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!
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!
I made a bowl with everything inside: Coach’s Oats, milk, peach, blueberries, chia seeds, vanilla, cottage cheese, sunflower butter.
Iced coffee to balance the hot
The only negative to working ahead: now the less desirable tasks move to the forefront : )
Ashley @ coffee cake and cardio says
FlexIbikity is sooooo awesome! It’s a great thing to have!
Ashley @ coffee cake and cardio says
Flexibility** 🙂
Kaila @healthyhelperblog! says
I had oats for breakfast and am completely sweating now! I guess I needed some iced coffee to cool me down a bit! 🙂
Amelia says
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!
Melissa @ HerGreenLife says
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.
Kelly Michele says
i agree! when was the egg added??
Micky says
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.
Kimberly says
Your breakfast posts always help me decide what I want for breakfast… Looks like I am having oats today! 😉
Angela @ Eat Spin Run Repeat says
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! 🙂
Erica { EricaDHouse.com } says
Well you’ve motivated me to get off my proverbial butt and get some tasks done now 😉
Claire @ Live and Love to Eat says
So many good flavors in that bowl! 🙂
Laura @ Sprint 2 the Table says
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.
Melissa @ HerGreenLife says
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.
Khushboo says
Love ticking things off my to do list 🙂
The Mrs @ Success Along the Weigh says
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.
Lindsey @ Pas de Deux says
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 🙂
KathEats says
how much are you diluting it?
Lindsey @ Pas de Deux says
50/50 coffee and water plus a splash of milk
Angel7 says
I love the feeling of being able to cross To-Do’s off my list!
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wesley @ the way home says
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…
Susan H. @ The Food Allergy Chronicles says
My son and I enjoyed a bowl of hot oatmeal this morning…we love our oatmeal!
Chelsea @ Chelsea's Lovelys says
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!
Katie @ Peace Love & Oats says
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!
Rachel says
ooo I love blueberries in my oatmeal 🙂
Marissa@ohhhsolovely says
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!
Millie Snyder says
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 🙂
Annette @FitnessPerks says
I have flexibility in my job too. LOVE it!!
Averie @ Averie Cooks says
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!
Fran@ Broken Cookies Don't Count says
My theory has always been to do the things you like the least first, then it seems easier after. Oatmeal looks yummy!
Hope @ With A Side Of Hope says
That is such a fluffy voluminous bowl of oats! It looks really tasty to me 🙂
Dannii @ Hungry Healthy Happy says
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 🙂
Cait's Plate says
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!
Christina says
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 🙂
Lexi @ You, Me, & A World to See says
I definitely am most productive at night once everyone has gone to sleep, so I take that time to get ahead 🙂
Kristin at MommyPage says
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!!