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You are here: Home / Lifestyle / Burning Both Ends Of The Night

July 17, 2012

Burning Both Ends Of The Night

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What I love most about my job is the flexibility. I sometimes work nights (and every weekend!) in exchange for weekdays free time on the weekdays. Last night I felt like charging through my list, so I stayed up late writing BERF posts and doing a few extra things on the blog side of business. Feels so good to wake up and have them off my list for the morning!

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I ended up waking up at 6:15 when Matt got up and couldn’t go back to sleep. Lots of time to make some hot oatmeal!

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I made a bowl with everything inside: Coach’s Oats, milk, peach, blueberries, chia seeds, vanilla, cottage cheese, sunflower butter.

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Iced coffee to balance the hot

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The only negative to working ahead: now the less desirable tasks move to the forefront : )

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  1. Ashley @ coffee cake and cardio says

    July 17, 2012 at 7:47 am

    FlexIbikity is sooooo awesome! It’s a great thing to have!

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    • Ashley @ coffee cake and cardio says

      July 17, 2012 at 7:48 am

      Flexibility** 🙂

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  2. Kaila @healthyhelperblog! says

    July 17, 2012 at 7:48 am

    I had oats for breakfast and am completely sweating now! I guess I needed some iced coffee to cool me down a bit! 🙂

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  3. Amelia says

    July 17, 2012 at 8:03 am

    I had hot oats this morning for breakfast too. So weird, considering it was already 83 outside! I added an entire egg, for the first time as an experiment, to the banana/oat mix this morning and it created a CUSTARD like texture. So creamy & good topped with cinnamon, vanilla, and nut butter swirls. 🙂 Have a fab Tuesday!

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    • Melissa @ HerGreenLife says

      July 17, 2012 at 8:25 am

      When/how do you add the egg? I’d like to try this, but I don’t want to end up with weird chunks of egg in my oatmeal.

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      • Kelly Michele says

        July 17, 2012 at 8:34 am

        i agree! when was the egg added??

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        • Micky says

          July 17, 2012 at 8:13 pm

          I have added egg whites to my oatmeal. I cook my oats in the microwave first and then put them in a small pot with the egg whites and stir constantly for a couple of minutes. Doing it that way, you don’t get any pieces of actual cooked egg and they come out really fluffy. I tried it once in the microwave but had to keep opening it up and stirring every couple of seconds and I still had some cooked egg pieces in there. I thought it was easier in the pot.

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  4. Kimberly says

    July 17, 2012 at 8:04 am

    Your breakfast posts always help me decide what I want for breakfast… Looks like I am having oats today! 😉

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  5. Angela @ Eat Spin Run Repeat says

    July 17, 2012 at 8:05 am

    I love when those productive evening moods hit! I’m definitely more of a morning person and am usually useless at getting ANYTHING done in the evenings, so when the mood strikes, I definitely take full advantage. Glad you did too, and good luck with your to-do’s today! 🙂

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  6. Erica { EricaDHouse.com } says

    July 17, 2012 at 8:10 am

    Well you’ve motivated me to get off my proverbial butt and get some tasks done now 😉

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  7. Claire @ Live and Love to Eat says

    July 17, 2012 at 8:12 am

    So many good flavors in that bowl! 🙂

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  8. Laura @ Sprint 2 the Table says

    July 17, 2012 at 8:18 am

    The fact that my job is flexible is my favorite thing about it! Not that I wouldn’t love it anyway… but it makes life SO much easier!

    I woke up late, decided to work from home, and still was able to have a big bowl of paleo (oat-less) oats.

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  9. Melissa @ HerGreenLife says

    July 17, 2012 at 8:24 am

    Wish I had more of that flexibility!

    I finally got around to trying cottage cheese in my oats. For me, it was fine, but not amazing. I splurged on some nice cottage cheese, and I’d just as soon enjoy it plain — it kind of got lost in the oats.

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  10. Khushboo says

    July 17, 2012 at 8:33 am

    Love ticking things off my to do list 🙂

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  11. The Mrs @ Success Along the Weigh says

    July 17, 2012 at 8:37 am

    I’m still trying to wrap my brain around cottage cheese in oats. 🙂

    Glad you had a productive streak so you can hopefully relax a bit.

