water
just makes me feel like
I'm receiving a giant hug
from the universe.
I know that sounds so silly
and I'm also five years old,
so I love taking bubble baths.
I love this one from Honest
because it's cleanly formulated.
I really do like taking
a lot of time in the bath
just to gather my thoughts
and be presents and also
contemplate my existence.
(soft guitar music)
I had a few errands to run,
like picking up a prescription
and just a few other things.
So, I went out into the
city for a few moments
to do all of that.
And then I treated myself to an ice latte
because I was feeling sad and why not?
My place has been so,
so cluttered and messy.
So, I decided to put on
a record and just spend
the entire afternoon
decluttering, organizing,
and putting things away.
(soft guitar music)
♪ Down, yeah, I've been feeling so ♪
♪ I've been feeling so ♪
- [Amy] Queue all the
decluttering montages.
I don't know about you
but these are my favorite
to watch on YouTube.
So satisfying.
♪ Yeah, no friends of mine ♪
♪ No friends of mine around ♪
♪ Yeah ♪
♪ Now I'm thinking I, now I'm think I ♪
♪ Might have caught the June Blues ♪
♪ Yeah, I wanna drown myself
inside the juice, yeah ♪
♪ You know I keep on
running from the truth ♪
♪ And I, I'm just a lonely fucking youth ♪
♪ Now when I drive around,
don't feel at all ♪
♪ Why it's getting colder ♪
♪ When the sun come out ♪
♪ Might just waste away,
don't know what life about ♪
♪ Nother day go by, don't
know what got me down ♪
♪ June Blues, yeah ♪
♪ I got the June Blues, yeah, why ♪
- [Amy] One of the most problematic spaces
I need to declutter is
the top of my vanity
because I just keep all
of my makeup on top of it.
So, I bought these plastic
drawers from Target.
I think they're about 10 bucks each.
So, I put away all my
makeup on my vanity in there
and I put in my own closet.
And it's just so much cleaner now.
♪ Was praying, praying, praying, praying ♪
♪ Struck down in 20 ♪
♪ Plenty left to put behind you ♪
♪ You ain't peaked, death was peeking ♪
♪ Now they speakin' bout you ♪
♪ Leave it 'lone ♪
♪ Hope you're grinning
while you watch your bros ♪
♪ On some soulful sunny shit ♪
♪ That brighten up a wounded soul ♪
♪ Honest you did plenty, ♪
♪ Pick it up like Chevy ♪
- [Amy] For dinner, I was actually able
to rummage through my
fridge for some ingredients.
I made tofu, cucumbers, spring rolls
but unfortunately, I ate them so quickly
because I was so hungry,
that I don't have footage of that.
♪ Finna bleed down generations
not gon' be in vain ♪
♪ Do y'all ♪
♪ Why you gotta go, why you gotta go ♪
- [Amy] Then I did two loads, not one
but two loads of laundry.
♪ Hope you feed your soul,
hope you freed your soul ♪
♪ I might've got the June Blues, yeah ♪
♪ I wanna drown myself inside the juice ♪
♪ Yeah, you know I, keep on running ♪
♪ From the truth ♪
♪ And I, I'm just another ♪
- [Amy] I'm not gonna lie,
at this point in the day,
I was feeling very tired
but I was actually feeling
so much better and happier
than when I started the day.
So, I decided to enjoy the
really nice summer night
and put on my bikini and
take a book of poetry
and go to the rooftop pool,
and take a nice little dip
in the hot tub or the Jacuzzi.
This book of poetry was
actually given to me
by one of you at a meetup
and it's by a Filipino poet.
I really actually ended
up enjoying the poetry.
It was a little bit dark
but incredibly evocative
Decided I wanted to close out the video
with one of my favorite poems
that I read last night.
And one of my favorite lines, which goes,
my heart deserves to smile
after all it has survived.
Thanks for watching.
(soft jazz music)
♪ Decorations that we ♪
