I’m a minimalist, and if you can’t tell,
I’ve placed everything white and black in
this frame.
My name is Cheng Kit and let me show you a
day in the life of a minimalist.
And let me tell you, it’s not gonna be like this.
Let me show you.
I’ll wake up around 7 to 8 am and complete
my morning routine. Which consist of, meditation,
visualisation, affirmation, yoga stretch,
reading and journaling.
If you are interested in the details, you
can check out my morning routine video.
I know this is not a minimal start for a minimalist,
but I know that these practices are incredibly
beneficial for my mind and body before I start
my day. And I know that if I don’t do it
in the morning, I’ll probably wouldn’t
do it later on during the day. So the best
time for me to do them is now.
Next, I’ll wash up and shower in the cold
water to feel refresh and awake.
I’m half-naked most of the day due to the
weather in Singapore, but in order to keep
you watching, I have to keep my shirt on.
Coffee that’s another essential push I need.
Remember my red ugly fresh press? It’s long
gone now, I’ve decluttered it. Not because
it’s ugly, but it started to be mouldy and
grew fungus in it. I don’t think it’s
safe to drink with that.
I’m not a coffee expert, nor am I here for
the caffeine. But I love the taste, especially
that local coffee from the hawker centre.
What I always have for breakfast is bread
and kaya. If you are not familiar with this,
This is Singaporean’s favourite. it’s
just coconut jam it’s pretty common in south-east
Asia.
After my breakfast, that’s when my actual
day starts.
And my whole work process consists of conceptualising,
scripting filming and editing.
I spend an equal amount of time on each of
these processes.
Conceptualizing is challenging, it’s all
about the part where I question myself what
do I do next and how to to do it. It squeezes
out all my creative juice but that’s also
the fun part because I can do something out
of the box.
And no doubt every once in a while I’ll
have writer’s block
That’s when I walk around the room and look
outside the window to find inspiration.
Moving to the on to scripting, it’s something
I dread the most.
I’m not good with language and communication
skills. Sometimes you will see grammatical
errors pop out here and there. So it’s essential
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Now it’s time for lunch.
Even though I cook my own lunch, but I’m
still not very good at cooking. I only know
how to prepare the same dishes. But it’s
okay because I’m the kind of guy who can
eat the same meal every day. And when it comes
to cooking my own meal, it’s definitely
much healthier as compared to eating out.
My skin is really sensitive to the food I
eat. I’m not sure if you can tell, it has
been pretty bad lately because I haven’t
been cooking my own lunch last month because
I was lazy. So I just ate whatever food my
mum fed me and most of the time they are fried
or instant food. And I know they are bad once
it reflects on my face. That’s the reason
why I’m back at eating cleaner lunch now.
After lunch, I swear it’s so tough to fight
off the food coma and the thing about working
for yourself is there no one looking over
your shoulder, and I get so sleepy easily.
But now, it’s time to hustle. I do take
naps, but I have limit it to just 1 time a
day, and it lasts for 10 minutes. Don’t
ask me how I do it. I’m just a fast sleeper.
Even though 10 mins is really short, but every
time I felt like I was in a deep sleep for
a long time. I know waking up is torturous.
I might feel really groggy at first, but that’s
really one of the my practise that gives me
a second wind of energy. But if you are a
heavy sleeper, I don’t recommend this method
to you because you wouldn’t want to oversleep
for 10 hours. And the number 1 rule for 10
mins nap is “do not snooze!”
When I’m back from the nap, I’m back to
do what I gotta do. My filming gear is not
that efficient in the low light condition,
so I have to make full use of the daytime
for most of the filming. If I need to film
my a-roll, I’ll set up my extremely professional setup.
“Testing, testing.”
But if I don’t I’m probably back at my
desk doing my editing.
I have to say 80% of my time, I’m at my
desk. For both work and leisure. That’s
not really healthy. So I’ll make sure I’ll
stop all the work at 5:30 that’s when I
go to the gym. Yes, my gym located behind
me in front of this desk. It consists of a
yoga matt, a dumbbell set and a pair of gloves
which is actually bicycle gloves. Depends
on which day it is. I might replace strength
training with yoga stretches or cardio run.
And I do give myself 1 or 2 days of rest,
most of the time it’s during the weekend.
And today is a weekend, so not gonna do anything.
By the time I’m done with working out, it’s
almost time for dinner and lucky me, my mum
will prepare everything for us. That’s the
time we sit down and have our meal together.
Usually, my sister’s family will be here
for dinner as well. But during this period,
it’s just my dad, mum, brother and me.
Once I’m done with dinner I’m back at
my desk for more work. Since it’s I can’t
film much during this time, this time is mainly
for editing or replying emails and messages.
My girlfriend doesn’t stay with me, we’ll
also spend some time talking on the phone
because that’s the only time she’s free
from work. And I’ll use this time to do
nothing and watch whatever random videos I
came across during the day.
Finally, I’ll end my day with journaling
for the second-time to wrap everything up.
In some sense, I’m actually journaling through
video and I hope you enjoyed a day in my life.
I’m gonna sleep now so have a goodnight.
And just like what Truman said,
“In case I don’t see ya: Good afternoon, good evening
and good night!”
And if you enjoyed watching this video, you can check out
my other videos on minimalism and self-development on this channel.
Thanks for watching and I'll see you guys again next week!