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  12. Lindsey @ Pas de Deux says

    July 17, 2012 at 8:41 am

    I finally made coffee concentrate with my Trager Bros. decaf, and it is SO GOOD! I like the taste from the cold brew method better than last week’s traditional hot brew method. The 2/3 cup coffe to 3 cups water method left overnight in the French Press was perfect 🙂

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    • KathEats says

      July 17, 2012 at 8:42 am

      how much are you diluting it?

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      • Lindsey @ Pas de Deux says

        July 17, 2012 at 10:17 am

        50/50 coffee and water plus a splash of milk

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  13. Angel7 says

    July 17, 2012 at 8:57 am

    I love the feeling of being able to cross To-Do’s off my list!

    http://faithfulsolutions.blogspot.com/

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  14. wesley @ the way home says

    July 17, 2012 at 9:06 am

    Ohh to have a flexible job. I’m looking for a new one right now and flexibility would be wonderful. I’m a procrastinator though so I always wonder how I would do on my own schedule :). So many flavors in your oatmeal, I would never think to put all of that in there! I need to get more creative with my oats…

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  15. Susan H. @ The Food Allergy Chronicles says

    July 17, 2012 at 9:13 am

    My son and I enjoyed a bowl of hot oatmeal this morning…we love our oatmeal!

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  16. Chelsea @ Chelsea's Lovelys says

    July 17, 2012 at 9:13 am

    I have a never ending to-do list. It seems as though the less desirabe things stay on there. I need the motivation to get them off the list, once and for all!

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  17. Katie @ Peace Love & Oats says

    July 17, 2012 at 9:17 am

    I definitely envy your job schedule! You are your own boss, so it’s up to you to get your work done when you can. I’m interning in a government law office right now and not a fan of this 9-5 at a desk thing, although they are even more flexible here than most places!

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  18. Rachel says

    July 17, 2012 at 9:30 am

    ooo I love blueberries in my oatmeal 🙂

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  19. Marissa@ohhhsolovely says

    July 17, 2012 at 9:43 am

    i think it must be awesome to be able to form your own work schedule. my job is very rigid in terms of my hours & that is one thing i am working on making a change with!

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  20. Millie Snyder says

    July 17, 2012 at 10:52 am

    You’re oatmeal looks great as always! Interesting choice to add some cottage cheese, I’ll have to try that next time. You’ve been making my mornings so yummy! Thanks 🙂

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  21. Annette @FitnessPerks says

    July 17, 2012 at 12:06 pm

    I have flexibility in my job too. LOVE it!!

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  22. Averie @ Averie Cooks says

    July 17, 2012 at 12:27 pm

    I am THE MOST productive late at night when everyone else is sleeping – my hubs, child, the internet world – no one ‘needs’ me and it’s just me and my computer and editing, writing, or in the kitchen baking – I love the productivity!

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  23. Fran@ Broken Cookies Don't Count says

    July 17, 2012 at 12:28 pm

    My theory has always been to do the things you like the least first, then it seems easier after. Oatmeal looks yummy!

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  24. Hope @ With A Side Of Hope says

    July 17, 2012 at 12:48 pm

    That is such a fluffy voluminous bowl of oats! It looks really tasty to me 🙂

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  25. Dannii @ Hungry Healthy Happy says

    July 17, 2012 at 1:11 pm

    I love all your cute little bowls.

    I also love working from home, because it means you can shift things around a bit and have time off as and when. Makes things more flexible 🙂

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  26. Cait's Plate says

    July 17, 2012 at 2:03 pm

    Haha – I always do the more desirable tasks first too. In college I’d always save the papers and projects I dreaded the most for last. I work much better under pressure with things I’m not super interested in!

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  27. Christina says

    July 18, 2012 at 12:12 am

    I so badly wish I had that type of flexibility with my work. You should write a post on how one turns their blog into a business 🙂

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  28. Lexi @ You, Me, & A World to See says

    July 18, 2012 at 10:53 am

    I definitely am most productive at night once everyone has gone to sleep, so I take that time to get ahead 🙂

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  29. Kristin at MommyPage says

    July 19, 2012 at 4:37 pm

    Oh my, your oatmeal looks incredible! It is so creamy and healthy. I love everything you added to it, especially the fruit and peanut butter!!

    Reply

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