By: Miriam Boston
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| Cheli Njoku starts her workday by preparing her tea. "I prefer to have green tea or mug water as a beverage to start my day," said Cheli Njoku. |
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| A Mugwater mix, Electric Frother, and Tea Mug are on the kitchen table. "I just discovered Mugwater as a morning beverage and I'm loving it so far," said Njoku. |
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| Cheli is pouring hot water from the kettle into the mug water mix in the teacup. Getting her hot beverage ready before she starts her workday is one of the many ways she cares for herself before caring for others. |
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| She is using her electric frother to mix up the hot beverage. "Just the simple luxury of using an electric frother to mix my drink makes me smile which sets the tone of the day," said Njoku. |
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| Cheli enjoying her mug water beverage before she starts her workday. "Taking a quiet moment to enjoy my beverage," said Cheli. |
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| Outside on the patio, there's a candle and two patio lamps. This is where Cheli usually does her meditation before she starts her workday. |
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| Cheli is starting her meditation outside on the patio." Meditating first thing in the morning is another way I set a calm tone to my day", Cheli said. |
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| These are Cheli's daily devotional books. She reads them every day for motivation and inspiration. |
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| Cheli on a zoom call meeting with one of her clients. Cheli is an account manager for Reed Construction Data where she consults with building product manufactures and trains them on their online products. |
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| Cheli is making time to eat a healthy meal on her lunch break. "It's important to me to take time to respect my schedule such as making time for my lunch, I don't believe in multitasking(working while eating)," said Cheli |
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| Cheli checks her schedule to see if she has any upcoming meetings." As account manager scheduling time to meet with my clients is a major part of my role", Cheli said. |
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| Another area Cheli works from home. "Rather than say I work from home; I work from anywhere because with a laptop and wifi I can virtually work anywhere," said Cheli. |
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| Cheli laces up her tennis shoes before she starts her walk. This is how she ends her day after sitting in front of a laptop all day(movement). |
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| Cheli begins to start her walk. "Movement is very important to me as my job is very sedentary," Cheli said. |
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| Cheli continues her speed walk around the neighborhood. She usually starts around 5:30pm. |
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| Cheli finishes her speed walk for the day. She usually averages 10 to 15 thousand steps a day. This helps her maintain a healthy lifestyle. |
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| Cheli works on her personal blog. This is another way she respects her time during the day. |
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| Cheli prepares to log in to her website @livewellexploreoften.com. "Just like exercising making time for my personal agenda during the day is important to me," Cheli said. |
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| Cheli wines down with a book. "After staring at a screen all day, it's nice to have time away from electronic gadgets with a book," said Cheli |
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| An essential oil diffuser on Cheli's bedside table. An aromatherapy session helps Cheli relax before she goes to bed |
