Republic of Tatarstan
Today is Friday, November 14, and I woke up just ten minutes before work. As soon as I opened my eyes, I noticed how the sun was shining outside and filling my room with warm light. The sky was also deeply blue, and this combination made me happy and gave me a great mood for the whole day. After I checked my phone, I decided to get up and open the windows because it was an iconic, beautiful day that felt like it was welcoming me. While I was doing my morning routine, my room quickly filled with fresh, cold air. It felt like a powerful opportunity to start my day and finish it successfully.
Today my morning started with snow. I woke up at 8 AM, even though yesterday I fell asleep around 1–2 AM. But when I woke up and looked through the window, I was a bit surprised. Everything was white: the house roofs were covered with snow, the road and green grass were also covered, and the snow hadn’t melted at all. While I looked around, I noticed how under the fresh snow, the green stems of grass didn’t give up and continued their everyday life, even though the snow covered them. However, the road and pedestrian areas had some traces of cars and people walking.
My day started at 5:45 AM. Yeah, today I woke up so early, and it was a bit challenging because I’ve already gotten used to sleeping until eight or nine. Getting up so early felt a bit strange because everywhere was dark, almost like nighttime. Well, after getting up, as usual, I did my morning routine, then dressed in warm clothes and went outside because it was –4°C and my car was waiting for me there. While I was walking to my car, I saw how everything was white — the grass, the tree branches, and each car outside was covered by frost. When I started the engine and cleaned the front windows, I spent around five minutes. During that time, the engine warmed up and was ready to go. I was a bit worried about my car battery because it’s already old, about six years, and I had some doubts if I could start it. My service manager recommended changing it last year, but I didn’t do it. Fortunately, I started it without any problems, drove to the village, left my relatives there, and came back.
The weather was so lovely because the sun had been shining since morning, and the sky was so clear. Today I woke up a bit late — at 9 AM. At that time, I should have started working, but by the time I finished my morning routine, it was already close to my first meeting. Honestly, I was only 2–3 minutes late, and a few colleagues joined after me, so I wasn’t the last to connect. Those who joined earlier were just discussing everyday worries and world news. However, after a few minutes, once everyone was connected, we talked about our tasks and some issues for around fifteen to twenty minutes.
I had some troubles, and this day was a bit uncomfortable overall. The first thing that happened was about my schedule in Google Calendar. When I opened my calendar and started checking it, I saw only one meeting for Monday. After that, I thought, “What’s going on?” and started having some doubts about my work. Then another thing happened during my morning meeting — I managed to connect successfully, but I had problems with my voice and microphone. My colleagues couldn’t hear me clearly because my voice sounded very low and unclear — they could only hear the bass tones. All of that made it difficult for me to discuss my work normally. In the end, I couldn’t talk about my tasks, ask questions, or share my opinions.
This morning was a bit rushed because I woke up at 8 a.m., and everyone was already ready to go. I quickly did my morning routine and had breakfast. By the time I finished eating, it was around 9 o’clock, and everyone was rushing me because, today, there was a cow butchering in the village, and we had to go there.
When we arrived, the main work was already done. The meat was hanging on a tractor’s lifting mechanism. However, it still hadn’t been cut into smaller pieces or separated from the bones. We helped to separate the meat from the bones because the next day it would be sent to a special factory to make sausages and sausage products. The bones would be used later to make aspic and soup.
The weather is crazy— the whole sky is covered with clouds, and the rain has been non-stop all day. Because of that, I stayed at home and worked on my freelance project. It was actually very useful because I was productive and successful. I finished many tasks on my project, although I didn’t complete everything. However, I completed what I planned and promised to my client. I also realized something important about my productivity: when I work on my main job all day and then switch to another task, my productivity drops significantly. I knew this before, but today I experienced it in real life.
Today my day was quiet but a bit unusual. It was my workday and also the last workday of this week. This week was a bit short because I worked only three days. The weather was the same as yesterday — it rained all day, hitting the open space under my windows and making noisy sounds. But today, fog appeared again. It covered my city, and my hill disappeared. I noticed it right after I got up, while looking through the window. However, this time the fog was thicker, and even the houses disappeared inside it.
My day started with a rainy morning. When I woke up, the rain clouds were covering the entire sky, and it kept raining the whole day. Not even for a few minutes did the rain take a break—it just kept going non-stop. But this rainy day didn’t really bother me. It only distracted me from time to time when I turned off the noise-canceling mode on my headphones. If I keep my windows closed, I can listen without noise canceling, since I usually spend my day alone and it’s very quiet here. The weather wasn’t too bad though—the temperature outside was around 8 degrees, and when I looked through the window, I could feel a very warm wind.
Today wasn’t a very successful day. I couldn’t finish my work tasks, and the weather wasn’t very good. But fortunately, there was no rain, and even the sun appeared a few times. Maybe I’m wrong — maybe I can call it a successful day, because I saw the sun and it was also my salary day. However, that doesn’t really matter. What matters more are my travel plans. I still haven’t found a place to stay in Turkey, and honestly, I don’t really want to go there. If I keep searching for too long, I might waste all my time and end up stuck here. But if I do stay here, I can save my money and try to plan a big trip next year.
My morning was a bit unusual today. When I woke up around 9 AM, I realized how much I missed my morning meeting. So, I decided to check our work chat on Telegram. But there was nothing — it was quiet, and nobody had written any messages. After a few minutes, I remembered that it was still my weekend. But today is my last weekend, and tomorrow I need to start work. Well, even though I miss it, I think nothing bad happened, and nobody is going to yell at me for it. I hope that's true — I don't want to test it. In fact, I don’t even remember anyone skipping their morning meeting before. My main goal is to keep my work habits clear and to respect my colleagues. Also, I don’t really remember missing my morning meeting.
Today my day was quite simple, and the weather was pretty sunny. Even though it was sunny, I could only go for a walk after 2 PM. I walked for about two hours, and the air temperature was very cold — around 0 or 1°C. Even though the temperature was a bit uncomfortable, I decided to keep walking because the sun was shining in the sky, and sometimes while I walked, it warmed my black coat, so I felt warm.