Today is the first day of our wellness break! It feels good to wake up without an alarm. It feels nice to think that I don't have to sit in front of my laptop for the whole day. I didn't do much today, I just watched YouTube, and anything to keep me entertained. But it still makes me bored so I decided to go out and ride my bike.  I bike for around 15 minutes, just around the neighborhood because I rarely have this time when we have classes. I did this because I realized that since the quarantine I rarely have physical activities and I really gained weight. I become more conscious about my health since I'm not growing young. Personally, I think I made the right decision. I can't remember the last time I sweat that much after riding a bike. It feels great to hear my heart beating so fast. It was tiring but I have so much fun. I feel like I have to do this every day. Personally, I think I made the right decision. I can't remember the last time I sweat that much after riding a bike. It feels great to hear my heart beating so fast. It was tiring but I have so much fun. I feel like I have to do this every day.

Today is the second day of our wellness break. I'm all determined since the weekend that I won't do anything academic-related activities this whole week but when I saw some of my colleagues' FB stories, it looks like I'm the only one who's not doing anything. But despite that, I decided to stick with my decision. I didn't open my laptop today and I just spend my time with friends and myself. I have to respect myself to have some rest. Rest in a sense that I also take my mind off things and not just physically. Lately, I feel like I'm mentally unstable when it comes to academics. That's why I was looking forward to this week and I'm supposed to enjoy it. This decision helps me to somehow feel relaxed. I may feel guilty for being unproductive and all that, but I realized that shouldn't feel that way. I shouldn't be guilty of taking a break from something that makes me stressed out. I've learned that sometimes you have to hold on to your own decisions in life. Don't let other's success or progress intimidate you. We may be colleagues but we are still different in terms of having things done.

I can't believe it's already Wednesday. I feel like I still need another week to rest. I've mentioned last time that I want to make the most out of this academic break and decided not to do anything academic-related. But I just realized today that I still have a responsibility to my organization. Now, I decided to open my laptop again to do some research. Even though I promise myself that I will completely rest during this week, I need to attend to my responsibilities, plus this is not academic-related work so I guess it's fine. What lead me to this decision is that I feel guilty not responding to our group chats with my orgmates. I signed up for this so I need to take responsibility. This somehow helps me feel relaxed knowing that I don't have to rush it since the due date is this Friday. What I've learned from today is that if you have responsibilities, you can't just get away from it just because you decided to rest. Other people may suffer because of that. It's good to take a rest but make sure that no one will suffer because of you.  

Day 4 of wellness break. I'm still doing the same old routines, but today I decided to ride a bike again.  I've been distracting myself by watching YouTube videos and Netflix series for the past few days now. And it's getting boring, that's why I decided to go out and ride my bike again.  Since the quarantine started I feel like I'm not healthy both mentally and physically. And I want to slowly get myself back on track.  It was fun and I feel great after doing it. I realized that sometimes we just need to do something for ourselves to pull ourselves together. I feel happy that I'm able to do the things like this again. As we all know, since this pandemic started, we are not allowed to go out and do things like we normally do, and it just feels nice to be able to go out again even just for 15 minutes.