{"id":1124,"date":"2021-07-13T16:28:03","date_gmt":"2021-07-13T14:28:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.lorena-hoormann.at\/?p=1124"},"modified":"2026-05-05T14:48:00","modified_gmt":"2026-05-05T12:48:00","slug":"12-out-of-12-in-july-2021","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.lorena-hoormann.at\/en\/12-von-12-im-juli-2021\/","title":{"rendered":"July 12th of 12: A normal Monday"},"content":{"rendered":"July 12th was a Monday this year. I generally always start the week very actively on Mondays. There's sports, dancing, and usually various online meetings, working through emails, etc. Basically, all the things that come up for a classic business Monday for me.\r\n

7:00 AM - A standard start to the day<\/h2>\r\nI always start my day with a dose of thyroid hormones (Thyrex) because I no longer have a thyroid gland. These pills need an empty stomach and at least 30 minutes of continued emptiness to work. Suboptimal for a soy milk coffee drinker. But those who love coffee find a solution, and mine in this case is: a cup of black coffee, plain, accompanied by cat cuddles and a round of reading a book. After that, things can proceed as normal.\r\n\r\n\"The\r\n

8:00 AM - Morning sports drive away worries and woes \ud83d\ude09<\/h2>\r\nThat's the motto every Monday. On Mondays, \"Tut gut!\" Gesundheitsvorsorge GmbH \u2013 for whom I also work as a Healthy Business consultant in Lower Austria \u2013 offers sports as its own corporate health promotion measure. My wonderful colleague Alexandra Benn-Ibler leads a workout session over Microsoft Teams for 30 minutes during work hours, which I always gladly participate in on Monday mornings at 8 am. A perfect start to the day.\r\n\r\n\"The\r\n

08:40 - Enjoying a leisurely breakfast is part of the morning.<\/h2>\r\nOtherwise, by lunchtime at the latest, I notice that I\u2019m not quite \"running smoothly.\" What I have for breakfast always varies. For a while it\u2019s homemade bread, then yogurt again, especially when it\u2019s hot, like it is right now. Right now, my daily ingredients are: 200 ml coconut yogurt (vegan), 1 peach, 1 tsp 75% strawberry jam, 4\u20135 tbsp rolled oats. Delicious \ud83d\ude00 And it\u2019s especially nice to finish it all off on the balcony with a round of cat cuddles (lots of cat cuddle breaks are one of the many perks of having your office at home ;).\r\n\r\n\"The\r\n

09:00 - The start of the workday<\/h2>\r\nSince the pandemic, most of the assemblies have been desk days with online meetings. In the last 1.5 years, I've rarely had off-site appointments. This time, the first appointment was the announcement of the week's topic from Judith Sympatexter<\/a> This week it's a technical blog post. I'm already excited to see what comes out of it.\r\n\r\n\"On\r\n

11:00 AM - Work continues: Email, phone, workshop<\/h2>\r\nBesides appointments, of course, working through emails, making phone calls, and planning the work week are also on the agenda at the beginning of the week. Time also flies by when doing these. After 60 minutes, it was already 12 o'clock and the first workshop in Judith's Rapid Blog Flow began. Here, we immediately gathered a braindump for a whole 8 blog articles. Okay, they don't all have to be written THIS week, but maybe, in addition to the 12 of 12 article, at least one more will be completed. And just like that, half the day was already gone.\r\n\r\n\"On\r\n

14:00 - Lunch first<\/h2>\r\nI usually eat 3 times a day. A small breakfast in the morning, sometime between 12 and 2 PM a small portion of warm food (mostly leftovers from the day before). In the evening, together with my partner, comes the \"real\" meal. It's simply more fun to sit down and chat over a meal as a couple than alone. This time, for lunch, I had leftover Bolognese with whole wheat spaghetti and fresh Grana. Homemade, fresh food goes without saying. I don't even know when I last ate anything from a bag\/pre-packaged meal, can, or anything similar. That hasn't been on the table for me in a long time. It's convenient that I've set up my office in our apartment. So, on days with few appointments, I can cook something fresh during my lunch break. Oh yes, and when I eat, I am of course under close observation. I could give in at any time. At least that's what our cat Yakuza thinks. Her gaze shows her disappointment that this hope has not been confirmed.\r\n\r\n\"On\r\n

3:00 PM The last online appointment<\/h2>\r\nMy last online meeting was incredibly productive that day. In 60 minutes, I chatted with my colleague Rhonda Staudner-Turin<\/a> jointly our part of the upcoming Training stages \"I as an Entrepreneur\"<\/a> fully conceptualized and the corresponding documents and handouts as well as slides created. We're almost running on autopilot with that, and it makes it really relaxed. I'm already looking forward to our co-trainer task next Wednesday. After this super productive meeting, there were a few more emails and phone calls, and just like that, the afternoon was over again.\r\n\r\n\"The\r\n

5:00 PM The housework also needs to be done.<\/h2>\r\nSo yesterday it was time to gather and wash laundry. After a weekend trip with swimming in the pond and lots of activity, there's usually quite a bit that needs freshening up. So I ran a load of laundry in between and hung it up.\r\n\r\n\"The\r\n

17:45 boil detergent<\/h2>\r\nAnd since I noticed while doing laundry that we were running out of detergent, I made some more right away. We mix our own detergent, which is easy and quick, free of additives and unnecessary production steps, and on top of that, it saves you a lot of money and hauling.\r\n\r\n\"The\r\n\r\nThe Smarticular Liquid Colored Laundry Detergent Recipe<\/a> it's very simple (for anyone who might want to try it. Warning: not suitable for wool and silk):\r\n